With this size mixer, one does not expect to get proper faders.
![]() This is a terminally cute eight input analog mixer which provides a generous list of features in a form designed to take up minimum real estate on your desktop. However, theres an added twist to this little mixers story, one which particularly piqued my interest. The Mackie 820i mixer is now ProTools compatible, as are its larger siblings. Kie Onyx 820I Driver Code ByAt the time of this writing, Ive not been able to discover whether Mackie was given the necessary driver code by Digidesign, or if they just whumped up their own driver. Either way, it would appear to be a win-win for the end-user. The attractive aluminum chassis seems sturdy enough and the little board feels quite substantial, no doubt in part due to Mackies use of an internal power supply instead of the customary wall wart one might expect on a mixer of this size. ![]() Channel 34 can function as either a mono mic channel or a stereo line-in channel. Channels 56 and 78 are stereo line in only and are identical, except for the fact that you can assign the stereo FireWire outputs from your computer directly to Channel 78 using a button next to the EQ for 78. For the inputs with mic preamps, these range from -20 dB to 40 dB, more than enough gain for all but perhaps a ribbon microphones. The two line only inputs feature a total of 40 dB of gain, arranged as 20 dB of cut and 20 dB of boost. The three mic channels also have individual 48 V phantom power buttons, important if you want to use both ribbon microphones and condenser microphones at the same time. These three channels also have low-cut filter buttons, each of which engages a high pass filter at 75 Hz within 18 dB per octave slope. Input selector buttons on channels one and two are used to activate a high impedance option for guitars, while the input selector button on channels 34 selects between 4 dB and -10 dB input levels. Named after the Mackie engineer who developed the circuitry, Mackie claims that this design was inspired by British equalizers and trades boostcut capabilities for an extra 6 dB of control, giving 15 dB of boost and cut. The two mono channels feature a three band EQ with a sweepable midrange from 100 Hz to 8 kHz. Channel 34 gets the standard Mackie eight bus EQ, with four fixed bands at 12 kHz, 2.5 kHz, 400 Hz, and 80 Hz. Channels 56 and 78 get three bands of fixed EQ, forgoing the 400 Hz band. This is a thoughtful feature that allows you to send your audio from the Onyx into your computer either pre- or post-EQ. In the pre-EQ position, all of the EQ circuitry is removed from the signal path entirely. ![]() Finally, each channel has a pan pot, a solo button and a mute button, and level control on a knob.
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