Mixing with the New Mackie 1640i ?

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My partner just picked up this mixer for our studio. Stoked! 16 in and 16 out back to the mixer via firewire! He also bought a hella fast threaded quad core computer. Can't wait to get to it!!
I have not had much experience mixing the old school way but I am curious how that would go with this board.....Im fairly new to the engineering end of this and Im very interested in learning what I can....my buddy is an experienced engineer so Im sure he will have it all figured out, but hes new to the new school....so that presents other issues that dont make sense to me.

http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx1640i/

It seems They are saying I can mix physically.....
What if I want to automate tracks within the daw?
I can apply the boards EQ to the signals and record the mains as a mix?
School me! :o
 
As of now the 1640i is my dream mixer for the reasons you said something physical. You can automate within the daw, but not with the mixer. There are so many possibilities with this thing. Use all your outboard gear and your plugins. So much fun:D
 
nice.i have the 1640 with the firewire card and use traction that came with it.ihave great times with it.enjoy dude,looks like they got it right with the updated version.
 
That's great to hear. Should be doing some recording at practice in the next few days...
 
It's tough to use a non-moving fader board as a controller on a DAW. You will most likely do most of your mixing in the computer and use the board for routing to outboard gear for processing during the mixdown. I can't imagine the summing or EQ on the Mackie is much better then your DAW software. Probably not worth running the whole mix through it but I could be wrong.
 
TexRoadkill said:
It's tough to use a non-moving fader board as a controller on a DAW. You will most likely do most of your mixing in the computer and use the board for routing to outboard gear for processing during the mixdown. I can't imagine the summing or EQ on the Mackie is much better then your DAW software. Probably not worth running the whole mix through it but I could be wrong.
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Love mixing through the 1640i. It's nice to be able to turn knobs, use outboard gear, the amazing EQ--which is definitely better and more intuitive than the software--and route the stereo mix back into my DAW.

Glad I bought this thing. I got a killer deal, too. $1350 brand new at zZounds.
 
robgb said:
Love mixing through the 1640i. It's nice to be able to turn knobs, use outboard gear, the amazing EQ--which is definitely better and more intuitive than the software--and route the stereo mix back into my DAW.

Glad I bought this thing. I got a killer deal, too. $1350 brand new at zZounds.
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why did you dig this old one up?
 
Need help routing Mackie 1640i

Hello-
Could anyone provide me with steps on how to mix a pro tools 9 session using the Mackie 1640i?
I just got the mixer, it's hooked up and I can hear the tracks in the Mackie but I can't figure out how to get the eq'ed sounds from the Mackie back to the DAW. I'm using the firewire option.
I know it's probably very basic but I can't figure it out.
THere doesn't seem to be documentation for this so I'm asking for your help.
Thanks so much.
 
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