Nice mixer. I have the same one. The internal effects aren't good, but for the price, the entire 32-channel board is fantastic, overall. Let's enjoy while there are companies like Mackie who have guts to makes such beautiful pieces of hardware and charge us not much more for it than Apple charges for iPad.
I don't used it with a DAW's. I have two racks of MIDI sound modules connected to the Mackie 3204VLZ4 mixer, and I trigger them with MIDI sequencer. Hence, I don't even need an audio recorder. I might get Edirol R-44 though, as it has four balanced ins, and the Mackie has 4 balanced bus outs.
Andrew Piatek I'm intending to buy one but I'd like to use it in a DAW ? Is it possible?? I'd like to record old school (record one track through mackie onto DAW then route back onto Mackie).
Hmmm... I see what you're saying. So you'd want to record each Mackie channel onto separate audio track of your computer. Then I am guessing you'd need to utilize the insert Y inputs/outputs on Mackie's each channel. But then you still need a 32-channel audio interface for your computer. That could be more expensive than the mixer itself. If money were not object I'd get four MOTU 896mk3 USB/FireWire interfaces. Then you'd get VU metering for each Mackie channel, recording capability, and stand alone effects, too. Nice to dream, heh? :) But let me tell you this. If money were no object, I'd still keep my Mackie 3204VLZ4 as a centerpiece of my audio system. I am either so dumb, or the Mackie is so good. I'll leave the judgement to you.
@WiKiTWoNKaWeCKoRDS LLC for my DAW 32 channels in, 16 channels out, I use the presonus RM32AI amazing but needs Firewire with older Mac or IBM that supports it. Still working amazing on my Mac Pro.
