A joint project between 2 powerhouse audio engineering firms.
Jointly designed by the analog engineering experts at Mackie and the digital gurus at Echo Digital Audio, the 400F performs equally well as an ultrahigh-performance studio mic preamp and a superb 192kHz FireWire interface. It features 4 of Mackie's flagship Onyx mic preamps and no-compromise analog circuitry that provide premium audio fidelity, loads of headroom, and impressive sonic depth. With 24-bit/192kHz A/D converters, dual FireWire ports, a 10 x 10 DSP Matrix Mixer the Onyx 400F also makes a killer computer audio interface.
With the 400F you also get a full copy of Tracktion audio/MIDI production software and a raft of plug-ins from IK Multimedia, LinPlug, reFX, Raw Materials, Big Tick (PC only), Maxim Digital Audio, and Mackie.
Control room and dual headphone outputs with independent level controls
Dual FireWire ports
Tracktion 2 audio/MIDI production software
IK Multimedia plug-ins: AmpliTube LE, SampleTank SE
LinPlug plug-ins: RM IV, FreeAlpha
reFX plug-ins: Slayer 2, Claw
Raw Materials plug-ins: Plug-in Suite, Rack Filters
Big Tick plug-ins (PC Only): Hexaline, DualDelay, NastyShaper, Mabento
Maxim Digital Audio plug-ins: Plug-in bundle
Mackie plug-ins: Final Mix, DSR-1, Mono Compressor, Mono Sidechain Compressor, Stereo Compressor, Stereo Sidechain Compressor, Stereo 3-band Compressor, M-Clav (Ticky Clav on Mac), M-Pad (CheezeMachine on Mac), SoundFont-1, ZR-3
Propellerhead ReWire enabled
A very cost-effective way to get boutique-level preamp performance in your studio and get a high-performance computer audio interface at the same time. Order yours now!
This machine is well engineered with excellent noise and distortion specs, doesn't skimp on convertor quality (VERY important!), has very useful features and, not last, meets the linearity specs - tested in person!
Reliability, however, leaves more to be desired. Within a year I had 2 headphone pots fail. Two screw openings were slightly misaligned, but enough to make opening the unit a hard task. "No attention to detail" is what Mackie's offshoring really screams about.
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A really great product!
Posted by CrMusic.info from Seattle, Wa on Jul 29, 2008
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Recording Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock
There have been some complaints about the 400F but I can assure everybody that since the last driver update these boxes are flawless. It works with every program I can throw at it(including PC games). The pre-amps are beautiful and are the main reason to buy this. You won't regret it... and if you think you might start to Mackie will take care of it for you.
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Great idea...
Posted by elduderino from AZ on Nov 29, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active musician, semi-pro engineer
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock/alternative/metal
Ok - here goes...
Let me begin by saying that I own two 400F's, which have been updated with the latest firmware release. My attempts to record with this setup by linking the units via Firewire and Word Clocks via BNC cable have ended in dismal failure, i.e. annoying clicking/popping sounds, monitor mix going in/out, and finally one unit completely dying (won't even turn on now).
I have tried and tried to make things work with these units, and it's not like I'm a complete idiot (engineering double major). I have read tons of manuals and troubleshooting guides, but to no avail.
I would suggest that Mackie come out with a list of KNOWN, COMPATIBLE hardware/software that will undoubtedly work with these interfaces.
Great idea - not so great results
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could be more reliable.
Posted by chris from Casper, WY on Nov 11, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: metal
the onyx 400f is an amazing machine to say the least. some of the best pre-amps out there and recording @ 192kHz is just phenomenal. The issues are small but very important. Many people (including myself) find the reliability of the mackie 400f to be quite sad. some days it works some days your computer cant pick it up. but overall still a good product.
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A hard act to follow
Posted by cnreng from Sherwood, OR on Oct 17, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Musician, Engineer
Reviewer's Play Style: What ever drives me
I have owned this for almost a year and have grown to love it more every day. For the first few months the software/firmware was not up to par (PC). But that has been fixed with the latest updates. My only ding for the 400F still is that the pots 'feel' like they could be easily broken. But I can live with that. The audio from this thing is awesome. Super clean audio. I have had friends listen to my recordings and ask me who I had do the recording and they are amazed when I tell them. It is so easy to setup and use (I’ve used other units that never started up the same way twice). Part of the value to me is to know I can set it up in a hurry and it is going to work. It has done everything I have asked of it. Would I buy it again? In a heart beat!
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