


The iSeries comprises of the 820i, 1220i, 1620i and 1640i - we're looking at the 820i which the baby of the range with a channel count of eight: 2 mono, 3 stereo with 3 Onyx pres, and knobs instead of faders. The mixer itself is somewhere between the larger format Onyx series analog desks (which could be retrofitted with a FireWire card for audio) and the more familiar VLZ-3 smaller format desks. Mackie's latest range of analog mixers come with integrated FireWire audio but caused quite a stir when first announced - primarily because of the news that their drivers had bypassed the ProTools hardware copy proctection which up to then had only allowed signed, authorized M-Audio hardware to run the M-Powered version of Pro Tools.īut thats not the whole story by any means.
