Digital Out on Mackie Onyx Board?

CassidyGT · 31st May 2009

I must be missing something here.

I just got a Mackie 1220 and want to use the F/W conncetion to my DAW. But I can't figure out how I am going to use my Lucid DA 9624 with this setup.

Is it possible?

CassidyGT · 2nd June 2009

bump?

CapnMarvel · 2nd June 2009

Sorry, I'm not following - your Onyx HAS the Firewire card, then? So why don't you just use that and leave the Lucid out of the chain? Forgive me if I'm missing something.

I use my Onyx 1640 as my A/D converter straight into my laptop DAW for recording. Sixteen channels of decency, I guess.

John Eppstein · 2nd June 2009

Use the Mackie as input via a FW connection. Use the Lucid as output, connected in the normal way. Set up routings in your DAW for those connections. This is assuming that you don't need more than stereo output, of course.

CassidyGT · 3rd June 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Eppstein

Use the Mackie as input via a FW connection. Use the Lucid as output, connected in the normal way. Set up routings in your DAW for those connections. This is assuming that you don't need more than stereo output, of course.

Normally I use a soundcard and go from soundcard to PC via F/W and then soundcard to DA via spidf.

With the Mackie board I see no way to do this as there is no digital out on the Mackie. I assume then that I am stuck with the DA in the mackie.

I don't want to buy the F/W card if the DA sux as i find in most soundcards. The Lucid sounds really great.

31st May 2009	#1
CassidyGT Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2006 Location: South Central PA Posts: 744 Thread Starter	External DA with Onyx Board - Possible? I must be missing something here. I just got a Mackie 1220 and want to use the F/W conncetion to my DAW. But I can't figure out how I am going to use my Lucid DA 9624 with this setup. Is it possible? __________________ I did all the extensive and complicated work arounds that tech support suggested - like gathering mushrooms at midnight under a full moon, do a full reboot, power on the unit, rub dog feces on you left buttock while dancing a little jig on one foot, open regedit, rub your nose three times, go to currentcontrolset, and whck off to a picture of a unicorn! IT DOESN'T F'ING WORK!!! Unnamed Post on MOTU Tech Support

2nd June 2009	#3
CapnMarvel Gear addict Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 312	Sorry, I'm not following - your Onyx HAS the Firewire card, then? So why don't you just use that and leave the Lucid out of the chain? Forgive me if I'm missing something. I use my Onyx 1640 as my A/D converter straight into my laptop DAW for recording. Sixteen channels of decency, I guess. __________________ My gear: Three or four that go 'WHANNGGG!' A couple that go 'deedle deedle' and 'tweet', a few little ones that go 'thumpity thump', and some that don't make any noise at all but have bunches of delightful little lights on them.

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2nd June 2009	#4
John Eppstein Gear Guru Joined: May 2009 Location: San Francisco, CA. Posts: 10,212 51 Reviews written	Use the Mackie as input via a FW connection. Use the Lucid as output, connected in the normal way. Set up routings in your DAW for those connections. This is assuming that you don't need more than stereo output, of course.