i've been noticing that a lot of the newer stuff they make in China has been breaking down, channels out, power supplies failing, effects boards not working . . sigh :( tons of it on c/l

Mackie Onyx 4080 made a pop sound and all phantom power was lost. Includes the 12 v. to the console lights. Any thoughts on where to look? Is there a fuse for the DC? I am searching around and so far cannot find a clue to what happened. Maybe we lost a transformer? The mixer functions fine otherwise.

This evening I had to go train up some novice church volunteers on the basics of operating their sound system. So this afternoon in preparation, I downloaded the manual for their Mackie mixer to print out some handouts from the "Track mark-up sheets" you usually find toward the back of the manual.

Hi all,

I have a choice between a new Mackie Control Universal Pro* at EUR 1,200 or a used Mackie Universal Controller eMagic** for EUR 400. Naturally, the used one seems more attractive but can anyone advise if it will integrate as well with Sonar 8.5 as the newer model will?

Many thanks for advice!

Hey all. The d8b/Mac g5 at the studio glitched out on me the other night during a session by freezing up and making a continuous stuttering sound. I know they are old, but the board seems to freak out a few times a year, by not starting up correctly (fader 16 moves slightly and quickly from the bottom making the chattering sound) causing me to have to restart it multiple times.

We removed the Master section of Mackie 32x8 board for cleaning. There are two 7 pin (Power?) connectors that are interchangable and I managed to reverse them. Now, of course, the mixer does not work. Lights on the channel strips are on but the Master Section is dark. Any ideas what can be done to repair the mixer or at least start troubleshooting?

I have the Yorkville Ysm1 and think about having a alternate set to double check my mixes.
Since the put out the MR8mkII the first edition are cheap to buy, but are they any good ?

Or any alternative for low budget (around 500$ for a pair)?

Greetings and thanks for reading,

I am in the process of assembling my home studio around the Mackie ONYX 1640i firewire integrated mixer. I'm have a rack mounted kick ass PC assembled right now, running WIN 7 Pro, PT 10, and installing the Universal Audio UAD 2 - DUO PCIe card for plugins. I'm pretty stoked to get it all together.

Greetings all,

This is my first post, and I literally signed up specifically for input to my issue. I have the Mackie Onyx 1640 i firewire integrated mixer, and I really want to find a reliable, powerful PC laptop with firewire. I'm shopping online and I can't seem to find anything.

I have a unique issue. Unique because it has been hard to find someone that uses the equipment that I do to do what I do lol. I use the setup to broadcast live internet radio and record videos with voice-overs. I'll explain: