Expansion Card Adds FireWire I/O to Onyx Analog Mixers
January 15, 2004
At this year's Winter NAMM show, Mackie introduced an optional FireWire card for the new ONYX family of premium analog mixers. The 24-bit/96kHz Onyx FireWire card can be installed in any of the ONYX mixers (1220, 1620 & 1640) to provide a combination of direct outputs (from every single input channel on the mixer) and the L-R mix directly into a FireWire equipped computer, and, at the same time, return 2 channels of computer audio back to the mixer for monitoring through the control room/phones matrix.
"Installing the FireWire option card into an Onyx mixer opens a world of application and configuration possibilities," commented Dan Steinberg, Product Development Manager for the Onyx line. "For example, with the FireWire card installed, the mixers are an ideal front end for a digital audio workstations or, when combined with a laptop computer, they make an affordable multitrack interface for portable live recording."
The FireWire Option Card will be available in Q1, 2004 for a manufacturers suggested retail price of $499.99 USD.
Key Features:
- Operates at 24-bit/96kHz resolution
- Compatible with any Windows XP ASIO/WDM host software or any Mac OSX.3 Core Audio host software
- Provides direct multi-channel outputs for every individual mixer channel (12 channels for the Onyx 1220, 16 channels for the Onyx 1620 and 1640), as well as the main L-R mix
- Provides two channels of audio from computer to mixer for monitoring through the control room/phones matrix
- Allows daisy-chaining of two mixers together, resulting in expanded channel counts feeding into the computer
- FireWire technology allows for very low buffer settings, allowing for monitoring through the DAW software and plug ins with low latency.
- Fully user installable
For more information, visit their web site at www.mackie.com. |
