I guess it is due to the fact that the Mackie is bus powered. Not much to say here, it's plug and play (I'm on Mac OSX) and it works.īut be careful with USB Hubs! I experienced some loud noise bursts while having the interface connected to one. This makes it a prefect partner for the 57 (i think there are not many budget interfaces that deliver that much clean gain for a dynamic mic).įor a live recording of a brass orchestra it performed very well with two Rode NT-5 microphones. I don't have experience with more sophisticated interfaces in my setup, but in comparison with the UA-5 the Onyx Blackjack has more mic gain and a much better signal-to-noise ratio. The build in preamp and A/D converter is mostly used in conjunction with an SM57 to record electric guitar or voice. I am very pleased with the sound quality, all the details are there. I use it mainly as a D/A converter in my home studio for the production of electronic music and for post-production purposes. I purchased the Mackie Blackjack as a step-up from my old Edirol UA-5 USB-Interface.
Onyx blackjack driver#
(Keep in mind, this unit has been on shelves for something like a year.)Ĭonclusion: Amazing bang for the buck, and assuming Mackie comes through with a driver this year, this is an ideal unit for anyone who wants to record themselves, or a board mix of a band with the bare minimum of gear. This is *apparently* finally being addressed in the first quarter of 2012, according to Mackie.
Onyx blackjack update#
(Evidently Mac users have reported very few issues.) The initial driver, as well as at least one (if not two, if memory serves) update to said driver were completely useless, and most users were forced to use a third party (ASIO4ALL) driver to make the unit work.
Onyx blackjack drivers#
The thorn in my side: The ONLY reason this wasn't an absolute home run for Mackie was the massive and total screwup with the ASIO drivers for Windows. XLR outputs would have been nice as well, although the size of the chassis would not have allowed both the 1/4" inch outs it sports now AND XLRs however the 1/4" can accept a balanced or unbalanced plug, so one only needs a simple adapter to go from 1/4" balanced to XLR. The not so good: A few nitpicky things I would have liked to have seen would be a 4 or 6 segment LED for input metering rather than just the single light on each channel (lights green when signal is present, and turns red when overdriven).useful enough, but a larger meter would have been nice. (I have no personal experience there, as I use SONAR, but most reviews I have seen of Tracktion paints it as an easy to use and straight ahead platform.) Also should be noted that it comes packaged with Mackie's Tracktion 3 recording software, which has received positive reviews.
Onyx blackjack portable#
Perfect for use in a portable rig, and the Onyx pres continue to be the hands-down best in class for their price range. Also has an input monitor for zero-latency monitoring of your sources while recording (I found this to be a little on the quiet side, so you have to crank it right over to get a usable volume, but otherwise worked great). USB bus powered, so no need for an external power source, intelligently laid out, with phantom power and Hi-Z available on both channels. The good: Mackie built a great little 2x2 box that's compact, built like a Brinks truck, and featuring their killer-for-the-dollars Onyx preamps. This is sort of a 2-sided review.because in many ways this is a great product, but in one very large way it isn't.
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