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Re: Mackie onyx 1620
      09/06/07 12:29 PM
Quote Frank Eleveld:

Quote blacker88:

i want a decent sounding interface- im pc atm but am moving to mac laptop soon so will need firewire i guess- price isn't really a prob as i have money saved up...




Well, if price isn't really an issue, you could look into one of these...



Only kidding

I suppose (since I haven't heard nor seen it in real life) that the Prism Orpheus is many miles above the Mackie both quality-wise and price-wise - it costs around $ 4300 excluding taxes and VAT.

As for the Mackie Onyx - the pres in the Onyx range are better than those in most run-of-the-mill firewire interfaces, but with the 1620 you can only send a stereo mix to and from the computer - which in my opinion cripples the functionality of the package a bit.

Cheers,
Frank




correct me if im wrong but the onyx can take 16 channels into the computer? although only 2 out which your right does cripple it, but only in so far as external processing goes on, not nearly as crippling as 2 channels in.

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* Mackie onyx 1620 blacker88 06/06/07 01:51 PM
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