Mackie Onyx16 16-channel Analog Mixer with Multitrack USB

I waited 6 months before reviewing my Onyx16. I primarily use this in a home studio, but it would make an exceptional live mixer as well. I currently route it's outputs into some powered Kali studio monitors and the sound quality is exceptional. I expected to use it as an audio interface, but I didn't expect it to be such a versatile audio interface. I plugged a USB cable from the mixer to my Macbook (I use Logic Pro), and instantly had 18 individual digital inputs and digital returns that I could route/patch (within the Mac) to my heart's content. HiZ inputs on channels 1/2 make it easy to just plug a guitar or bass in (and DI into the Mac), and the stereo inputs on 9/10, 11/12...., make it a breeze to run stereo keyboards in as well. The additional Bluetooth input allows you to pair your phone, so easy to get Spotify into the rig to jam along with (and it gives you 2 extra channels if you want to run a stereo line in, or additional stereo FX return).The built in effects are adequate for most applications, but with each channel acting as it's own audio interface, you could do all the digital effect processing you could ever want on each channel within Logic or Main Stage and feed the output back into the mixer. One irritating stupid drawback: When you turn on the Onyx, it defaults the effects back to it's default DELAY setting. Easy to switch, but seems very "amateur" to have to reset it every time you power it up.The SD card recording is also just a quirky gimmick that's actually useless in my opinion. Maybe useful to some that want to just raw dump all of the output (i.e. as a form of documentation), but the auto file naming (AUD000001.WAV, AUD000002) quickly makes it useless as a working tool in a professional environment where you'd quickly have more than a few files. The Rec/Play/Pause buttons are really laggy too, so useless as a professional tool for recording your band in a live setting. And for those that think it would be nice for "break music", it would be far easier to just Bluetooth your phone.So those two drawbacks aside, the mixer/interface functionality eclipses the wonky SD recording, and the irritating requirement to reset the effects on every power up. I've now got a very versatile mixer, and a very versatile audio interface to my computer environment and on those two fronts I'd have to rate the Onyx 5 stars. At this price point, this is a solid pro level working musician tool.

Es de excelente calidad y material. Tardo un poco en llegar debido a la importación desde EEUU pero valió totalmente la pena, sobre todo por el precio ya que por el precio solo puedes conseguir algo más pequeño (incluso de la misma marca) aquí en frontera norte (Juárez, Chih.)

Bought this Mackie Onyx 8 analogue mixer listed as Used/Like New and was pretty excited. Got everything hooked up, installed the driver and absolutely no signal going to the mixer from my laptop. Plugged in a synth to test the mixer input and…absolutely nothing. After trying everything from the manual to get things going I called Mackie tech support and the very helpful technician patiently walked me through everything I’d already done with the same result. After 45 minutes, he declared that the product seemed to be completely defective and that I should return it. So, that’s what I’m doing but pretty frustrated with the whole thing.

It’s a great mixer , excellent pre amps , very compact I have a Allen & Heath zed 14fx which is the same size with lesser channels and features . The Mackie onyx 16 has Bluetooth , stereo recording to an SD card , multitrack recording through USB . Highly recommend this mixer

The Onyx 12 is really a 14 channel mixer, and it is awesome. The pre-amps are dope, clean and punchy with low distortion. The unit feels rock solid, as a Mackie should. Major awesomeness: 14x4 USB — 14 channels out over USB to the computer, with four channels back to the mixer from the computer. How sick is that at this price point? The built-in recorder is not multi-track, but records a stereo mixdown of the main bus, but remember, you can stream your dry tracks / stems directly into your DAW over USB to retain full control for mastering.