Mackie Onyx 1220 12 channel analog mixer with FireWire adapter card included. The unit has only been used in my home studio - never left my home since purchased. The mixer would be great for both a live setting or in a small home studio.

The FireWire adapter card allows you to send up to 12 channels of audio from the mixer to a compatible FireWire equipped computer, enabling you to record an entire band digitally with each individual instrument on its own channel using Digital Audio Workstation software like Apple Logic Pro X. On a Mac, this is supported up through the macOS 12.6 (Monterey) release but Apple removed support for Core Audio over FireWire with their latest release, Ventura (macOS 13.x) which is why I am selling it since it is no longer compatible with my 2020 MacBook Pro running Ventura.

Product description from the Sweetwater.com website

At Mackie, their expertise designing great sounding, ultra-reliable compact mixers goes without saying. They practically built their company on the shoulders of those hallmark blue and red knobs, legendary XDR preamps and VLZ circuitry. So why develop a whole new small-format analog mixer line from scratch?

High-performance analog mixers for the digital era.
The goal for the Onyx Series was no short order: small-format analog mixers with more useful features, better sound quality, advanced tonal shaping and full FireWire connectivity options. To accomplish all this, they assembled a hybrid engineering team led by famed analog engineer Cal Perkins and digital guru Chris Jubien. They also couldn't keep Greg Mackie from adding things as they went along (like 4-segment LED metering on every channel). Two years and almost nine thousand cups of coffee later, they've releases the flagship Onyx Series.

Delivering the premium goods.
The Onyx 1220, 1620 and 1640 start with Mackie's new Onyx mic preamps, which meet or surpass just about any standalone mic preamp on the market in terms of pure fidelity and head-room (and yes, there are specs to prove it). Next up is the completely new Perkins EQ circuitry, a "neo classic" 3- and 4-band design which gives you 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.

Mackie Onyx 1220 Features:

  • Premium 12-channel small-format analog mixer with all-new circuitry
  • 4 new ONYX mic preamps with sound comparable to boutique preamps
  • New 3-band Perkins EQ with sweepable mids
  • 96K FireWire option for streaming 14 independent channels of audio to computer with zero latency input monitoring through mixer
  • 2 channels of monitoring from computer via FireWire option card
  • 2 Aux sends w/ Pre/Post switches
  • 4 stereo line-level inputs
  • Built-in Talkback section for use with internal or external mic
  • True hardware EQ Bypass
  • "Planet-Earth" ± power supply
  • Individual 48v Phantom Power switches on all mic inputs
  • 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

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Listed4 years ago
ConditionExcellent (Used)
Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • Onyx 1220 12-Channel Analog Mixer
Finish
  • Black
Categories
Year
  • 2003 - 2009
Electronics
  • Analog
  • Solid State
Format
  • Desktop Standalone
Number of Headphone Outputs
  • 1
Number of MIDI Outputs
  • 0
Number of MIDI Inputs
  • 0
Number of Digital Outputs
  • 0
Number of Digital Inputs
  • 0
Number of Analog Outputs
  • 10
Number of Analog Inputs
  • 34
Number of Channels
  • 12

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