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Onyx: Mackie Onyx
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Specifically, the Onyx mic preamp delivers outstanding, verifiable specs like 123dB total dynamic range, 129.5 dBm Equivalent Input Noise, and 0.0007% Total Harmonic Distortion. Onyx mic preamps ... address things like input impedance and linearity, maximum input level handling at low gain settings, shielding and grounding effectiveness, overload recovery, and radio frequency interference better than any preamp in Mackie history. And because Onyx mic preamps are designed for use at 'real world' gain settings, they'll easily handle anything from +22 dB line level down to microvolt-level signals from a ribbon mic, without adding noise.
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The Onyx 4880 matches Mackie's small format consoles in the "built like a tank" category. It's built for the road, with heavy-duty cabinet and components that can take it. The 100mm Alps channel faders will hold up to thousands of gigs, and the easy-to-read console delivers famous Mackie simplicity. The Onyx 4880 mixer will be your best buddy on the road!
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Because you can never have enough direct outputs, Mackie gave every single channel of the Onyx mixers a balanced Recording output via a pair of rear-panel multi-pin DB25 connectors. These industry-standard connectors will let you plug Onyx mixers directly into a wide range of digital consoles, hard disk recorders, and analog and digital tape machines, recording the cleanest possible signals coming right off the individual channel preamps (12 channels on the 1220; 16 channels on the 1620 and 1640). Importantly, these direct Recording outputs are post-channel gain, but pre-EQ, pre-Insert, and pre-fader. So you can, for example, mix a live gig using mixer EQ, outboard processors on channel inserts, and adjusted fader levels - without affecting the signal going to your recording device.
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