graham Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 curious if anyone is using this and/or know if its compatible with boomrecorder or metacorder. http://www.mackie.com/products/1200f/index.html i thought the different routing options were neat. it seams that, if for some reason their is a computer issue, the routings will still work as well as the main outs. backup recorder and all the vairous feeds/ sends "should" work. thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hey Graham, I use the Onyx 1640 w the firewire card and I track w it to boom recorder on my G 4 Mac laptop and record 8 channels on the Digi002 rack picking off the channels I want from the Onyx. Works well in my home studio. I'm not sure what it would be like on location. Sorry I have no direct answer to your question, but this maybe of some service. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 There are quite a lot of people using Mackie products, notably the 1640 w/Firewire that Crew mentions, also the smaller 1240, but I don't know anyone who has used the 1200F. The 1200F, a rackmount unit, I am sure uses a lot of the same technology that is used in the successful mixer lineup, and seems to add a whole lot more I/O and sync options (word clock, etc.). It does not appear that it would serve as a MIXER since the gain pots on the front are probably input trims only. If the unit were to be used only for solo iso pre-fader recording this should work just fine, and I suppose you could use the Direct Outs to feed another mixer should you wish to "mix" to another recorder / device. - Jeff Wexler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 But how do people using Onyx mixers as A-to-D for computer-based recording clock the mixer re: timecode? Philip Perkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Short answer is I don't clock anything. I haven't heard any drift, but most of my bands do 2.5 to 4 min songs so maybe I am lucky so far... When I import wav files, of drums mostly, into protools from the drive that has my BoomRecorder files, they all line up on the count in. Same as when I did it using my Deva 4 as the extra track/drum recorder. I just looked and there is no clocking connectors on the Onyx or my Digi002 rack. Wish I knew the answer. Thats why I hang out at this fine establishment, so the smart guys can provide the answers. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Short answer is I don't clock anything. I haven't heard any drift, but most of my bands do 2.5 to 4 min songs so maybe I am lucky so far... When I import wav files, of drums mostly, into protools from the drive that has my BoomRecorder files, they all line up on the count in. Same as when I did it using my Deva 4 as the extra track/drum recorder. I just looked and there is no clocking connectors on the Onyx or my Digi002 rack. Wish I knew the answer. Thats why I hang out at this fine establishment, so the smart guys can provide the answers. CrewC W/ MOTU gear I never had any problematic drift until after 10 min or so, and that was trying to sync w/ a video camera. Even prosumer digital stuff (like MOTU) seems accurate enough for song length tracks on its own. Philip Perkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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