Mackie Universal Control Pro

James R. Coplin EMAIL HIDDEN
Mon May 18 02:15:42 CEST 2009


I should have specified, it doesn't work with 64bit Vista.  I know I can run
it via MIDI instead of the integrated driver but I've found it to be a
little doggy running it that way.

James R. Coplin

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Tony Scharf
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 6:27 PM
To: Music-bar
Subject: Re: Mackie Universal Control Pro

...It does work with vista.  I have one, and it works perfectly.

On 5/17/09, James R. Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:
> It actually might be a dumb thing to move for a couple of reasons.  It
works
> perfectly, it's built like a tank, and it's never given me any trouble.
The
> problems I have with it are:
>
> If I don't sell it now, it will be pretty much completely worthless in 12
> months.
> There isn't any support for it any longer and it won't work with Vista.
> It's huge.  I'm really tight on desk space and the Mackie is about 1/2 the
> size for the same number of sliders.
> The motorized sliders are a little noisey.  This is an extremely minor
> quibble that never has really been an issue in practice.
> Cubase is my main recording software and it seems that everytime they
> upgrade Cubase, some functionality of the SAC isn't implemented.
> I recently scored a Mackie C4 for chips so adding the main unit kind of
> makes sense.
>
> This is one of those "upgrades" that might bite me in the ass but I have a
> gut feeling that it probably is the way to go.  That's kind of why I was
> hoping someone had the Mackie to reassure me or dissuade me before I
dropped
> the cash on it.
>
> James R. Coplin
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Peter Korsten
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:52 PM
> To: Music-bar
> Subject: Re: Mackie Universal Control Pro
>
> James R. Coplin schreef:
>
>> Anyone have one of these.  I'm selling my beloved SAC and was thinking
>> of getting one of these a replacement.  Any experiences?
>
> Out of curiosity, why are you getting rid of it?
>
> - Peter
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