"With each new Onyx introduction, Mackie establishes a new price/performance benchmark," stated John Boudreau, Mackie's Live Sound Product Manager. "With the introduction of the new Onyx 24.4 and Onyx 32.4, we're now bringing this winning formula to a market that we have successfully dominated for nearly a decade thanks to our award-winning SR24.4 and SR32.4 consoles."

The Onyx 4-bus Series incorporate a host of new features like a full complement of Mackie's highly acclaimed, flagship Onyx preamps that combine greater fidelity, increased headroom and unequalled sonic performance with greater radio frequency rejection and wider dynamic range. Additional Onyx 4-Bus features include a fully balanced signal chain for lower noise and wider frequency range, as well as Mackie's exclusive Cal Perkins-designed four-band EQ circuitry, renowned for its highly musical "British" sound and wider-range control.

Both Onyx 4-Bus consoles also feature a 6x2 matrix, 100mm Panasonic faders, and a fully assignable stereo compressor/limiter section built upon the high-quality THAT 4301 chip. This compressor/limiter features independent threshold, ratio and fast/slow attack controls, and can be assigned to the main output mix, Groups 1 and 2, or Groups 3 and 4.

Key Onyx 4-bus Mid-Format Live Sound Console Features:
Premium Onyx Mic Preamps on all mono channels
Four-Band Perkins EQ
Six fully assignable Aux Sends with Pre/post switches, mute and AFL solo
Smooth, long-throw 100mm Panasonic Faders
Analog direct outs per channel
Two Dedicated Stereo Inputs
4 segment channel metering
Dedicated talkback section
6 x 2 matrix
Built in stereo compressor/limiter

The new Mackie Onyx 4-bus Series will be available Q2 2006 and will have a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $2049.99 and $2599.99 for the Onyx 24.4 and Onyx 32.4, respectively. The complete Mackie product line is currently on display at NSCA, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, March 16-18, 2006, booth #2337.