Mackie Onyx Artist 1.2 USB Recording Interface

Amazing product

You're reading this review so I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest this might be the first piece of Mackie gear you've ever considered? No? Well then for those of you who have other Mackie gear I'll say this little gizmo is up to their usual standards. Nuff said, right?So now that I really *am* talking to a first-time Mackie purchaser I'll tell you that you simply can't go wrong buying their gear (and no, I don't work for Mackie). At some point, someone high up in this company issued an edict that said, "We shall not build crap." The regular Joes and Janes unquestionably got the message. I've been buying Mackie products off and on for over twenty years and not one single piece of equipment (of theirs) has ever let me down.This little Onyx Artist 1-2 is no exception. The knobs are super heavy and feel great. They're sturdy and responsive. I haven't tested this theory, but I suspect I could drop it from quite a height and it would keep on working. It's built like a tank.I bought this to drive my Mackie studio monitors from my Macbook Pro. All I had to do was purchase a USB-C to USB-B cable and plug it in. No drivers, no fuss, it just worked right out of the box. I'm not even plugging any inputs into it but it's nice to know I have a few ports when I'll want them.If you're just looking for a nice preamp so you can go from your computer to some studio monitors look no further. The only reason not to buy this particular model is if you need more inputs. In that case, look first at Mackie's other USB interfaces and if you can't find something that fits your workflow take a look at Focusrite's products (Saffire, etc.). They make a decent gear too, but nobody in the audio industry comes close to Mackie.Enjoy!

元々使ってたPCで使ってたScarletが調子悪くなったので急遽、購入し届き次第、交換してPCで利用中

It's good built quality. It's affordable and it does a decent job.i use it for small bedroom studio it works well with 1 mic & a midi

Over all it's a fairly well put together interface however if you use a dynamic microphone like a SM58 you will probably find the pre too weak or at least too noisy once you crank the gain all the way to the maximum where it needs to be to provide sufficient gain for an SM58. The pre is noise free right up to the very last little bit where it notches up dramatically and becomes somewhat noisy. Using a condenser mic like a Rode NT1 the pre was sufficient and noise was not a problem. Head phone and line out levels are adequate and sound quality is good. I picked this up on sale as an open box unit to plug into an old Android TV box to use as a headless snapclient player. For this purpose it works excellent. To compare I also have a Behringer UMC404HD and I would rate it's pre amps slightly higher than this. At maximum gain the noise level between the two is similar, however the Behringer can run my SM58 OK before it starts to add noise.

SM58ダイナミックマイクを接続し、歌ってみたの録音に利用しています。購入して１ヶ月ほど利用した感想になります。以前利用していたUR22mkIIは半年ほど利用しておりましたが、この度MACKIEの新商品が出るということで買い替えました。歌ってみたには十分すぎるほどの録音音質・スピーカー音質・編集ソフトのクオリティで満足しております。[サウンド]クリアな音質です。今まで利用したオーディオインターフェイスの中で一番だと思います。[録音]プリアンプ内蔵ですが、ダイナミックマイクの場合はやはりつまみの調整がシビアになります。音質は癖がなく良いと思います。[モニター機能]モニターが個別に音量調整できませんが、音量調整ノブでスピーカー・モニタ両方の音量を大きくし、スピーカー側の音量を減らせばモニタ音が大きくなりますし、逆にすれば小さくなります。音質・レイテンシーの小ささは良好です。[ハード]丈夫に作られているようですが、丁寧に扱っているのでわかりません。[他機能]ループバック機能がないのが少し残念です。[付属ソフト]付属編集ソフトのTracktion7は、あまり有名ではないので最初使い方に戸惑いましたが、歌の編集には便利でした。歌用のリバーブ・コーラス機能・コンプレッサー機能などエフェクトはかなり便利です。以下、UR22mkIIを利用していたのですが、それと比較してみた感想です。[Onyxの長所]・スピーカーの音質は、MACKIE Onyxのほうが中音がはっきりとしていて、クリアに聞こえます。UR22はすこし淡い音色だと感じました。・録音の音質はどちらも同じ程度です。・モニタ機能はモニタ用の音量調節ができるUR22のほうが便利だと思います。・編集ソフトは、MACKIE Onyx付属のtracktion7のほうがなれるのに時間はかかりますが、多様な機能が備わっており便利だと感じました。[Onyxの短所]・Onyxにはループバック機能がないため、生放送にはUR22mkIIのほうが向いていると思います。