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January 15, 2004 -
Anaheim, NAMM Convention - Mackie introduced today an optional
FireWire card for the new Onyx family
of premium analog mixers. The 24-bit/96kHz Onyx FireWire card can
be installed in any of the Onyx mixers (1220, 1620 & 1640) to
provide a combination of direct outputs (from every single input
channel on the mixer) and the L-R mix directly into a FireWire equipped
computer, and, at the same time, return 2 channels of computer audio
back to the mixer for monitoring through the control room/phones
matrix.
"Installing the FireWire option card into an Onyx mixer opens a world of application and configuration possibilities," commented
Dan Steinberg, Product Development Manager for the Onyx line. "For example, with the FireWire card installed, the mixers are an ideal
front end for a digital audio workstations or, when combined with a laptop computer, they make an affordable multitrack interface for portable
live recording."
Steinberg commented, "The development of this card also helped us to establish a FireWire platform that can be easily integrated into
future Mackie products. The possibilities are endless."
The Onyx FireWire Option
Card will be available in Q1, 2004 for a manufacturers suggested
retail price of $499.99 USD. The card, along with Mackie's new Onyx
mixers, is currently on display at the NAMM show in Anaheim, booth
number 6690.
Key Features of the optional Onyx FireWire Card:
- Operates at 24-bit/96kHz resolution
- Compatible with any Windows XP ASIO/WDM host software or any Mac OSX.3 Core Audio host software
- Provides direct multi-channel outputs for every individual mixer channel (12 channels for the Onyx 1220, 16 channels for the Onyx
1620 and 1640), as well as the main L-R mix
- Provides two channels of audio from computer to mixer for monitoring through the control room/phones matrix
- Allows daisy-chaining of two mixers together, resulting in expanded channel counts feeding into the computer
- FireWire technology allows for very low buffer settings, allowing
for monitoring through the DAW software and plug ins with no noticeable
latency
- Fully user-installable
About Mackie
Mackie, a LOUD Technologies Inc. brand, is known worldwide as a leading developer and marketer of high-quality, affordable professional audio
systems. Mackie products can be found in professional and project recording studios, video and broadcast suites, post production facilities,
sound reinforcement applications including churches and nightclubs, retail locations and on major musical tours. For more information visit:
www.mackie.com.
Mackie is a registered trademark of LOUD Technologies Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business based, in part, on
assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions
that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking
statements due to numerous factors, including those described above and the following: changes in demand for the Company's products, product
mix, the timing of customer orders and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing, constraints on supplies of critical components,
excess or shortage of production capacity, difficulties encountered in the integration of acquired businesses and other risks discussed from
time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, such statements could be affected by general
industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general domestic and international economic conditions. Such forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement
to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
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