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nchardy
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2011/07/28 10:12:32 (permalink)

Mackie Blackbird

I was thinking about getting a new interface.  Has anyone tried the Blackbird onyx yet?  I am welcome to any suggestions about
interfaces in that price range..

Input would be appreciated!!

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    PerChr
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    Re:Mackie Blackbird 2011/08/07 13:01:45 (permalink)
    I would not recommend any Mackie device that requires drivers.
    I bought the Onyx 400f interface, and it was pretty soon abandoned...
    Driver development was slow and stopped with Vista, no win7 or 64-bit.
    So my advice is ; stay away from Mackie interfaces.

    Per

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    Beagle
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    Re:Mackie Blackbird 2011/08/08 05:56:31 (permalink)
    I completely concur with Per!  (rhyme intended!)

    lots of people on the forums have had major issues with mackie drivers on any of their equipment.

    mackie = great hardware and crappy drivers.

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    Re:Mackie Blackbird 2011/08/08 08:47:16 (permalink)
    Negative points from this month's SOS:
    • Doesn't play nicely with some PC Firewire controllers
    • No S/PDIF or MIDI I/O
    • Basic hardware metering

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    Re:Mackie Blackbird 2011/08/10 17:34:55 (permalink)
    Well Im going to be honest i picked this up recently and had to return it due one of the channels not getting the correct signal level, and then eventually not getting a signal at all.  Also the 1/4" cables I plugged in would get stuck in the blackbird.

    So I returned it for a new one...hopefully it was just a fluke becuase other then that it worked really well with sonar.   I can report back if you want when I get the new one.


    Also supposedly (according to their website), Mackie just barely created an internal driver development team so hopefully the driver situation will be better.
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    Re:Mackie Blackbird 2011/08/16 12:09:42 (permalink)
    Got my new one and it works perfectly.  Pretty happy with it so far and would recommend you check it out...Does everything I need.
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