Comperable to Mackie onyx 1640?

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Ron Vogel
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2008/09/12 14:31:51 (permalink)

Comperable to Mackie onyx 1640?

I want the Mackie, but am looking to see what else compares...I'm all ears!

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    IzovAge
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    RE: Comperable to Mackie onyx 1640? 2008/09/12 14:59:46 (permalink)
    What do you want it for? If an interface, then I'd say not much in it's class. If your just looking at it for a mixing board, then if it was me, I'd check out the Soundcraft stuff. I like their M-series line.
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    RE: Comperable to Mackie onyx 1640? 2008/09/12 16:34:23 (permalink)
    I've got one--it's fantastic! I run 13 channels of drums into SONAR, and monitor the audio *with* a scratch track, with very little latency. And this was with my older P4 machine and SONAR 4PE. I can't recommend it highly enough. I bought it mainly for the pre-amps, truth be told, as several friends told me that they were very transparent. I figured that if I couldn't afford $10K for some nice sweet pre's then the next best thing might be to use something that didn't color the sound; I could always sweeten the sound later in the process. But then I swallowed the $400 bitter pill and bought the FW card. Great stuff! BTW, I think the price of that card has come down some now, if you keep your eyes open.

    I looked at a couple other choices, but none of them even came close to the Mackie IMO...

    TB

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