#1774370 - 06/30/07 06:27 AM
2 little questions about the mackie satellite
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michielOSX30
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Hi guys,
two question that would help me out if I should buy the sattelite or not.
1. Can it be used as a stand alone mixer ?(or put in another way: can I hear the plugged in instruments/mics when my computer is shut down)
2. Latency, is it good? I use a lot of gigapiano, and would hate to have to much latency. Antoher thing, my mac mini only has one firewire connection, and I also have a fw harddisk. so the chain would be mac mini - harddisk - satellite , will this affect latency?
Thanks very much
MIchiel Zweers
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#1774441 - 06/30/07 09:48 AM
Re: 2 little questions about the mackie satellite
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audiorulez
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1. No.
2. Latency is dependant on your computer. It's FW400 interface protocol, so its as good as it gets pretty much for external.
Latency is greatly reduced by using a second physical drive as you intend for your audio files. AD goes, as you plan, at the end of the FW chain.
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#1774482 - 06/30/07 11:16 AM
Re: 2 little questions about the mackie satellite
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michielOSX30
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Thanks very much for the fast reply!
Do I have to start up a sequencer in order to hear something?
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#1775489 - 07/02/07 02:50 PM
Re: 2 little questions about the mackie satellite
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audiorulez
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It's not going to work very well if it's not on now is it?
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#1775727 - 07/03/07 12:28 AM
Re: 2 little questions about the mackie satellite
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michielOSX30
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Sorry, thats not what I meant to ask.
My first question was, can Ihear my instrument inputs when the computer is not on. You said no. So I was wandering If I could hear them if I just started up my computer, maybe the mackie would need a kind of driver to sound.
By the way, I did a little researh and dicovered that, unlike you said, indeed will work when the computer is off.
From the manual:
TO DAW Switch
When the switch is down (INPUTS), channels 1 and
2 from the Onyx Satellite are routed to the control room
outputs. This allows you to listen to whatever is con-
nected to the Onyx Satellite without having a computer
connected. Maybe you have a CD player or iPod con-
nected to the Onyx Satellite and you want to listen to
it through your control room monitor speakers. Voila!
This is particularly useful when you have a home studio
setup that does double-duty as a home stereo system.
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#1775800 - 07/03/07 08:01 AM
Re: 2 little questions about the mackie satellite
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audiorulez
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That's throughput monitoring, not a mixer. Pretty much any ADDA will do that. You asked if you could use it as a stand alone mixer, not the same.
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