Now the Mackie does feature a Cirrus Logic ADC which samples the signal at a frequency of several MHz to give headroom to the anti-aliasing filter and then downsamples digitally to the desired sample rate of 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz, removing all the frequencies above 1/2 fs. The only "drawback" also ends up being moot: the Mackie can only record at up to 48 kHz while the Focusrite goes up to 96 KHz (1st Gen) or 192 kHz (2nd Gen). Now most people seem to suggest the Scarlett Focusrite (2i2 or Solo), but on paper the Mackie Onyx Blackjack looks better in every way that matters: Lower Noise at min gain (–112.0 dB vs -100 dB), higher Dynamic Range (114 dB vs 105 dB), higher max Gain (+60 dB vs +46 dB), higher max input level (+10 dBu vs +4 dBu). I am looking for a very low-noise audio interface that is about <150€. Bottom line is Mackie doesn't seem too concerned even though the forums on its website are full of complaints.TL DR: Some reviewers say that the Mackie Onyx Blackjack has a bad SNR, even though its specs seem to suggest otherwise. As this was directly the opposite of what the first technician told me, who knows.
He said that the Blackjack works with virtually all Win 7 64 bit systems and that only a handful had problems. I started by saying that they should change their website info re Win 7 64 bit compatibilty.
After I got the thing to work with the ASIO4ALL driver, I called MAckie again. He said that they were working on a driver fix, but had no release date as of a month ago (Blackjack delivered to me on ).
However, right off the bat the MAckie person started by saying the Blackjack has problems with "most" Win 7 64 bit systems and that MAckie was aware of the problem. On the positive side, I was able to speak to a person in fairly quick order. HORRIBLE!!! When the Blackjack arrived and I couldn't get it to work on my comp, I called Mackie.
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