Mackie Blackjack

[Ziekdope]

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[Ziekdope]

Nobody on this forum with the Mackie Blackjack on Windows 7?

[Beat Poet]

I have a Blackbird on Mac, but that's Firewire and not USB. Have you tried Mackie Forums? I also just found Mackie (It's a shame) on here, someone else with trouble.

[Ziekdope]

Originally Posted by Beat Poet

I have a Blackbird on Mac, but that's Firewire and not USB. Have you tried Mackie Forums? I also just found Mackie (It's a shame) on here, someone else with trouble.

Cheers, that pretty much tells me everything I need to know.

I would go for the Blackjack if I had a Mac because it doesn't need drivers. But them I'm going for the Scarlett.

[JCM123]

No one buy the blackjack if you are running Windows. I finally had mine working with ASIO driver but then it went back to noise problems after 2 days. Not worth the hassle. Now getting a 2i2.

[kojak]

I have to agree...I've always dug Mackie stuff in the past in terms of their bang for the buck value...you definitely can't find a pre of this quality in the same price range, and I've had great luck with their MR series monitors, again for the dollars they're hard to beat. But this product in particular (if you're running Win7) is a dud, they still haven't released a workable driver. I've been using ASIO4ALL which does an admirable job, but it's still not as good as having a proper driver with it. Try one of the Focusrite products perhaps, or actually for only a few more bucks, AKAI has a very cool looking 4 input unit coming out soon.

[artur.fisher]

I am using Mackie Onyx 1640, I think all these series have very similar topology. No problems with Win 7 64-bit...

[Analok]

I've used the Blackjack under Win 7 through the ASIO4All driver with no major (crashes, no connectivity, etc) issues. Can't recall having issues with Mackie's driver either, but with all the recomendations to use the ASIO driver I installed it - a bit more flexible in the configuration department. I also use the Krystal tracker software over Mackie's Tracktion3. There are some latency issues that can be overcome by re-aligning tracks to sync with the root track. A counterproductive PITA, but fixable nonetheless. My $0.02

[rborc415]

I used the blackjack onyx successfully with my laptop running VISTA... then i made the mistake of upgrading to WIN7... nothing but rice crispies (snap, crackle, pop!)
Very frustrating! Downloaded the new V3 drivers, they work marginally better, although still get the occasional noise... i refuse to go back to VISTA...
Any suggestions????
I run an hp dv7-1129wm
Win7
Cubase 5
64 bit os
4GB ram
500GB HDD

[rborc415]

EUREKA!!!
Finally figured out what was wrong!! After changing the power settings on my laptop (when plugged in: min power 100%, etc.) I picked up an inexpensive AC USB hub from Radio Shack.. plugged in my mackie onyx blackjack, fired up Cubase 5, and ...
IT WORKED!!!! FLAWLESSLY!!! and that's with the mackie V3 drivers!
I am absolutely delighted! It works just as wellas it did when i was running VIsta!
I figured that a good place to start would be the power configuration, and it seems i was right.