24 track studio for sale Mackie D8B +HDR24 +EVERYTHING NEEDED. CHESHIRE

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Mackie D8B mixing desk with 5.1 ready to go, + Mackie HDR 24 track recorder.

D8b can be used as a daw controller, it
has full automation, and i mean everything including fx, Still the best Digi desk ever made. 72 channels.... yep 72

5.1 software.
all fx open.
Full automation
3x Adat cards installed
digi in/out.
clock card.
And i am giving a choice of FX cards either a MFX or a very expensive UFX or both for a little extra.
very clean inside and out.

can be used as a DAW, protools, DP3, Nuendo, Soundscape, Logic, cubase ect control surface,
all working great.

this is my spare one no longer needed.
can show fully working.
Please note ... this is NOT a worn out desk with old outdated software that you can not upgrade anymore ( beware !! ebay !!) but a fully functioning bang up to date with all last and best software releases.
I have released tracks done on this you can hear if wanted.
ARE YOU USING TAPE ??
If you like me are still using tape then you are in for a real treat, you really need to check this out, it really will open doors for you, imagine all your tape tracks having a fantastic quality compressor and gate on every track thats 48 compressors and gates and also a very good switichable between british eq and std eq on every channel and then all the fx you will ever need and i am not talking cheap plugins here, im talking .....
massenberg eq, .......
TC......................... reverbs and delays,
drawmer adx .......
Final MIX, .............a multiband compressor for mastering your main out to give your tracks really wide depth + loads more........... all in the same box ! ! yep all in the D8B.... i think you are starting to get the idea.
so tape in it converts it to 24bit digi add all your fx and eq then master out straight to cd via either analog or digi.
Job done.
these were up to £15k + new with all the plugins. and te hdr was another £5k thats a 20k studio !

The HDR.....
Mackie HDR 24/97 24 if you dont know these, then you are in for a bit of an eye opener.
If you are looking for a next level recorder for your studio or live then read on....

These can record 24 tracks at 24 bit at the same time with ease, These record hi quality "Broardcast" WAVs with no loss. hence these are still being used as professional field recorders for live bands, more live albums were done on this than any other stand alone digi recorder ever, and are still being used today, so why this ?? this is the only stand alone recorder to have all the software built it, forget cubase, forget protools forget reaper, its all built in, hence it still being used as a studio recorder by many studios, so why are thay still using this ?? easy they sound great, the analog to digi converters in this are top draw and dedicated for the job of creating Very high quality 24 bit 44.1, 48 or 96k wavs, was your pc designed for this ????
All the software as said is built in, just add a monitor a mouse and a keyboard and you have a studio.
Sick of your daw crashing ??? yep... been there also hence getting these, that are rock solid, NO pc's to crash, N0 dodgy software to freeze, no downloading rubbish drivers and the best bit...no crappy windows in the back ground sucking up all your processor power. each track has 8 virtual tracks for other takes so.... lets think about this for a min, thats 24 x 8 which gives you 192 tracks per song of 24 bit waves !! can your software cope with that before it crashes after the first second ??? no chance, and all wavs are viewable on screen, even at the same time if you wanted,

You can of course move the waves if wanted to your daw for editing mixing easy. or use this with your daw, as you have a choice of cards to put in the back either ...
ADAT, 24 tracks in and 24 out...or
Analog 25 pin Dsubs which will give you 24 tracks in and out using Jacks or XLR or both, ...or
AES EBU 24 tracks in and 24 out,
Or even a combination of all of them,
was there anything else made that could offer this ?? the answer is NO and still has not been hence they are a big hit with studios.
So....loads of options

It has been maxed out, top memory top processor, and has the up graded bios to use larger drives
and the best bit For facebook market users only !! im giving you the choice of in/out cards to use so your ready to go right away, this wont be available when it goes on ebay later ! !

Prob best if you are serious about recording and are interested is to pop round and check it out, i think you will be shocked.
I have tracks that have been released using this if you want to hear.
I can send a manuals as a pdf if wanted.

there is aHDR on ebay right now for £1,295 !!)

So the lot for 1400 with all the leads to get up and running right away is a pritty good deal, i wont be dropping the price so please dont ask
Collect from Ellesmere port
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REVIEW.. not enough space see the "SOS d8b" review on line

The Mackie Designs Digital 8-Bus (D8B) was probably the most anticipated release in the digital mixer market since the Yamaha 02R. Not only is Mackie a giant in the affordable mixer industry, but the sheer hype that preceded the D8B's release had many people waiting with bated breath. The question is, now that the D8B has been out for a while (Mackie just released version 3.0 of the operating system) and people have had a chance to check it out, does the D8B measure up to the hype?

First of all, lest there be any confusion, the D8B is a large mixer. This is not a console for, say, a single-ADAT studio It offers 48 mixdown channels (split as 24 channel inputs and 24 tape returns), 8 buses, 16 internal effects returns, 12 aux sends, dynamic and scene automation, a full-size meter bridge, 4-band parametric EQ and dynamics processing on every channel and tape return, up to 16 internal multi-effects processors, transport controls, and a wealth of digital connectivity options.

But that's not all that comes in this box-the rack-mount unit is actually a CPU, which is the brains of the board. Inside are essentially the inner workings of a PC, including a 166 MHz Pentium processor, internal hard drive, and 3.5-inch floppy disk drive. There are ports on the rear for connecting a PC-compatible monitor, mouse, and keyboard, so working with the console's rather small built-in display (6.5- X 1-inch, 40- X 2-character) becomes a nonissue. This arrangement provides much of the functionality that you'd expect from a DAW. It's important to note that all of the mixer's parameters are accessible right from the surface of the unit; however, I'd seriously recommend spending a few hundred dollars on the aforementioned peripherals. A separate, rack-mountable unit houses the power supply.

IN AND OUTAnalog I/O is abundant on the D8B. Channels 1 through 12 offer both XLR mic-level inputs and 1/4-inch TRS line-level inputs. Each of these channels has individual mic/line switches on the front of the console. Phantom power is available, again on individual switches for channels 1 through 12, though the switches are on the rear of the mixer, a location that I found a bit cumbersome (see Fig. 1). Channels 13 through 24 are accessed via 1/4-inch TRS jacks. All of the input channels (channels 1 through 24) have trim pots for adjusting the input gain, as well as a prefader LED meter.

In addition to a pair of XLR master output jacks, the D8B has several 1/4-inch outputs, including a set of master outputs, a set of studio outputs, and two sets of control-room outputs (main and near field). The unit provides three 2-track inputs (also on 1/4-inch jacks), as well as a 1/4-inch input for connecting a talkback mic. You get two headphone jacks and a 1/4-inch jack for connecting a punch in/out pedal. The 12 1/4-inch aux-send jacks are located here as well.

The eight balanced line-level bus outputs are analog, and they appear on a 25-pin D-sub connector on the rear panel (this port can also be used to output surround-sound mixes). Also included is a 2-channel digital I/O card, which provides AES/EBU and S/PDIF connections. The tape returns (channels 25 through 48) are accessed by installing I/O cards in the three dedicated expansion card slots. Cards are available in a number of formats, including ADAT (Lightpipe), TDIF, AES/EBU, and analog.

Besides these expansion options, the D8B has an additional slot, referred to as Alt I/O, that allows you to add another 8 inputs and outputs to the mixer's capacity via an additional analog or digital expansion card. There are also slots for four multi-effects cards (including one already occupied by the MFX card that comes with the mixer) and one slot for a sync card that handles ESAM II machine control, word clock, and SMPTE.

DIGITAL DAZEThe D8B's setup is similar to that of a split-style analog board, and once you get the hang of working with this console, you'll realize that it's quite user friendly. The D8B has 24 channel strips and a master section. Each channel strip contains a 100 mm fader; mute, solo, and channel-select buttons; automation edit buttons (Assign and Write); a Record Enable button; and an assignable soft knob, which controls a number of different parameters (pan pot, aux-send levels, and so on).

Like most digital boards, the D8B employs fader layers. This concept allows the console to handle a large number of input channels, tape returns, buses, and so forth, without being 25 feet long. On the D8B are four fader layers: Fader Bank 1 controls the 24 channel inputs; Bank 2 handles the 24 tape returns; Bank 3 controls the 16 internal effects returns and the 8 Alt returns; and Bank 4 services the 8 bus masters, 8 MIDI controllers, and 8 virtual subgroups. The fader layers are switched using corresponding buttons located in the Master section.

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