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The new Mackie ONYXi mixer / interface range includes models of every size, from the "super-powerful" Onyx 820i to the "daddy-beast" Onyx 1640i. Mackie: innovators in both audio and superlatives.  

The Mackie Satellite was one of the more radically-different audio interfaces on the market when it was introduced. The fact the Mackie's gone back to a more traditional design concept with their new Onyx-i series firewire mixer / interfaces should be a hint as to how well the Satellite fared. These smart-looking units should inspire a bit more excitement, especially when folks learn that they're compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered.  

Do you consider yourself a "yarn-spinner"? Are you known by your co-workers as "One-That-Got-Away [your name here]"? Is your name Garrison Keillor? Then you could win a pair of Mackie HD Loudspeakers and 1604-VLZ3 compact mixer, just by submitting your tallest Mackie-related tale to the Mackie "20 Years Running" contest.  

They say that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Not this year. MusikMesse 2009 will see the world premier of the new Mackie HD Series Powered Loudspeakers, sure to blow the roof off the Frankfurt Exhibition Center (whatever building they end up in).  

In celebration of 20 years in the business, Mackie will be in rare form at Winter NAMM 2009. If you're in California for Winter NAMM 2009, and you want to know "where the party at," try booth 5676.  

Grabbing the baton from the nearly-ubiquitous DFX line of compact mixers, the new Mackie ProFX mixer feature numerous upgrades yet, somehow, the price remains (nearly) the same.  

Mackie makes its way to the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco, and their spotlight will be on the ProFX series. In case you're not clear, the "Pro" in "ProFX" stands for "Pro." I know. I thought that this had to do with Charles Francis Xavier, too.  

Dave Chale - drummer for Cabin and engineer of the band's latest album -- talks about his Mackie HR624MKIIs and the specific requirements they met that made him choose them. Yes, price is an acceptable factor.  

Sones de México uses a Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro to solve a problem that's pretty common for a group with so many members: the venue of the night often doesn't have enough channels on their main board for all the requisite instruments.  

If you've even wondered what sax would sound like through a wah and multi-tap delay, you're not unlike Yakuza's Bruce Lamont. You'd also be well advised to check out this video. I cannot overstate its awesomeness.  

As the saxophonist for experimental metal/jazz/psychedelic rock Yakuza, Bruce Lamont has tussled long and hard with the fiend we call feedback. For live performances, he's enlisted the help of a compact Mackie DFX-8 to help tame the recursive beast.  

Ryan Maeker is a sound designer in NYC, and though he may come off as a somewhat threatening figure in this interview -- all talking about cuttin' fools, hitting people with cars and even threatening the life of yours truly -- he's actually a total teddy bear with a soft spot for Speilberg movies!  

Though admittedly there isn't too much in terms of new features on the Mackie 1604 VLZ3 in comparison to its predecessor, the EQ section has faced improvements. While still not as flexible as most Eastern European gymnasts, new parametric capabilities in the midrange are a nice touch.  

The Mackie 1604 VLZ3 mixer is the latest version of one of the most popular mixers around today. It has made itself prominent in churches, schools and many other venues. Check out what improvements have been made with the latest model.  

Mackie's FRS amps promise to deliver the best power-per-pound ratio in the business. Their target demographic? Grandmothers, apparently.  

Mackie has unleashed more U.Series mixers at Musikmesse. The U.420 continues on the tradition of making intuitive mixers that are simple to use, which is why Mackie is a big name and companies don't last very long when they strive to make obtuse mixers that are near impossible to operate.  

Gearwire's Bob DiFazio finishes his look at the Mackie Onyx Satellite and the Mackie Tracktion software included with it. Get Bob's take on the software, but not until you learn how to use insert effects and export your Tracktion tracks.  

The Mackie Onyx Satellite FireWire interface includes a copy of Mackie's Tracktion Software. Gearwire's Bob DiFazio shows how to start a project in Tracktion, importing a drum loop to display some of the subtleties unique to Tracktion be they convenient or redundant.  

Pretty much every interface on the market comes with some kind of DAW so that you can actually use it. Most of them come with Steinberg Cubase LE, but Mackie has the intestinal fortitude to package their Onyx Satellite with their Tracktion software.  

Gearwire's Bob DiFazio takes a look at the Mackie Onyx Satellite, a FireWire interface that detaches from and reattaches to itself. Detached, it is a simple but transportable two units. Bring the satellite back to its base, and your possibilities multiply.  

Mackie was proud to present the Hotwire at Winter NAMM 2008 -- a guitar amplifier with a lot of fresh ideas packed into it. Kevin Van Pamel shows us how the Hotwire embraces a different method of thinking about tonal versatility.  

We're back at the School of Audio Engineering in Miami, and Xander Snell takes us around the studio there, introducing us to pieces of gear. He shows us one workstation that's equipped currently with a Mackie dXb console...  

OregonTom is a MVP Candidate from the Mackie forums - makers of his beloved D8b console. He's a lead guitarist for the rock band Hanje who is fed up with the decline of musicianship in modern music.

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Mackie introduces something new at AES that will be a treat for the ears - the HR624mk2 and HR824mk2 studio monitors. With a sleek, new redesign, the HR series gets a boost to sound more accurate with a new aluminum baffle...  

Mackie's flagship audio interface, the Onyx 1200F is perfect for recording pretty much anything you need in one unit. With 30 inputs and 34 outputs, your greatest concern for recording a large project is how to arrange...  

Home Studio Workshop has already displayed how well the Mackie Control Universal functions with Propellerhead Reason, and now Drew Krag takes it to a new level by using the Mackie in conjunction with Ableton Live. In this...  

Using the Mackie Control Universal and Propellerhead Reason, Drew Krag finishes up the last of his Propellerhead Reason beat. Here, Drew adds some touches such as delay and reverb to the individual parts. Watch the video...  

With the help of the Mackie Control Universal in Propellerhead Reason, Drew Krag's Reason beat is really starting to come together. In this section, Drew demonstrates how to record automation using manual control of the...  

In the Propellerhead Reason tutorials on Home Studio Workshop, Drew Krag has already laid down a quick beat, and he's ready to bring the Mackie Control Universal into the mix. Drew shows how to use the Mackie Control...  

Drew Krag gives us an overview of the versatile MIDI software controller, the Mackie Control Universal, as it works with Steinberg Nuendo. Drew highlights the time saving shortcuts that the Control Universal allows and...