4/18/2024 0 Comments Mackie onyx 1620i firewire drivers![]() ![]() So you need to remember, what you switched off. Only Control room outputs allow for the needed flexibility, but then - no prelistening or Solo, as I used the PFL Solo for monitors.Īs an additional feature (or the lack of one), neither MUTE nor SOLO buttons have any indicators. Using POST AUX for monitors is not good enough either, because the fader setup cannot then be changed during the show. Hence using PRE AUX for monitors (as Mackie recommends) became a living hell: when I needed to turn a microphone off, I couldn't use the MUTE button, I needed to set its gain to 0. It was only after using the mixer at a concert that I realized, and then found in the manual (yes, it is there, though not in the Muting section, so read carefully), that the MUTE button doesn't actually mute the PRE AUX sends. Rather disturbing, when you're trying to listen to some details on other channels. Mackie claims, their measurement gives 99 dB leakage. The approximate level is 57 dB in the phones (in the right channel, less in the left), I didn't measure it on the main output. When I have a sound coming from Firewire (perhaps, other inputs too - I didn't test this), I can hear it even though the fader on the channel is at '-INF', and no input is selected in the 'Control room source'. ![]() Not a big deal, but beware when you pre-listening. The volumes of the two approaches differ by 6 dB (there is a 6 dB pad between channel strip and summing bus, not mentioned in the instruction manual). There are also two ways of getting the input from the computer - channels 15/16 and control room FW input, routed to the main channel. The only way to restore this is to reboot the mixer.Īnd never, never try to run two audio programs simultaneously - this totally screws up the sampling frequency. It happens in all audio programs I tried, including the 'native' Mackie Tracktion 3. If you do not follow this, at some point the mixer changes the sampling frequency, and everything begins to sound abnormal. ![]() (2) do not set the mixer as a default audio device (which happens automatically, so you need to set it up as non-default). (1) keep all your music on the same playlist with the sampling rate, and And with regards to Firewire, they work rather different (and more stable) than Windows. This proper use is never described in any paper - presumably, because all the testing is done on Apple computers. It kinda works, when you use it properly. A Mackie Onyx 1620i was chosen, due to its highly recommended pre-amps and equalizers. I was looking for an audio mixer with a multitrack recording possibility. I work as a hobbyist sound engineer / operator at small-scale theatre, concerts, discoteques. ![]()
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