[hank alrich]

Bob Howes no.emailatnowhere.com wrote:

"Danny T" wrote in message
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On Nov 6, 7:46 am, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 11/5/2010 6:30 PM, Danny T wrote:

I need six channels for my solo rig. I want phantom power, 2 mono
acoustic guitars, and a keyboard plugged in all the time. I need
inserts on the guitar and voc channels and I want a good mixer that is
small.

"You can't always get what you want, but if you try, sometime, you
\know, you'll get what you need." You won't find a 6 channel mixer that
meets all of those requirements, but you can do that with a Mackie Onyx
1220 (old model) or 1220i (current model), maybe. You didn't specify how
many vocal channels you need. The 1220 has four inputs that will
accommodate microphones (XLR, phantom power, about 60 dB gain). Two of
those also have (swtichable) instrument inputs which sound quite good
and would work well with your acoustic guitrars whether they had pickups
or you were using mics. The other two of those four could be used for
your vocals. All four of those inputs have insert jacks. There are four
other stereo line level input channels which can also be mono. You could
run your keyboard through one or two of those channels, and you'd still
have more inputs left for other line level sources. It's good, and
relatively small.

It would be really cool if there was a way to track in to a laptop but
not really necessary.

The current version, the "i" series, has a Firewire interface which
carries direct outputs from all of the channels into the computer and
two channels (computer-mixed playback) back to the mixer for listening
or overdubbing.

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Mike, More is better. That mixer looks plenty small enough to meet my
needs but is it really that good a board? I haven't used a mackie
board in over 12 or more years Back then I didn't care for them much.

Thanks for direction.

I also have some bad memories of Mackie mixers...which is why I suggest you
also look at the Allen and Heath Zed series....probably the Z14 but it's
worth checking out the various sizes and options. All have insert points,
phantom, plus a variety of USB2 feeds to computers and some with built in
effects.

Bob

The Mackie Onyx line is a whole new ballgame IMO. These are good little
mixers, with good EQ (Yes, I said that), much better pres, and a really
good DI input, too.

Bob Olhsson commented in PSW that he'd attended a classical recording
session where a Mackie Onyx was used and that he was surprised how good
the board was.

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