Mackie ONYX Firewire Card

ONYX Firewire Card description:

The Mackie Onyx FireWire I/O 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.

The user-installable 24-bit/96kHz Mackie Onyx FireWire I/O Card transforms the Onyx 1220, 1620 and 1640 mixers into fantastic-sounding digital audio interfaces capable of sending up to 18 channels of audio to your Mac or PC — without the need for additional converter boxes or hardware.

The Onyx FireWire Card allows you to stream up to 18 channels of 24-bit digital audio to your Mac (OSX 10.3.5 or greater) or PC (Win XP). These show up in your audio software as 16 individual audio inputs, plus a stereo L/R mix. You can also send two channels of audio back from the computer to the mixer for monitoring purposes. Audio coming back from the computer is conveniently monitored through the Control Room Source matrix, where it is routed to the Phones, Control Room, or Main Mix outputs.

The Onyx FireWire card features two 6-pin FireWire connectors that each supply all 16 channels plus the L/R mix. Having dual connectors allows you to place the Onyx mixer anywhere within a chain of FireWire-equipped devices.

Mackie Onyx FireWire I/O Card main features:

• User-installable 24-bit/96kHz FireWire I/O Card for Mackie's flagship Onyx Series analog mixers
• Allows streaming of 12 or 16 independent channels of audio, plus a stereo mix, directly from mixer to Mac or PC
• Monitors two channels of audio from computer via mixer's Control Room/Phones section
• Allows "daisy chaining" two mixers together, providing additional channels of audio into computer
• FireWire technology provides monitoring of audio software and plug-ins with no noticeable latency
• Turns any Onyx mixer into a great-sounding, very convenient audio interface to the digital world
• Works with any Windows XP ASIO/WDM host (Cubase, Sonar, Live, Tracktion, etc.) or any Mac OS X.3 Core Audio host (Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase, Tracktion, etc.)
• Includes full version of Tracktion Audio and MIDI Production Software