With any source, the signal presence light shines green so you can turn up the gain until it flashes red and then back off to keep it in the green to avoid distortion. Use the XLR connectivity for mics and if you use the condenser sort, there is 48V phantom power switching available too. With two boutique-quality Onyx preamps and premium 24-bit AD/DA conversion, Blackjack delivers unmatched fidelity, headroom and transparency for your recordings. The unit is designed for desktop use, and Mackie's designers have clearly gone for simplicity, quality and very robust packaging. Mackie’s Onyx Blackjack Premium 2x2 USB Recording Interface offers industry-leading recording quality in a compact and ergonomic desktop design perfect for home studios. The front panel kicks off with the gain controls for both channels with line/high impedance switching – the latter option being for mainly for guitars – that works on the 1/4” jack inputs. The Mackie Onyx Blackjack is a combined USB audio interface and monitor-level controller aimed at those who only need to record one or two inputs at a time, but who want the preamp and digital conversion quality of Mackie's larger Onyx interfaces and mixers.
ONYX BLACKJACK MONITORS PROFESSIONAL
The Mackie Onyx Blackjack is a 2-in, 2-out professional USB recording interface featuring their flagship Onyx boutique-quality preamps that allow wide dynamic range, true analog hardware monitoring, all packed in their compact ergonomic design that is perfect for home studios and mobile musicians. It’s all very tidy, leaving the cable sprawl at the rear, apart from the 1/4” headphone socket on the front. Mackie Onyx Blackjack USB Audio Interface. There’s also a USB port here, as the unit is bus powered from the host computer. The back panel is home to a pair of balanced audio inputs on combo XLR/TRS jack connectors, with the monitor output on just balanced TRS jack sockets. The weight of the Onyx Blackjack is an advantage too, at 800g it certainly doesn’t be skate around the desk on the whim of a springy cable. Its all-metal casing keeps it well-shielded and it has decent-sized knobs and switches on the control surface that tell you at a glance what’s what.
Now, this model isn’t the cheapest of its kind and there’s no MIDI or effects on-board either, but it’s no flimsy plastic box that will fizz with interference as soon it you place it near a laptop. Now owned by Loud Technologies, Mackie’s design ethic still remains evident in the Onyx Blackjack dual channel USB audio interface.
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