Re: More mixer: Mackie Onyx or...?

[mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>]

Thanks to all that came through with info on mixers,
here's the conclusion I came to:

The Mackie Onyx line seems great... but it's not a
single space unit as I originally wanted.  Would be
great if I could find it with the firewire card for an
inexpensive price, but here in the states it's pretty
expensive especially when you consider you'll have to
add $90 to it to use the full complemenet of cables. 
Worth it?  Definitely.  For me?  Probably not, at
least right now.

What I've done was to take 2 of the outputs from my
828 and ran them into my effects.
(AirSynth/AirFX/KAOSS Pad 2) and back into a stereo
pair on my Soundcraft board.  Worked perfectly, though
with a little noticable latency.  My idea's been to
use this setup on my guitar signal in a similar way to
the video someone posted where the guitarest had built
a KAOSS pad into his guitar.  My sustainiac would
provide a nice sustainable note for me to mangle.

It was nearly impossible to play.  I really realized
how much my sustainiac technique relies on both hands.
 My right hand is constantly muting the strings I
don't want to sound.  It's become second nature and I
don't even think about it.

In the end, I just couldn't control it well.  Instead
I just decided I'd dedicate the output of my Alesis
Micron to my needs.  Works perfectly and is easily
controllable.

For my guitar I've decided that I'm going to try and
rig my setup so that I can have a dual pedal midi
controller (probably the midi out of my Tonelab)
control two parameters at the same time.  I used to
get some amazing stuff happening way back when with an
ART SGX2000 and it's midi pedal.  Oh those days of
pink and black silk screened graphics!

Mark

--- Buzap Buzap <buzap@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi folks
> 
> all I can add is that I really LOVE my Onyx 1220
> mixer:
> Very good deal for the money (esp. if you get the
> Firewire card incl. for 500 EUR/$). EQs sound great
> Esp. for sending stereo signals, the AUX3/4-SEND(or
> MUTE) buttons are great. I use them all the time to
> send any signal (or a combination of signals) to my
> looper. Can't believe they don't market this feature
> actively. Also monitoring section is very flexible.
> It is built rock solid. That being maybe a
> disadvantage for a mobile setup. (Though the
> carry-on bags are... cute:
>
https://loudstore.coresys.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=10249&item=144987&minisite=10060)
> 
> I'm not sure if you'll need a D?25? cable. You might
> want to check the other input/outputs:
>
http://www.mackie.com/home/showimage.html?u=/products/onyx1220/images/1220_top_lg.jpg
> I had no problems with Onyx Firewire & my Mac
> (plug&play :-)
> 
> Best regards
> Buzap
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