Mackie ONYX1640 16 Channel/4 Bus Mixer

MACKIE ONYX 1640 Mixer: Premium 16-Channel Analog Mixer With 4 Busses and 16 Onyx Preamps

The Mackie Onyx 1640 Mixer takes performance all the way, with 16 premium Onyx preamps and 4-bus routing options. This 16-channel small-format mixer comes packed with extended features, incredible sound quality, advanced tonal shaping and full FireWire connectivity options. With 16 Onyx mic preamps, which meet or surpass any stand-alone mic preamp on the market in terms of pure fidelity and head-room, you can mic or record an entire drum set simultaneously. The innovative Perkins EQ circuitry, a ?neo classic? 4-band design provides the sweet musicality of British EQ with greater filter control and minimum phase shift (plus a true hardware EQ bypass). This analog brilliance is paired with a full-featured discrete auxiliary section, a completely redesigned mix bus and summing amp section and a built-in talkback section with onboard mic.

Features:

• Premium 16-channel/4-bus small-format analog mixer
• 16 ONYX mic preamps comparable to boutique preamps
• 4-band Perkins EQ with dual sweepable midrange controls provides warm, musical sound
• 96K FireWire option for streaming 18 independent channels of audio to computer with zero latency input monitoring through mixer
• 2 channels of monitoring from computer via FireWire option card
• 6 aux sends w/ individual pre/post switches and solo controls
• 4-bus architecture provides flexible sub-grouping of channels
• Built-in Talkback section for use w/ internal or external mic
• True hardware EQ Bypass
• “Planet-Earth” ? power supply
• Linear taper 60mm faders with ultra-smooth response on all channels
• Balanced direct outs for every channel via DB-25 connection
• Selectable instrument inputs on first two channels – no DI box needed
• Rotating I/O pod for desktop or rackmount operation