Audio interface or Mackie Onyx Mixer w/ build in interface?

Got a question,
I bought a Firebox audio interface a couple of weeks ago, and, a couple of days ago I stumbled across the Mackie Onyx boards which have the build in audio interface capabitily. Any suggestions on which one is better? As of right now, I do have an external mixer but looking to replace that. Does anybody have any suggestions on which route is better to go with? I could still return the Firebox.
Thank you.

The Onyx preamps rate high, but your Firebox works well with Logic.
Maybe keep the Firebox, and get a Mackie MCU control for Logic:
http://www.mackie.com/products/mcu/index.html
or wait until February when Mackie releases their Onyx 1200F box
Maybe the Firebox and MCU combo wins for now.

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Has anyone used this junxt?
thanks-
dk

Yes, give an outpoint BEFORE this extra audio on track 3 and 4 and you'll be good.
Obviously FCP decides which track it is going to send the Voice Over to at the momen't you start recording. Because it does not know how long you are going to record it will decide not to record on A3 or A4, because somewhere down the track there is some audio.
If you'll set an outpoint on let's say 6 minutes, you will know that you'll have plenty of time to do your 3 or 4 minutes voice over recording AND FCP will know that it will be OK to record on A3, because the recording will stop before it encounters other audio on A3 or A4.
Hope this clarifies.
Rienk

Mackie Onyx mixer

Dear All,
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Lastly, can I use the Mackie mixer as a sound card through its firewire connection to hook up my Macbook Pro to XLR studio monitor, in my case, a pair of Adam A7X?
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Hello, and welcome to the Apple Discussion forums.
As far as iMovie and FCE are concerned, I doubt that you will be able to record audio from your Mackie mixer except possibly through the +Voiceover feature,+ which is mono. iMovie and FCE are designed to ingest video streams. Video usually contains audio, but that is not the same as ingesting audio by itself. (Video being DV, HDV or AVCHD of which only DV can be captured live (as far as I know). A video signal has to be present. Audio is AIFF or PCM or something else, and in my experience neither of them can be captured (recorded) by themselves live into iMovie or FCE. You can record live with an audio app (QT, Traction, SoundStudio, Audacity, Logic, etc) and then imported into iMovie or FCE.
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imbmo anyhow...

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That's interesting. Thanks Benjy.
Please be sure to update here if you do encounter anything similar.
I cannot afford to replace my 'live' desk as well as another soundcard.
Plus, I really don't think I should have to - Mackie and MOTU are established and reputable device manufacturers and this seems to be an Apple issue.
Apple?
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Dear Forum
Im using a Mackie Onyx 1620 Firewire option and am having some issues with Logic 7
1) Sometimes the Computer doesnt reconise the desk and Logic will be playing back in the arrange window with no audio signal being received by the desk.
2) I plug in a mic - the desk registers a level but Logic doesnt after pressing flashing red record (and setting the audio record path)
Im very confused on to what to set up in my AUDIO MIDI options on the MAC, do i set all output and input via the firewire on the desk. Or System output to Apple Built in AUdio?
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Thank you very much for your reply, and your time.
Although my desk has main stereo outs (outputs 1-2) AND main outs 3-4, my firewire set up only allows for one stereo return, so i guess because of this, in logic I am only offered the option 'Out 1-2' for each selected track.
ok, brainstorming here...
What if I connect my studio monitors directly to the compressors main outputs. Left speaker to the compressor output channel one, right speak to compressor output channel 2.
Then, run the main outs of the desk to the in's on the compressor.
Then to compare before/after effects of the compression settings, i just have to flick the bypass switch on the compressor unit ?
Then I would be left with the issue of recording the effected output. Perhaps I could do something in Logic like send the main stereo on a bus to a second logic stereo track and hit record?
I've over-thought this and im probably talking jibberish that makes no sense now - but if someone can please tell me if I'm way off track now or not? Thanks.
(and sorry about this lol).
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Mackie Onyx connection

hey does anyone here know how to connect a Mackie Onyx Firewire mixer to work with GarageBand 2? or could someone point me to a mixer that does work wth GarageBand 2? please do not point me to a Alesis mixer. i would like something a little higher end.

It's hard to say what happened... and sometimes a shorter route will work, like...
Does it boot into Open Firmware with CMDOption+of ?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42642
reset-nvram (press Enter)
set-defaults (press Enter)
reset-all (press Enter)
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How to reset the SMU on a Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) or Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436
Resetting Cuda/PMU on Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, Power Macintosh G3 ...
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hey everyone, so im brand new to the Mac world, been a PC user for ages, i just got a 24" iMac. I'm trying to install the driver for a Mackie Onyx 1640 Firewire card, and i can't seem to figure it out. initially i tried to do it on windows parallels, which im using for some programs, i couldnt get any luck out of that, so i tried to install on the OSX, but that isn't workin either. anyone know what im doing wrong?

Hi and welcome to Discussions and the wonderful world of Mac,
according to the Mackie website you don't need to install specific Mackie drivers (there even aren't some).
Follow the steps in the manual of the Firewire card, especially the ones for the Audio- and MIDI-Setup and you should be ready.
Parallels is not capable at the moment for the use of FireWire, that's why it didn't work.
If you wnat/have to use Windows programs, you might consider BootCamp.
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I'd like to buy a Mackie Onyx 1620i Firewire mixer/control surface for my home studio set up. I have a late 2012 iMac 10.8.5 with Thunderbolt connectors but no Firewire. I know that Apple provide a Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptor but looking around online it seems people have had trouble getting these two pieces of kit to work together. I've read all the available info I can find online about running them.. re:correct serial number of the Mackie, the need for any drivers etc.. but doubt still hangs over the issue. Obviously I don't want to spend hundreds of pounds on the wrong piece of equipment. Has anyone successfully run the Mackie Onyx and iMac described?.. or does anyone have sufficient expertise to deliver a definitive answer one way or the other? I'd be most grateful for any help.
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As an example of the type of issue I am referring to.... Mackie released two hardware versions of the Onyx... The first version no longer works with modern versions of OS X.... and modern Macs.. and this can be identified by the serial number of the unit as shown on their Driver information page....
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxiseries/drivers/
For those with the first version.... Mackie left them 'high and dry' with no solution to their issues other than to buy the newer, second hardware version!
The second version.... again identified by the serial number.... has worked with OS X versions up to 10.8 but only for certain people.. Others have continued to report issues using the latest drivers and 10.8.5... and it does not appear to be supported for any version of OS X higher than 10.8.... which also means it doesn't work reliably with the more modern Macs which require 10.9 as a minimum OS X.
Based on these facts... again, I cannot and will not recommend this product for use with modern Macs and OS X versions.
Note: This is my personal opinion..... and others may have differing opinions depending on their own experiences with the product.

Can anybody help me to build an interface that can work with this code

please help me to build an interface that can work with this code
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import java.util.HashMap;
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import java.io.IOException;
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* @returns a hashmap of the given file
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private static HashMap ReadHashMapFromFile(String filename) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
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in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
String line;
map = new HashMap();
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null)
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if(in!=null) in.close(); //may throw IOException
return(map); //returning a reference to local variable is safe in java (unlike C/C++)
* Process the given file
* @returns String contains the whole file.
private static String ProcessFile(Map words, String filename) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
BufferedReader in = null;
StringBuffer out = null;
try
in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
out = new StringBuffer();
String line = null;
while( (line=in.readLine()) != null )
out.append(SearchAndReplaceWordsInText(words, line)+"\n");
finally
if(in!=null) in.close(); //may throw IOException
return out.toString();
* Replaces all occurrences in text of each key in words with it's value.
* @returns String
private static String SearchAndReplaceWordsInText(Map words, String text)
Iterator it = words.keySet().iterator();
while( it.hasNext() )
String key = (String)it.next();
text = text.replaceAll("\\b"key"
b", (String)words.get(key));
return text;
* @returns: s with the first letter capitalized
String capitalize(String s)
return s.substring(0,0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
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hello               ahoy
hi                    yo-ho-ho
pardon me       avast
excuse me       arrr
yes                 aye
my                 me
friend             me bucko
sir                  matey
madam           proud beauty
miss comely    wench
where             whar
is                    be
are                  be
am                  be
the                  th'
you                 ye
your                yer
tell                be tellin'

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import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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JTextArea englishtxt;
JLabel head,privatetxtwords;
JButton translateengtoprivatewords;
Container c1;
public boy()
        super("HAKIMADE");
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setBackground(Color.white);
        setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        c1 = getContentPane();
         head = new JLabel(" English to private talk Translator");
         englishtxt = new JTextArea("Type your text here", 10,50);
         translateengtoprivatewords = new JButton("Translate");
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        headlabel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER));
        headlabel.add(head);
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        englishtxtpanel.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER,10,40));
        englishtxtpanel.add(englishtxt);
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         panel1.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
         panel1.add(headlabel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
         panel1.add(englishtxtpanel,BorderLayout.CENTER);
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        translateengtoprivatewordspanel.add(translateengtoprivatewords);
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         panel2.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
         panel2.add(translateengtoprivatewordspanel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
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         mainpanel.add(panel1,BorderLayout.NORTH);
         mainpanel.add(panel2,BorderLayout.CENTER);
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         c1.add(panel2);
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if (args.length != 2)
System.err.println("usage: Translate wordmapfile textfile");
System.exit(1);
try
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System.out.println(ProcessFile(words, args[1]));
catch (Exception e)
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* Reads a file into a HashMap. The file should contain lines of the format
* "key\tvalue\n"
* @returns a hashmap of the given file
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private static HashMap ReadHashMapFromFile(String filename) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
BufferedReader in = null;
HashMap map = null;
try
in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
String line;
map = new HashMap();
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null)
String[] fields = line.split("
t", 2);
if (fields.length != 2) continue; //just ignore "invalid" lines
map.put(fields[0], fields[1]);
finally
if(in!=null) in.close(); //may throw IOException
return(map); //returning a reference to local variable is safe in java (unlike C/C++)
* Process the given file
* @returns String contains the whole file.
private static String ProcessFile(Map words, String filename) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
BufferedReader in = null;
StringBuffer out = null;
try
in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
out = new StringBuffer();
String line = null;
while( (line=in.readLine()) != null )
out.append(SearchAndReplaceWordsInText(words, line)+"\n");
finally
if(in!=null) in.close(); //may throw IOException
return out.toString();
* Replaces all occurrences in text of each key in words with it's value.
* @returns String
private static String SearchAndReplaceWordsInText(Map words, String text)
Iterator it = words.keySet().iterator();
while( it.hasNext() )
String key = (String)it.next();
text = text.replaceAll("\\b"key"
b", (String)words.get(key));
return text;
* @returns: s with the first letter capitalized
String capitalize(String s)
return s.substring(0,0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
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hello               ahoy
hi                    yo-ho-ho
pardon me       avast
excuse me       arrr
yes                 aye
my                 me
friend             me bucko
sir                  matey
madam           proud beauty
miss comely    wench
where             whar
is                    be
are                  be
am                  be
the                  th'
you                 ye
your                yer
tell                be tellin'

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