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Premium Mackie Mixer... ON FIRE!
At Mackie, their expertise designing great sounding, ultra-reliable compact mixers goes without saying. They practically built their company on the shoulders of those hallmark blue and red knobs, legendary XDR preamps and VLZ circuitry. So why develop a whole new small-format analog mixer line from scratch?
High-performance analog mixers for the digital era.
The goal for the Onyx Series was no short order: small-format analog mixers with more useful features, better sound quality, advanced tonal shaping and full FireWire connectivity options. To accomplish all this, they assembled a hybrid engineering team led by famed analog engineer Cal Perkins and digital guru Chris Jubien. They also couldn't keep Greg Mackie from adding things as they went along (like 4-segment LED metering on every channel). Two years and almost nine thousand cups of coffee later, they've releases the flagship Onyx Series.
Delivering the premium goods.
The Onyx 1220, 1620 and 1640 start with Mackie's new Onyx mic preamps, which meet or surpass just about any standalone mic preamp on the market in terms of pure fidelity and head-room (and yes, there are specs to prove it). Next up is the completely new Perkins EQ circuitry, a "neo classic" 3- and 4-band design which gives you the sweet musicality of British EQ with greater filter control and minimum phase shift (plus a true hardware EQ bypass). This analog brilliance is paired with a full-featured discrete Auxiliary section, a completely redesigned mix bus and summing amp section, and a built-in Talkback section with onboard mic.
The Simplicity of Analog. The Convenience of Digital.
The Onyx FireWire I/O Card is a true first. This 24-bit/96k card bridges the gap between Mackie's flagship Onyx analog mixers and a Mac or PC, giving musicians and engineers a great-sounding and very efficient way to go from analog to digital--without the need for separate converter boxes or interfaces.
Mackie Onyx 1220 Features:
- Premium 12-channel small-format analog mixer with all-new circuitry
- 4 new ONYX mic preamps with sound comparable to boutique preamps
- New 3-band Perkins EQ with sweepable mids
- 96K FireWire option for streaming 14 independent channels of audio to computer with zero latency input monitoring through mixer
- 2 channels of monitoring from computer via FireWire option card
- 2 Aux sends w/ Pre/Post switches
- 4 stereo line-level inputs
- Built-in Talkback section for use with internal or external mic
- True hardware EQ Bypass
- "Planet-Earth" ± power supply
- Individual 48v Phantom Power switches on all mic inputs
- Linear taper 60mm faders with ultra-smooth response on all channels
- Balanced direct outs for every channel via DB-25 connection
- Selectable instrument inputs on first two channels.no DI box needed
| Sweetwater Expert Advice |
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"I have been looking at the 1202-VLZ3 and the Onyx 1220 for quite some time now. Both are rugged, both are great for for multiple applications, but I decided to go with the Onyx. The 1220 has a FireWire option for direct computer recording, and the Onyx has direct outputs via DB25 connectors. This poses many benefits for studio and for live. I would recommend buying two DB25-to-XLR male cables (DA88XM15) if you are using this live. It is the only way to get eight direct outs with this board. You need two as the board runs its DB25 outputs in sets of four."
Carson McClain
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"My Mackie Onyx 1220 is the center of outbound signal flow in my recording studio. In addition to lots of routing options, it's got a built-in talkback mic, long smooth faders, and beautifully transparent preamps with tons of headroom. I couldn't ask for more!"
Ron Daniel
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