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It's ok, but too much latency for some features to be usable
By: Marco
Submitted: 9/23/2015
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I bought this mixer over a year ago. I can get a pretty good sound with it, and I love being able to mix in analog. The only problem is ridiculous latency that makes many of the advertised features unusable (--I have a beefed up Mac Pro 8-core, over 20gB ram, so I know it's not on the computer end---). For example, sends can be routed through firewire to use software plugs and still mix in analog. But routing to Aux plug-in and back adds so much latency to that track you would have to adjust timing of every track (or group of tracks) on each channel of the Onyx just to utilize that feature.. I thought it would simplify my work-flow but it was just a hassle so I went back to doing nearly everything in the box, and just mixing stems or tracks on the Onyx AFTER I already do a pre-mix and filters/etc in the box. But at this point I may just sell the Mackie Onyx and buy a midi-controller with faders and knobs to just Stay in the box. Maybe better for live sound & recording, but not mixing.
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Amazing Product from an Amazing Company
By: Michael
Submitted: 3/16/2015
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This tank is built to make music!
By: Anthony Ventresca
Submitted: 3/17/2013
Mackie always brings the quality when they put out a product and that stays true with the 1620i.
The mic pre's are quiet and crisp..... FireWire interface ROCKS!
My 12 year old can run it!
Crisp, clean tone with plenty of I/O to fill most needs. The eq is an awesome feature that cleans up any mix!
Tank! Tank! Tank!
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I wish I could have a few of these bad boys! Some day....
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Couldnt be happier
By: Angel Benavides from Roseville, ca
Submitted: 9/27/2011
Gives you that professional studio sound and feeling. It is very dependable espicaially when your all plugged in with multiple tracks.
The best feature is the quality of sound and how user friendly it is. I get compliments on the quality of my artist by everyone who hears our music.
Easy to set up and use. The Manual was a plus. I would definetly refer the Mackie to my friends, I already have.
Perfect. Cant beleive the difference from what I was using before.
So far so good.
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Excellent. Need to say no more.
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Great Addition to my studio!
By: benjietv69@gmail.com from Houston, Texas, USA
Submitted: 12/8/2010
Very dependable. I don't use it for live sound, so it stays in one place.
Very!!!
Fantastic. Can't beat a Mackie!
So far, great! I have only had it for a couple of months but have been recording non-stop since I installed it.
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I think it's the best mixer that I have ever recorded with as of now!
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Ummm... Let me explain
By: Nathan Hedgeman from Mangaf, Kuwait
Submitted: 12/7/2010
It's beautiful. However when I through it with Logic, for some reason it shifts the place where I recorded the audio. I have to nudge the recording into place. But the sound that was recorded is beautiful.
Also, when I use the mixer's firewire as an output as well as the input, I get a distortion/clipping type noise. Very annoying. SO I have to use my computer as the output.
But I just updated everything on my computer so hopefully BOTH problems are fixed and is with my cpu and not the mixer... but I think it's the mixer.
FIrewire... the whole reason you're even lookin at this mixer
Extremely easy to use with mac. Plug and play with everything thats on my mac. It shows up as just another audio driver in every program I use. Even my screen recorder.
Sound amazing. I've found new nuance in everything that I've plugged into it. Mic's, guitars... etc
Just got it but... it's a Mackie so I'm guessing it will still be working when the universe starts to collapse upon itself again.
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Happy I bought it. THE best purchase I've made for my home studio.
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Ties my studio together
By: from
Submitted: 3/26/2010
It's rather expensive for a guy on a budget, and it was the last real piece I needed to tie it all together. And it was worth every penny.
The inserts are connected to the eq's pre/post switch which is awesome. The manual only says that you can preform a wiring mod to make them post. So if your like me and curious to know, there ya go.
It's very well laid out. Very intuitive. If your like me and prefer an analog front end this is it.
This thing is a world class studio compared to my old firewire mixer. So warm and full of analog goodness without all the noise. It's like I'm hearing all the rest of the gear in my studio for the first time.
Just got it but my Mackie 1604VLZ is 17 years old and is still our live mixer. So I don't really expect a lot of problems with this one.
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For my project studio this is the perfect front end. Worth every penny and then some. I was cheap the last time and bought something other then a Mackie. And I can't believe how much I missed not having a Mackie.