Ryan - I looked around a bit on your channel but didn't see anything on this - what is the studio desk you are using? Looks exactly like what I am looking for! And do you like it, etc? Thanks!
I’m an artist on the rise, a bigger name producer is sending me this interface for free to help with my independent production. Can’t wait to try it out.
Thanks for the review it really helps as I am in the market for a new interface. My current interface is giving me some 'issues' sonically(sound gremlins). Oh and don't forget to mention that amazing Kensington lock on the back. Who is this Kensington and why are they afraid all my gear will be stolen?
How's the DAW? For the price its for sure a beast of an interface, records higher frequency than the Scarlett. Big plus, but the DAW is an even bigger plus.
Fluff, if you had to choose between the Mackie Onyx or the Focusrite Scarlett which would you choose? My cousin she works for Mackie but the Focusrites everyone loves.
These seem great. BUT I'm actually using the Behringer UMC404HD interface, (from a video you did in the past) and I must say it too, is bang for the buck. Everything I've put it through, including experiments, worked like a charm. Keep doing reviews for the budget studio musician and we will keep watching (I watch regardless because Fluff should be a Franchise at the point ha ha)
Dani Scythe yes! I also have the UMC404HD and it is the ultimate bang for the buck! would like to give these a shot just for kicks though - and coming with a full-featured DAW, you could do worse
These look cool, I'd love to see some kind of shoot out between the 'budget' interfaces, the Focusrite stuff, these, even maybe the Behringer Uphoria series. The ones with multiple inputs, that can do MIDI, etc etc. be cool to see what the differences between all the interfaces at the 100-250 buck price point are! I'm in the market for a small interface myself currently for travel and such, and with so many of these coming out I have no idea which to buy!
The Beringer uforia has inferior d/a conversion, the Mackie sounds more open and cleaner. I tried the former and sent it back, great having 4 outputs but the Mackie is superior in its sound at least in its output. I never tried the a)d conversion so can't comment on that.
I've just had my maudio fast track pro fail after 4 years. That's a long time for a low end USB interface. I liked it so much, but I'm looking into other options, hence why I'm on this video! Maudio is plastic and before it failed, I would have to finagle with the plugs getting them a little pulled out to have any signal. Take that with what you will, I think I've just decided on the Mackie
Good video. I do find out that every time my iMac goes to sleep my Onyx Artis 1-2 goes to sleep with it but it doesn't wake up with the iMac so I have to plug it out and in again for it to work. That can't be normal, right? Any thoughts? Thx mucho...
Hey, Fluff! How would you compare this to Saffire Pro 40 soundwise? I just record small things at home right now and don’t need the all of the inputs. I’m just looking for a reason to get rid of that hunk of junk.
Why isn't there any videos to how this thing is connected and how to use it. All I see is videos of people holding it and talking. What's the usefulness. There's lots of people who need technical videos. Not this chatty stuff.... How do you just get better vocal recording with it... To much holding the product and blabbering on for 5 minutes👎
Steinberg UR22 mkII Similarly priced or cheaper than most, decent preamps and headphone jack, includes midi, works with every DAW/sequencer, even comes with software. It's a bit older, but this unit isn't using new tech, either. They also make the UR12 which has one mic preamp and no midi. It's made by Yamaha and it's tied in with Steinberg's Cubase software, so support is good.
What's the wet latency for this puppy? I mean the round trip latency, on for instance 48 hz / 64 samples? I want to use it directly in the Amplitube amp simulator, so am not very interested in zero latency dry monitoring ...
Tried almost all the 2ch audio interfaces available now, focusrite Scarlett were the only ones with crackling sounds getting recorded. Behringer and Focusrite pretty much are the worst
Fluff. so I've got a Focusrite 2i2 and whenever I plug it into my laptop I get a crackling noise apparently this is a common thing among the Focusrite with certain laptops even after downloading the drivers that it recommends. have you ever experienced this with the Mackie? Cause I'm looking at this and I'd rather buy one of these instead of having to upgrade my laptop because its 6 yr old but it's still a relatively high spec'd device
NutsTesticles Well, he didn't say if it has balanced input sooo...a DI box fixes that issue if the signal coming from the interface is clipping. So, it is a valid question.
Well, that would kind of depend on the amp and what you want to do. However, if this unit doesn’t have its own DI, I don’t know what in the hell Mackie is thinking and I don’t see them selling very many long term. Personally, I just got an Audient id4 and it’s pretty damn fantastic. I’m running my Orange Micro Terror from the headphone out into a Digitech CabDryVR and then into the DI of id4 and it sounds great. Assuming this unit does have its own DI, you could always just plug your guitar directly into the interface and use quality amp and cab sims and nobody will ever be able to tell the difference. You can get some rather nice free plugins these days.
except cheaper and more solidly built. The DAW is a matter of preference, but the Focusrite comes with an absurdly crippled version of Ableton. By absurdly crippled, last I checked you can have only 8 mono tracks max (4 mono input and 4 mono output) , 8 scenes and 4 VSTs in total. If all you're doing is a guitar and a voice, that's probably okay, but beyond that Live Lite is completely useless. By contrast the Onyx comes with a full featured DAW. Then again, nowadays you can download excellent full featured and unlimited DAWs like Reaper or SONAR for free.
The only thing i have found about the u-phoria interfaces is they are plastic, but what do you expect for such a cheap price? other than that, they're solid interfaces. The preamps on them are surprisingly nice for the price. If you're looking to get an interface and don't want to spend a ton of money, the u-phoria series is a great bet.
i have a mackie onyx blackjack...i have many annoying noises with thiat interface. (they occur sometimes..) Yes i installed the newest drivers, tried all settings and on different windows' and pcs...the only thing that seems to help is to unplug and wait a few seconds and plug it back in. I wont ever buy any of their interfaces again...
Are you using an ASIO driver (if one is available)? Secondly, if you don't set a large enough buffer for recording and playback, you will hear all sorts of strange noises. Sorry, can't help it.
Yes I'm using the original drivers of the interface..i also tried asio4all with different filesizes, frequencies, etc. too... i switched the power settings to high performance. My pc: i7 7700k 4.7GHz, 16gb ddr4, samsung m.2 evo 960, gtx 1080 ti OC. So just the interface remains... Still thanks for trying to help!
Have you tried running it in compatibility mode for windows 7? I'm seeing posts online that say running the latest drivers that way fixed the problems you described. Of course maybe one solution might not work for everybody, but it might be worth a try if you haven't scrapped the unit.
I sure hope this review explains more about the "powerful headphone output" than Mackie's own site. Like, how powerful? can it run a 250 ohm headset? How about higher? edit: after watching the video, I now have a new set of subjective opinions rather than hard info. Why should I get this over any of the other extremely similar interfaces on the market?
I know for certain my focusrite solo can push a 2x55 OHm headset (AKG K-240) What WOULD put it above the focusrite, would be the ability to run passive monitors.
I don't think USB has enough power for that. I think the Focusrite units have the best headphone driving ability out of all the USB units, but it's hard to say when the specifications are so vague.
everything around that pricepoint is the same, if they can do it cheaper and still sound good then theres not a problem, both are running usb 2.0, both have a 1 xlr and 2 xlr input version. Only difference is a free DAW though tbh that isnt really necessary with even some big studio's switching over to reaper which is completely free.
The Artist has balanced outputs while the Focusrite Solo does not (it has unbalanced RCA outs). So, $20 cheaper, balanced outs, Onyx preamps = win for me.
Too much pre-amble for me, and too long intro music to boot. I cant watch any more. I wish people would just review the gear from moment 1. Nothing personal just preference.
