Mackie Onyx Blackjack USB Audio Interface

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Deliver enhanced audio quality to your desktop with this 2-in, 2-out interface, which features premium Onyx pre-amps and 24-bit AD/DA conversion.

Mackie's Onyx Blackjack Premium 2x2 USB Recording Interface offers industry-leading recording quality in a compact and ergonomic desktop design perfect for home studios. With two boutique-quality Onyx preamps and premium 24-bit AD/DA conversion, Blackjack delivers unmatched fidelity, headroom and transparency for your recordings. True analog hardware monitoring of inputs provides hassle-free zero latency tracking, in either mono or stereo.

Other professional features include phantom power, built-in DIs and separate level control for monitors and headphones. Portable by design, it's bus-powered and Mackie tough. Compatible with Mac and PC, and ready for most major DAWs out-of-box, Blackjack offers the utmost in sonic quality and simplicity.

Take a look at what the Blackjack has in store with this video from Mackie:


Features

- Two boutique-quality Onyx mic preamps with class-leading fidelity and dynamic range
- High-headroom design with ultra-low noise and distortion
- Professional 24-bit recording/playback via 2x2 USB
- High-end Cirrus Logic AD/DA converters with 114dB dynamic range (A-weighted)
- True analog hardware monitoring of inputs, in mono or stereo, for easy zero-latency recording
- Built-in DI on each input for direct connection of guitars, basses, etc.
- 48V phantom power for use with studio-quality condenser microphones
- USB bus-powered, eliminating need for separate power cable
- Separate studio monitor and headphone outs with independent level control
-… read more Sleek, ergonomic Built-Like-A-Tank desktop design
- Includes Tracktion 3 Music Production Software

Compatible with most major DAWs:
- Logic
- Sonar
- Cubase
- Ableton Live
- Final Cut Pro
- and more read less

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-898-3211
Email: support@mackie.com
Web: https://mackie.com/en/support/contact

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (7 ratings)
Submitted August 4, 2011 by a customer from verizon.net

"Great sounding, well build, USB audio interface"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I'll keep this until it dies and replace it with the same if they still make them by then. I picked the Mackie to get the best sound quality from any source. The others either have poor sounding preamps or you need to get additional autenator or signal converters.
Sound
The preamps and converters are as good as Mackie says. Even the headphone amp sounds great.
Features
No MIDI, no S/PDIF, no inserts. You have to download all the drivers and sofware. But, I do like the monitoring section better than others. Also, it has all three input types of mic/line/DI which is cool. Best feature is the sound quality.
Ease of Use
No problems. Tried the Windows 7 drivers on both a 32 bit laptop and a 64 bit workstation with no problems. My DAW software is also 64 bit. Controls and box are simple and laid out well. The hi-z input is decent and the line ins work great with multi effects. It'll run with latency low enough to use computer effects and play along with some tracks. Best thing about it are the onyx preamps when using microphones.
Quality
No quality issues. It's already been drop a few times from tripping on cords and no problems.
Value
Sound quality is way better than any other 2 channel boxes for the price.
Manufacturer Support
Didn't need any.
The Wow Factor
It's not very fancy looking at all. The sound makes me want the firewire Blackbird or other onyx products for my workstation, though. This was just a replacement of another company's USB box that didn't work anymore.

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