Mackie DXB

krizrox · Post by **krizrox** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:32 am

http://www.mackie.com/products/dxb/index.html

I want one. Could someone please buy this for me? You could be my friend

Post by **hubird** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:19 am

just tell me how many you want...feel lonely...

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 11:00 am

Would you mind if I send it to you without the power cable? Well... I guess you don't want it without the cable cos you cannot use it... So... I'm not going to sent it.

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:27 pm

i would do anything for love, but i wont do that. (meatloaf, i think)

scary808 · Post by **scary808** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:03 pm

Lookin' good. It's about time they laid the d8b to rest...

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:33 am

"How much will the dXb cost?
A well-equipped dXb with a reasonable complement of I/O cards will be priced under $20,000 US."

Crikey!

Oh my word...just looked down the page a bit:

"dXb’s CPU will be Pentium-based with an Embedded Windows XP operating system"

B'Wahahahahaar!!

(Falls off chair choking on food...)

Not only that, BUT:

"Embedded Windows XP is a derivative of Microsoft’s Windows XP designed to support proprietary applications"

That is simply priceless - best laugh I've had for some time.

Royston

p.s. we're actually Microsoft Embedded Gold Partners, so I'm fully qualified to laugh at this stuff

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:38 am

Seriously, it sure is a great thing... but I will still get a couple of SCOP DP, a huge computer with 2GBs of fast RAM, period! I would have all they offer, plus the mixing. Add to it a "good" mixing controler, and you're done with about $8.000 against 20.000. With the other 12.000, get all the outboard gear, instruments and some forniture for your studio...

bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 4:20 pm

On 2004-03-01 10:33, Counterparts wrote:
"dXb’s CPU will be Pentium-based with an Embedded Windows XP operating system"

That will be for house keeping and to run plugin's I would say. The meat of the system will probably be running on DSP's as is the same with the d8b.

But still it's a computer with DSP cards and a surface controller in a nice box.
Personally, I don't go for the whole touch screen thang either. Seriously, if I was given one I think I would just sell it and buy something else instead!

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:30 am

bassdude wrote:

That will be for house keeping and to run plugin's I would say. The meat of the system will probably be running on DSP's as is the same with the d8b.

Good point!

But still it's a computer with DSP cards and a surface controller in a nice box.
Personally, I don't go for the whole touch screen thang either. Seriously, if I was given one I think I would just sell it and buy something else instead!

I did find myself thinking "wouldn't the screens get all greasy & grubby?" Yuck

Royston

scary808 · Post by **scary808** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:50 pm

On 2004-03-01 10:33, Counterparts wrote:

"dXb’s CPU will be Pentium-based with an Embedded Windows XP operating system"

The d8b was Pentium based as well. The CPU was a 166MHz Pentium 1. I'm thinking this one will be as well. What I've heard is shortly after Mackie began selling the d8b the next-gen processors came onto the market. The price of these P1s dropped exponentially. Mackies supplier supposedly had 500,000 P1s. They really wanted to get rid of them so Mackie offered to buy them all. Mackie made off with these processors for something like $2.00 a piece. This could be B.S. but I've heard it from several sources.

Anyway, these processors handle stuff like automation. That doesn't require too much power. Then the effects processing is done with eesentially a UAD-1 thats stuck in around back.

I personally would rather have a couple SCOPE cards & this:

http://www.tascam.com/product_info.php?pid=342

kimgr · Post by **kimgr** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:06 am

The dXb is quite different than the d8b:
All of the audio processing IS actually done by the CPU, including all the channel eq & dynamics, and 3rdparty vst plug-ins.
The UAD card delivers additional processing, either as inserts on channels/busses/outputs, or as aux effects.
The dXb is in fact a vst-host with a cool controller/interface...

Kim.

bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:41 am

....
All of the audio processing IS actually done by the CPU, including all the channel eq & dynamics, and 3rdparty vst plug-ins.

I remember reading that the dynamics and eq is handled by dsp chips and not the CPU.

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kimgr · Post by **kimgr** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:31 am

If you read between the lines in the dXb FAQ it's pretty clear:

Tell us more about the dXb’s effects processing.
In addition to its extensive onboard effects, the dXb will support specific VST plug-ins which have been approved in advance by Mackie. We will supply a list of tested and approved plug-ins when the dXb is released, and we will continue to test and approve additional VST plug-ins into the future. The number of plug-ins a user can run simultaneously will be dependent upon the amount of channel DSP being utilized, as well as the types and numbers of VST plug-ins being used.

Kim.