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 Mackie
Onyx 400F
Studio recording preamp, 192kHz FireWire I/O
The Onyx 400F is a 10-channel premium mic preamp and FireWire audio interface
featuring four Onyx mic preamps. These preamps offer superior headroom,
sonic detail, and clarity - delivering 123dB dynamic range and an amazing
.0007% THD - and a sound that has been widely praised as exceptionally
"open" and "revealing." The Onyx 400F also offers
TRS inserts for inserting your outboard gear into your signal path before
sending it to your Mac or PC, plus an internal 10 x 10 DSP Matrix Mixer
with full recall and 64-bit floating point processing - a feature not
found on any other FireWire interface, at any price.
Applications
With four Onyx mic preamps, four line inputs and stereo S/PDIF digital
inputs, the Onyx 400F is ideal for tracking anything from smaller overdub-style
projects to a full band. You simply plug in your mics and instruments
to the front or rear panel, and plug a FireWire cable into your Mac or
PC. The 400F's eight individual outputs can be used for surround mixing,
or for sending four discrete stereo headphone mixes to a headphone amp.
For overdubs, the dual headphone outputs give both the engineer and musician
their own headphone outs with independent volume control. And the internal
10 x 10 Matrix Mixer allows near-zero-latency routing of any input to
any output.
Engineered to Over-Perform
The Onyx 400F features mastering-grade 24-bit/192kHz AKM® 5385 and
4358 audio converters - the same converters you'll find in the Digital
X Bus. But at the same time, the 400F's "sound quality" is a
function of its entire system - the Onyx preamps, the well-engineered
summing circuitry, the 64-bit floating point processing, and more.
Onboard 10 x 10 Matrix Mixer with 64-bit Processing
The Onyx 400F is the first FireWire audio interface with a true 64-bit
onboard Matrix Mixer with floating-point DSP. The DSP-controlled mixer
lets you route any input to any output with panning, level control, mute
and solo controls, storing your mixes for instant recall. And it operates
with or without a computer. So you can, for example, make five custom
mixes of incoming live inputs, plus two channels coming back from your
computer - patch in external compressors or reverbs - and send individual
near-zero-latency stereo headphone mixes to up to four musicians, with
an extra independent digital mix to your DAT or CD recorder.
The 400F remembers how you have set the Matrix Mixer via control panel
software and retains this routing when you power it up, even with no computer
attached, for convenient standalone mixer functionality. And with 64-bit
floating-point processing and high-definition 192kHz sampling rates, the
DSP mixer preserves the original fidelity and clarity of your sound sources.
Extras and Robust Construction
Offering a host of helpful "extras" to make life easier, the
Onyx 400f includes dual high-impedance instrument inputs so you can connect
directly to the unit, eliminating the need for an external direct box.
There's also stereo Control Room outputs and dual stereo headphone outputs
on the front panel, each with individual volume controls. In addition
to 192kHz S/PDIF and Word Clock (BNC) I/O connections, the rear panel
of the 400F offers dual FireWire connectors for daisy-chaining devices
like external hard drives, optical drives, and even another Onyx 400F
on Mac OS 10.4 and higher systems.
On the construction side of things, the Onyx 400F features an all-steel
chassis, aluminum faceplate and front-panel knobs, long-life switches,
and ultra high-quality connectors on front and rear panels.
Includes Tracktion 2 Music Production Software
A perfect recording preamp and audio interface for all the major audio
software applications. For those looking to record and produce music with
minimal hassle, Mackie has included the Tracktion 2 Music Production Software.
This applications offers a refreshingly simple single-screen interface,
fast workflow, a 64-bit mix engine, unlimited track count, QuickTime support
and much more. There's even a plug-in bundle with a complete suite of
Mackie Mixing and Mastering tools.
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