RECORDING Video Review: Mackie Onyx16 

I've ordered it as well and it says due tomorrow! :D How's it going with yours?

No compression or EQ was used at all in the song, either on the tracks or the master.

// greetings , can you name a mixer with those features, thanks a lot ////looking for a abordable and reliable mixer for live gigs ////

I honestly do not know for certain.

Sadly it's been almost a year since I had the unit here, and I honestly would need to dig back into the manual to find out. I don't believe, however, that you can do what you are asking.

The Tascam is a digital mixer. The Tascam 16 is more like this one,

I don not belive you can.

No, this is no compression. Each channel has the Perkins EQ and the effects section has its own digital EQ, but no compression.

I was actually worried about certain things like the one knob compression and it’s ability to return audio from the DAW to each channel. However, after taking a careful look at the unit and considering the fact that I already have a multitrack 18x20 audio interface that could take care of the routing, I went for it because I didn’t want a digital mixer for now. Trust me, the unit sounds really great. The Perkins EQ is more than enough to do without the one knob compression. I tested alongside my small mixer with one knob compression and it sounded far better. The studio command section is really good. As per the usb out from the DAW, I only use the audio interface when I need to mix and play back more than 2 channels from the mixer, and I can only do that when mixing. After mixing, I can decide to return everything into 2 channels and use a third channel for myself in live-streaming music through zoom. Hope this helps.

@@RecordingMag Gah, I need compression. Not looking forward to having to buy a separate compressor.

The USB outs are individual inputs of each channel, just like a 16-channel interface. It is mic pre/input to the channels in your DAW. The FX can only be captured from the analog stereo outs or to the digital card. If I remember correctly, there is no two-track USB capture.

@@RecordingMag I don't see this as a flaw. I'd prefer to have "dry" signals either going in to the DAW or onto the SD card. That allows you to use the DAW to add effects, compression, mix, pan, etc., as needed to get a good mix and master. If the .wav files came with the effects then there would be no way to remove them and you'd be stuck with them.

You would need to buy a digital mixer. But if you are using the usb option, you can make the adjustment in your daw.

believe the older 1620i allows you to switch. or some more expensive options. but this defeats the purpose for me as well. damn. i just built a second eurorack of multiple divkid stereo strips to go into the 8ins of a saffire focusrite, but need a few more ins in almost every situation. but that kind of pre-rinse, pitstop of soundshaping on the way in makes a world of difference. plus a compressor per channel, it's such a game changer. hope you have since sorted it.

If you are asking if you can record each channel to your computer as an interface, but also use the mixer as a mixer at the same time recording to another source from the stereo outs, yes - including the SD Card.

Thanks for the answer! Cann I arm every single channel (for example only 5 channels) and record this 5 tracks on SD? can I then record multitrack on the sd card? thanks for your patience

i would like to know too

Yes

@@Emphatiemesigyes

Each channel but they are pre-fader.

Correct

You ever figure this out?.. having the same issue myself

You can use it for both

hopefully you were able to return it. it's a shame. i believe the older 1620i allows you to switch between the eq / fx before the daw. i was so ready to get one of these til 5:17 where he explains any eq changes made will not be routed into the daw. what the hell, this could have been such a killer interface for all my synths. hopefully mackie brings this back, or does a firmware update.

@@lovedeathdiscowell hopefully a software update would solve this issue. I'm working with a DAW program Ableton for the mix down and mastering. This creates several extra steps but it's all very interesting to see what the final product will sound like.

No compressor and the SD card is just a capture of the main stereo out.

@@RecordingMag Thanks! Mackie needs to step up their game. They really glossed over this in their own videos. I heard 'stereo recording' but yeah they seem to be trying to avoid diving too deep into this limitation.

Effects can be tracked through and captured on the card or from the analog outs. USB is just a 1:1 multi-channel interface to your DAW.

I'm interested in this answer too. Nobody seems to be addressing it, including Mackie.

also interested

It would seem yes, its almost fucking hidden info but found out it only outputs 4x through the usb interface.... Look for the Zoom L series, Soundcraft MTK (no send to SD i think) series or the Tascam Model (12 version is digital) (for god sake double check but they should do the job)

It’s a little misleading to say “multitrack usb recording” bc to me that implies you can records the individual tracks live and then mix after… I don’t believe this is the case. Isn’t it still just a stereo master mix out that you can record? Or I’m missing something

@RecordingMag 5 maanden geleden "The USB outs are individual inputs of each channel, just like a 16-channel interface. It is mic pre/input to the channels in your DAW."

Same, paid and been waiting 6 months now. I’m sure this is all a hoax 🤣😂 I since brought the 16 chan Tascam to tie me over and now contemplating scrapping the Mackie or in favour of the 24 Chan Tascam

@@omenjh I hope that Mackie understands that delaying on something that does not necessarily bring any ground breaking features allows near equivalent competition to gain market share. As the saying goes the best audio gear is the one you have right now that gets the job done.

@@kenyontech Just had an email from my supplier who says Mackie keep putting the date back, is and now Jan / Feb. Mackie if you are reading these posts your losing customers. My supplier is saying I’m not the only one canceling to go to the competition. I think people would be ok with the wait if you guys actually talked to your customers instead of treating us like idiots.

I cannot answer that yet as I have not made the jump to an M1. You might want to check Mackie's web site.

@@RecordingMag Thanks) Yeah, I even contacted Mackie support already but they told me that they do not know if it supports M1 yet themselves