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Mackie Onyx 1200F (No Longer Available)Item ID: Onyx1200FFireWire Audio Interface/MIDI Interface with 12 Onyx Preamps, S/PDIF, ADAT, and AES/EBU I/O, and Four Headphone Outs 
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We are working with our friends at From Our Research Team:FireWire Interface with 12 Mackie Onyx Preamps!The Mackie 1200F is a 30 x 34-channel, 24-bit/192kHz-capable FireWire audio/MIDI interface that features 12 of Mackie's flagship Onyx preamps, onboard DSP matrix mixing, an advanced monitoring/headphone control section with four user-assignable headphone outputs, two stereo control room outputs, built-in talkback mic input, and remote switching capability.Mackie Onyx 1200F FireWire Audio/MIDI Interface at a Glance:
Ideal for expanding your input count Designed to provide functionality that has previously required several different pieces of equipment to facilitate, the Onyx 1200F is perfect for musicians and engineers looking to affordably expand their input count without sacrificing audio quality. And because it's 192kHz capable, all of the detail and clarity of Mackie's premium Onyx mic pre is sure to not be lost in the final recording. Extensive onboard mixing via assignable patch bay with DSP Among the Onyx 1200F's most innovative features is an assignable patch bay with advanced DSP capabilities. The 1200F provides an extensive, intuitive on-board mixing interface that allows the user to route to any desired monitoring path and phones outputs directly from the hardware inputs at near zero latency. This functionality also allows 1200F users to patch any hardware input, or mix any combination of hardware inputs, to any hardware output. Likewise, any software output can be patched to any hardware destination. A ton of I/O including four headphone outs Front-panel controls on the Onyx 1200F include control-room output level with A/B monitor select, four discrete headphone outputs with dedicated level controls, two instrument inputs, and 4-segment metering for the mic/line input channels. The rear panel includes 12 combo mic/line inputs, balanced TRS sends and returns for the first two mic inputs, eight balanced line outputs, dual stereo control room outputs, word clock I/O, 2 x 2 MIDI I/O, dual ADAT I/O, S/PDIF I/O, AES/EBU I/O, and two FireWire ports. Footswitch inputs are provided for monitor switching and talkback activation. Includes Mackie's Tracktion 2 and Final Mix software The Onyx 1200F is bundled with a complete software package which includes Tracktion 2, Mackie's intuitive audio recording and MIDI production software, as well as the Mackie Final Mix CD mastering toolkit. This bundle ensures that Onyx 1200F customers will have a complete recording/mixing/mastering solution right out of the box. Rugged construction, yet an attractive design for the studio Like all the products in Mackie's Onyx family, the Onyx 1200F's build-quality and industrial design are second to none. The rugged, 2U rackmount steel chassis features an attractive extruded aluminum front panel with machined aluminum knobs. A black plastic lens is flush-mounted into the front panel and accommodates 12 channels of level meters. Mackie Onyx 1200F FireWire Audio/MIDI Interface Features:
The Mackie Onyx 1200F has more of what you need in an interface! Onyx 1200F Image Gallery
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ReviewsUnbelievable quality for the money...a serious studio tool.
by Steven H. from Oregon
After much deliberation and research for a new audio interface, our studio decided on the Mackie 1200f. First, however, a bit of back story. November 22, 2008 Music Background: Studio Owner, Recording Engineer. Our trusty old RME FF800 has served us well... read more [+] and is a well built and dependable unit to be sure ( lots of hours logged on this machine ). But our schedule of 4-5 sessions a day and the requirement for the unit to double as a mobile recording rig was beginning to strain the FF800 and its internal routing capabilities to say the least. We looked at every major pre-amp/interface combo available and had the same 'un-realistic' requirements that many mid-sized studios have...we need it to do everything! Most of the products we looked at ( MOTU, Presonus, Digidesign, Echo, ect.) all suffered from the same design compromises. Choose between great features and DSP but settle for a limited number of high quality mic pre-amps or, lots of lower quality mic-pres combined with limited features and routing options. Shortly there-after, one of the posting rooms we work with bought the mackie and lent it to us for a trail run. For the next 4 days straight, we put it through every possible application we could think of including 5 sessions a day and 2 different live recording situations ( a 5 piece live blues band and a small jazz trio centered around nylon string guitar ). After 4 days and countless projects involving a variety of mics and music styles, we all came to the same conclusion: This is currently one of the best values on the pro audio market and probably one of the most miss-understood pieces of equipment to date. Like any classic piece of gear, it takes a while before people catch on and I believe the 1200f is destined for that category. Heres why; Build quality: Excellent. Anyone who has had to choose between great features and poor quality construction or flimsy plastic chassis knows what Im talking about. The 12oof is built like a legitimate studio tool. Solid steel construction with a front panel layout thats informative and simple to use under pressure. The back panel connectors are the beefy Neutrik style and are individually attatched to the chassis. The balanced Hi-Z connections are tight and solid. Everything about this unit 'feels' substantial. Pre-amps: First, there is a marked difference between these Onyx pre-amps and the pre-amps found in the Mackie Onyx Mixer line. ( we own a 1220 and 1620 ). This is probably due to the improved head amps and converters in the 1200f. The sound is open and uncolored/accurate with an extremely detailed bottom end. One of the most impressive things about the pre-amps is the noise floor. In critical acoustic recording with wide dynamic range, there was a vast difference the 1200f and all the other mutli input pre-amps we tried including our trusty FF800. The RME has very good quality converters but the mic-pres just dont hold a candle to the 1200f. In a head to head blind test with tracks done through the Mackie 1200f and our Grace 101 straight into the RME converters, no one could consistently pick out the Grace or even our Chandler for that matter. While many of you may have your preferences for mic pre's, this says a great deal about the quality of the input path to the DAW. Let me be clear, we found no other multi input interface anywhere near the quality of these mic-pre's. Routing: The routing on the 1200f seems complex at first but, this is common for a piece of gear that is this flexible and does this much. Like any advanced piece of equipment ( digital mixers, ect.) the 1200f requires a bit of a learning curve to really grasp what this unit is truly capable of. But make no mistake, this is one of the most flexible pieces of equipment we have ever worked with. The ability to switch between 2 different control rooms outputs and simultaneously power ( not just send ) 4 separate stereo feeds is unheard of on multi input interface that is not a full fledged mixer ( i.e. Yamaha O2R ). Add to that 12 channels of analog input with 2 of them switchable to instrument D.I.'s and 16 channels of simultaneous ADAT input and output with a built-in mic talkback system ( separate from the inputs ) that can be footswitched and 2 full MIDI ports plus SPDIF and you have quite simply a monster of an interface. Compatibility: Be advised this interface likes 'TI' chipset firewire interfaces.( ADS Pyro, ect ) And dont plan on running your other 1394 devices off the same buss. Get a dedicated firewire card ( PCI, PCIe ) and run it off that. This would be logical in most critical production environments anyway. ( special note..our RICOH chipset inside our HP laptop ran the 1200f just fine but I would not trust a critical project with it ) Conclusion: This is probably the best value for a serious studio or live interface out there right now. For the small to mid-sized studio looking to build a front end around a firewire ( or PCI-PCIe, USB ) interface or to use as a converter for an analog front end ( the Toft Audio ATB-32 for example ) there is simply nothing else quite this flexible. For the quality of what you get versus the money you spend, there are very few mic-preamp and/or interfaces even close to 1200f. close [-] Great sounding interface with lots of features...but not perfect
by Madcap Rex from USA
After many months of delay, I finally got my hands on one of the last units from the fist shipment. Overall, the onyx 1200f is a great interface. The hardware is pretty much everything the description... read more [+] says it is. The preamps and converters sound good and the construction seems durable. The software, on the other hand, is a different story. Though the software performs perfectly, I was disappointed by a few lacking features that would have made this interface perfect- five stars. First of all, you cannot route the "main out" signal back into your recording software...which means you cannot record audio coming from internal sources, such as cd/dvd drive or streaming internet audio, into your daw. You would have to physically patch cables from the analog outs to the ins...that really sucks. The other issue is that you cannot route the "main out" signal into more than one pair of the analog outs at a time...for example you cannot connect more headphone amps and/or sub woofers to play simultaneously. You would have to connect them to the headphone outs on front of the 1200f. Also, it would have been nice to have control over the settings (via lcd display or something) when not using a computer. It does work as a stand alone mixer but you have no control of some important settings. As it stands, the 1200f memorizes the last settings (such as panning) on the software mixer, once it’s disconnected from the computer that’s how the settings stay. In my opinion these short comings are a disappointment, especially because other interfaces do offer these features. For example, motu interfaces have good stand-alone mixer controls and aardvark interfaces (which are no longer made) have superior and easy routing capabilities. To be clear- I do like the sound of the 1200f better than the two brands just mentioned, I just wish he routing was more flexible. If Mackie integrates these features, the 1200f would be perfect! close [-]
September 6, 2007 Music Background: 
Mackie Onyx 1200F
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