Mixer: Mackie Onyx 1640 with Firewire :

This is the top of the Mackie Onyx range which combines Mackie’s legendary high-end analogue pre-amps and the classic Perkins EQ with a direct digital Firewire output which sends the signals straight to Cubase with no need for any outboard. The best combination of analogue warmth and digital control.     Premium 16-channel/4-bus small-format analog mixer / 16 new ONYX mic pre-amps comparable to boutique pre-amps /  New 4-band Perkins EQ with dual sweep-able midrange controls provides warm, musical sound / 96kHz FireWire for streaming 18 independent channels of audio to computer with near-zero latency /  2 channels of monitoring from computer via internal FireWire card   / 6 Aux Sends w/ Pre/Post & Solo switches   /  4 stereo line-level Aux Returns    4-bus architecture for flexible sub-grouping of channels