Rockabilly69
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Mackie 1640i and Sonar
I hope somebody can help me here. I just tried a Mackie 1640i with SONAR X3 and I have some issues. I am running Windows 7 and am using the most current driver available
First off, with ASIO driver selected all the inputs for the ONYX mixer are greyed out and not available.
With WDM driver selected, I can only see the first 8 inputs of the mixer available. As in 4 in 4 out as 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
Can anybody here help ????
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Zargg
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 17:24:40
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Hi. If the ASIO drivers are greyed out, it suggests to me that they are taken elsewhere, by Windows (or some other app). What else do you have running in the background?
All the best.
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Rockabilly69
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 17:29:30
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Zargg
Hi. If the ASIO drivers are greyed out, it suggests to me that they are taken elsewhere, by Windows (or some other app). What else do you have running in the background?
All the best.
I have RME Total Mix running in the background as I thought I could share drivers for the Mackie and my RME UCX. I'm not at my studio right now but I am going to be there shortly so I will try closing total mix to see if that is my problem. Thanks for the quick reply!
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 17:33:29
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☄ Helpfulby Rockabilly69 2018/03/28 17:52:50
Windows does not allow sharing ASIO drivers of different makes/models.
You could use another RME, but not the Mackie together in ASIO mode.
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Rockabilly69
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 17:41:18
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Zargg
Windows does not allow sharing ASIO drivers of different makes/models.
You could use another RME, but not the Mackie together in ASIO mode.
Well then that's probably my problem! I have used two RME interfaces and that's why I assumed I could share the drivers!!!! I hope that also fixes the situation of not seeing all the input channels. I will reply to this post as soon as I get to my studio so you know the outcome!
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 17:42:03
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☄ Helpfulby Rockabilly69 2018/03/28 17:52:32
The ASIO specification restricts the host to use one I/O driver at a time. Some manufacturers such as RME, mentioned above, write their drivers in a way to allow their hardware to use the same driver so that more than one interface may be attached to the DAW at a time. AFAIK, no manufacturer provides a driver that allows aggregation of competitors products.
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 19:19:19
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I have an Onyx mixer, too. It comes with an ASIO driver that works perfectly in Sonar. Perhaps yours came with one, too.
post edited by Lynn - 2018/03/28 20:51:09
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Makzimia
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 19:21:13
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Why I run a Mac :D LOL. Sorry couldn't resist. But seriously, the Mackie was a pretty good mixer when I had it. And what Lynn said :).
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 23:10:08
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Zargg
Windows does not allow sharing ASIO drivers of different makes/models.
You could use another RME, but not the Mackie together in ASIO mode.
Ken, I disabled the RME stuff in the Devices tab in Sonar and sure enough all 16 Channels worked fine. I appreciate the help from you and others on the problem.
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Rockabilly69
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/28 23:14:42
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I'm loving the sound of this mixer!
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/29 16:32:55
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Glad you figured it out 
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Rockabilly69
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/29 19:03:14
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Zargg
Glad you figured it out
Me too, now I'm figuring out the routing of the 1640i, it has some limitations because of it's design as both a live board and a recording board. The main inserts (where I would of course like to throw some of my good hardware compressors), are post Firewire! And when mixing, you have to route the main mix back to channels 15 and 16 so you lose two channels at mixdown. Fortunately for me, most of my singer songwriter style tunes fall under 14 tracks. Some great things about it are the great sounding preamps which took me by surprise, and the very effective good sounding 4 band Perkins EQ. Along with that, there are a quite a few ins/outs on this thing, check out the rear panel! 
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Re: Mackie 1640i and Sonar
2018/03/29 21:05:47
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FYI, if you can afford it, the circuitry can actually be done pre instead of post. Something like that anyway, it's been a while since I saw the manual, but I remember it being an option.
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