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Originally Posted by Ironklad Audio  how is it a design flaw?
they purposefully kept the EQ out of the firewire signal path so that the EQ changes you made to a live mix wouldn't be reflected in your recorded tracks
i would have preferred if they would have made the FW send switchable between post-and-pre EQ, but it's not like it was something that they didn't do on purpose |
From what I understand, there's probably been more formal complaints about the pre/post design on the Onyx mixers than any of their models past or present. This thread alone highlights that fact as it indicates at least one lost sale of an Onyx mixer. The flaw is in that they did not allocate appropriate research funds to accurately determine what their customers really wanted and, secondly, with any vision at all, they should have designed a way for the user to change the configuration (ie, jumpers like the A&H design) or some other mechanism. Its not like they weren't aware that at least 50% if not more of their mixers are used in studio recording applications where the user will want a post fader/eq set up. In my view, this was simply a cost cutting strategy that backfired. Even Mackie techs acknowledge (privately) that they made a mistake with this. One of the greatest tributes to Mackie (the original company) was that they gave the customer what they wanted. Loud Technologies however, is starting to smell like the US auto industry in that they are making assumptions of what they "think" the customer "should" want.