[ddots-l] Re: Mackie Onyx with Firewire

  • From: Michael C <m_dsmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:08:24 -0400

you sure can, I guess its just a matter of preference.

  The tascam, and Project mix are both great units, and work really well with 
Sonar.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Phil Muir 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:47 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mackie Onyx with Firewire


  You can do that with the FW1884 too.

  Regards, Phil Muir
  P J Muir Productions
  Music And Audio Production
  URL:
  www.philmuir.com/
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Michael C 
    To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 5:13 PM
    Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mackie Onyx with Firewire


    just like to Project mix, except for the Project mix you can actually add a 
extra pre amp with eight extra channels, with XLR and quarter inch jacks.

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Phil Muir 
      To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 10:52 AM
      Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mackie Onyx with Firewire


      No.  The Taskam is a soundcard, mixer and control surface, all rolled 
into one.

      Regards, Phil Muir
      P J Muir Productions
      Music And Audio Production
      URL:
      www.philmuir.com/
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Omar Binno 
        To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 3:17 PM
        Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mackie Onyx with Firewire


        If I use the Taskam, would I still use another mixer? Sorry, but i'm 
not familiar at all with the taskam, so my questions about it are going to be 
somewhat rudamentary.

        Omar Binno
          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: Phil Muir 
          To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
          Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 10:09 AM
          Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mackie Onyx with Firewire


          well, I think if I had the money and I were you then, I would go for 
a Taskam FW1884.  It has good pre-amps, and has automated faders.  It's a 
really nice sound card and control surface.  Also, you could add more inputs to 
it, at a later date, by purchasing some extra personas pre-amps for it.

          Regards, Phil Muir
          P J Muir Productions
          Music And Audio Production
          URL:
          www.philmuir.com/
            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: Omar Binno 
            To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 1:31 PM
            Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mackie Onyx with Firewire


            Hi Phil:

            I don't use separate pre amps yet. It's been suggested to me by a 
salesman that the higher end mixers have good pre amps built into them. I'm in 
the process of purchasing all new equipment for the studio because I'm 
scheduled to train with Gord in November. So I'm just asking all these 
questions now so I know what to buy and so I can have everything here and ready 
to go by the time he gets here. I guess that for now, it's the digital 
conversion thats in question here.

            Thanks.

            Omar Binno
              ----- Original Message ----- 
              From: Phil Muir 
              To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
              Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 5:23 AM
              Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Mackie Onyx with Firewire


              Omar, the Mackie is supposed to be very good.  Hard to say 
whether you would achieve better results with that over the Delta.  Unless, the 
preamps that you have attached to your delta aren't as good as the Mackie ones 
or, the digital converters in the Macki, are better than the Delta's.

              Regards, Phil Muir
              P J Muir Productions
              Music And Audio Production
              URL:
              www.philmuir.com/
                ----- Original Message ----- 
                From: Omar Binno 
                To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
                Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:55 AM
                Subject: [ddots-l] Mackie Onyx with Firewire


                Hi Everyone:

                A salesmen at Guitar Center recommended that I use a Mackie 
Onyx, which is one of their higher end mixers with a firewire card. He says the 
firewire card can become replacement for the delta 44 soundcard that i'm 
currently using. He says that I'll get much better quality when converting to 
digital with the firewire card that comes with the onyx mixer. So I wanted to 
get some feedback from you guys before I made a decision on this.

                Thanks.

                Omar Binno

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