mackie vs. allen and heath

[jmorris]

I use an mackie onyx 1640 for recording live gigs. Into alesis hd24 and laptop for backup/safety. Recently, I did a live gig and tapped of the house Allen & Heath GL2400 . I have to say it sounded really good when I got it back at my place and began mixing. Mackie onyx mic pre's are very highly thought of but I have to say the A&H were very nice. Of course, different bands,environment,mic's make a diffference but I was wondering if anyone has had experience between the two and their thoughts

 

[juan162]

I used to mix live on a A&H MixWizard. I changed over to a Mackie 1604vlz pro and I was much happier with the sound. I think I should add that I mostly have to mix vox with either canned tracks or an orchestra that is not mic'ed. It's very specific work and the MixWizard might shine in a different recording situation.

Juan162

 

[MCI2424]

I use an mackie onyx 1640 for recording live gigs. Into alesis hd24 and laptop for backup/safety. Recently, I did a live gig and tapped of the house Allen & Heath GL2400 . I have to say it sounded really good when I got it back at my place and began mixing. Mackie onyx mic pre's are very highly thought of but I have to say the A&H were very nice. Of course, different bands,environment,mic's make a diffference but I was wondering if anyone has had experience between the two and their thoughts

My brother has a Mackie and I have 2 Allen and Heath boards (GL2432 and an ML5000). The GL is a great sounding board and sounds much better than the Mackie for everything I have heard recorded.

 

[mam]

I switched from a Mackie 16x8x2 8-buss to an A&H GL2400/24 in the past few weeks and I'm a happy camper. The Mackie was more studio friendly (routing/phones mix options), but I'm finding workarounds with the A&H. I feel it sounds better. It's better built for sure!

mam

 

[mattr]

I use a GL2200/32 for live work and its brilliant. You just feel at home behind one and they sound great.