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Mackie Onyx Satellite

FireWire audio interface from Mackie belonging to the Onyx series

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Published on 02/10/08 at 12:22
- What technical specifications motivated your choice?
Simplicity pratica brand, with 2 inputs pramplis, possibility of spare base / satellite ...
A must have t with a MIDI I / O and more.

- For what purpose?
Home studio.

- What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
P4 2.8GHz dualcore
2GB DDR2 ram
250GB SATA II
- Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
Active Monitors: ESI nEar05
Microphones: Shure SM58 and BETA58
No need to prampli (Intgr those are great, no breath)

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem?
Never seen anything so simple ...

- Have you experienced any incompatibility?
Not

- The configuration gnrale is easy?
Extremely simple.

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
In English, full of explanatory schmas trs clear.

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
No problem for now.

- What software do you use most often?
Cubase, Audacity, Reason ...

- What you get lag?
We can get up to 1ms latency if it grows well.
I use it with a latency of 5ms (256) as not worth descend lower.

- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ...
Record: 2
Read: not yet found a limit.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
A few days

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
I love everything on it, in particular pramplis doing good work.
If we really wanted to find something wrong: the fact that the satellite is slightly warm to the touch after a while, but do not at ESG ...

edit 10/02/08: APRS little thing wrong two months of use: the same master volume down 0, a bit of his fate still my speakers (trslger). I do not know if this happens with all models. So, if I do not want that kind of sound other than my headphone (the night for example), must j'teigne my speakers.

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
The Stanton Final Scratch 2, which has nothing to do since it's a DJ audio interface.

- How do you report qualitprix?
I guess unbeatable ...

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Obviously.