Hello Folks,

Well, now that I've received a copy of the mixes for a band I produced, that were mixed in a big studio, by a really good engineer. I now know, that I don't need no stinkin' SSL. I used to mix exclusively on SSL's.

If anybody has a place for me to upload the 2 versions of the same song, you can tell me what you think.

Any D8b users ever check the amount of DC offset at the AES or SPDIF outputs? I recently did and its a lot! Here's the test: Most of us have the Apogee clock card and three Dig I/O installed and run vr. 3.0 Unplug all mic & line cabling as well as dig I/O cabling to cards. Set all faders to unity turn off all EQ,Comp,Gate and assign to the 2-bus.

May sound like a silly question, but I've used both these boards but not together so it's hard to judge. Obviously the eq was far superior on the Ghost. But just sound quality in the line inputs (I won't use either preamps) minus eq does the Ghost sound better? Why does it? It's easy to say just because one is a Mackie and the other is a Soundcraft but why is it better?

anyone know how the pre s and the conveters compare

dm 24 Mackie or db8 ?

I got a dm 24 only but only tdif will do 24/96
I heard the Mackie d8b will do 24 96 lightpipe

Anyone have 1st hand experience with both of these?

Hi,
I've never tried one but it appears that a lot of people don't like the Mackie 8 bus yet I see them in numerous mid level professional studio's. Not intending to be used in tracking only monitoring and mixing would this be that bad of a way to go?

Who is using the D8B and what do you think of it so far? What are you recording to? Any tips on setting it up? How many MFX and UFX cards do you really need? Is the automation smooth enough to use? Any software limitations or bugs that cause headaches?

I've talked to dealers and reps and Mackie guys directly, but I want to know what the people who have them think. Thanks.

Anyone know what the actual difference is between the MDR and SDR models of HD recorders? The SDR isn't even on the Mackie website yet, but some stores are apparently selling it at the same price as the MDR (approx. $2000).

Thanks.

I am getting rid of this piece of junk! (read earlier post for the full story.)

I would love some suggestions on a very good analog 24 channel recording mixer.

My goel is to surpass Mackie's imperfections, like bad incerts, pres, EQ, alomost everything about this board I had to bypass.