Dracon
New member
Hello folks,
I've been out of the loop for a while and I'm glad to see that the Delta 1010 has not gone out of style.
I currently own one Delta 44 but I was looking at the Mackie 1640 Onyx w/Firewire card. I can only input four stereo channels in my Delta 44.
According to Mackie the Onyx with Firewire will input upto 18 seperate channels
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxfirewire/ through the firewire. Well they don't say seperate channels but that's what they are implying.
Quote:
'he Onyx FireWire Card allows you to stream up to 18 channels of
24-bit digital audio to your Mac (OSX 10.3.5 or greater) or PC
(Win XP). These show up in your audio software as 16 individual audio
inputs, plus a stereo L/R mix. You can also send two channels of
audio back from the computer to the mixer for monitoring purposes.'
Just wondering if any of you guys out there have used the Mackie Onyx with the firewire and what do you think? Is it worth it or should I go with something more professional with a soundcard.
Please keep in mind this is a hobbie and I'm not a professional studio (obviously or I wouldn't be asking such a stupid question). I know the best is to go with a SPIF I/O card but I'm certainly not there.
For reference I'll let you know that I have a used Mackie 1406VLZ which I bought on ebay a little over two years ago. I've heard great things about the Onyx pre-amps but the question is not about the pre-amps here it is how good is the firewire soundcard.
I think that would make that mixer a much nicer addition to my current set if it delivers what I think it can deliver. Any suggestions or comments welcome (as long as they are relevant to the topic of course).
Thanks!
I've been out of the loop for a while and I'm glad to see that the Delta 1010 has not gone out of style.
I currently own one Delta 44 but I was looking at the Mackie 1640 Onyx w/Firewire card. I can only input four stereo channels in my Delta 44.
According to Mackie the Onyx with Firewire will input upto 18 seperate channels
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxfirewire/ through the firewire. Well they don't say seperate channels but that's what they are implying.
Quote:
'he Onyx FireWire Card allows you to stream up to 18 channels of
24-bit digital audio to your Mac (OSX 10.3.5 or greater) or PC
(Win XP). These show up in your audio software as 16 individual audio
inputs, plus a stereo L/R mix. You can also send two channels of
audio back from the computer to the mixer for monitoring purposes.'
Just wondering if any of you guys out there have used the Mackie Onyx with the firewire and what do you think? Is it worth it or should I go with something more professional with a soundcard.
Please keep in mind this is a hobbie and I'm not a professional studio (obviously or I wouldn't be asking such a stupid question). I know the best is to go with a SPIF I/O card but I'm certainly not there.
For reference I'll let you know that I have a used Mackie 1406VLZ which I bought on ebay a little over two years ago. I've heard great things about the Onyx pre-amps but the question is not about the pre-amps here it is how good is the firewire soundcard.
I think that would make that mixer a much nicer addition to my current set if it delivers what I think it can deliver. Any suggestions or comments welcome (as long as they are relevant to the topic of course).
Thanks!
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