NAMM06: Mackie Introduce More Onyx Mixers

John Boudreau, Mackie’s Live Sound Product Manager had this to tell us “With each new Onyx introduction, Mackie establishes a new price/performance benchmark. With the introduction of the new Onyx 24.4 and Onyx 32.4, we’re now bringing this winning formula to a market that we have successfully dominated for nearly a decade thanks to our award-winning SR24.4 and SR32.4 consoles.�

The Onyx 4-bus Series mid-format consoles incorporate a host of new features like a full complement of Mackie’s flagship Onyx preamps that combine greater fidelity, increased headroom and unequalled sonic performance with greater radio frequency rejection and wider dynamic range.

Additional Onyx 4-Bus features include a fully balanced signal chain for lower noise and wider frequency range, as well as Mackie’s exclusive Cal Perkins-designed four-band EQ circuitry, renowned for its highly musical “British� sound and wider-range control.

Both Onyx 4-Bus consoles also feature a 6x2 matrix, 100mm Panasonic faders, and a fully assignable stereo compressor/limiter section built upon the high-quality THAT 4301 chip. This compressor/limiter features independent threshold, ratio and fast/slow attack controls, and can be assigned to the main output mix, Groups 1 and 2, or Groups 3 and 4.

Key Onyx 4-bus Mid-Format Live Sound Console Features