- #PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 MAC OSX#
- #PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 MANUAL#
- #PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 SOFTWARE#
- #PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 PC#
- #PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 PLUS#
Its too bad Phonic doesn’t have it as an add on. I would have liked a few things on this that it doesn’t have like metering for individual tracks. Without going through each feature, I’ll just say they are all good. I actually like personality to preamps but then that is what $2000 stand alone units and plug ins are for. The pre amps are very clean (read don’t add anything). Everything on it is sturdy feeling and all the knobs, faders and inputs feel as good as my Ghost board did – it cost me about $5,000 back in the day. It feels well built but only time will tell for that. I’ve only owned the board a short time but have been using it daily. If I had paid $1,200 for this board I would have felt like I got a great deal. This is a great board! There was some negative noise going on about the Phonics boards but then we all know that makers like Mackie employ people to do nothing but trash other companies gear. I have no problem plugging my U87ai’s or my Rode NTV that I usually run through my Avalon pre’s into this board. which leads me to my thoughts on this board. I like to balance my toys so that I only have great stuff and don’t have weak links. Just click the links below to search and find the best price on the Helix Board 18 FireWire.Īs I am reading your post I am listening back to some of my tracks on this very board. The best deals on the Internet that I’ve found on this board are on eBay. If any of you that read this have experience with this board, please leave it in the comments section. I’ve found that if you treat your budget equipment with care you can really get some good use out of it. Most equipment will fail within the manufacturer warranty if it’s going to fail at all. Make sure you buy from a seller that can at least guarantee that the board will be covered under the manufacturer warranty. I will offer this opinion from my experience with budget equipment. By and large everyone agrees that for this price you just can’t beat it’s features though some people have experienced breakdowns with the board. I don’t own this board yet but I LOVE the features. In researching it, I’ve read both positive and negative reviews of the board. Having sixteen tracks to work with at mixdown is a huge advantage for mixing a live show for commercial release. What makes this really great is if you want to record your bands live shows you can hook it to a laptop and record a sixteen track take of your live show.
#PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 MAC OSX#
The boards drivers are compatible with both Mac OSX and Windows XP. My preference would be to use this board as an input mixer for the very powerful Sony Acid 6 Music Workstation software.
#PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 SOFTWARE#
You can either record with the onboard effects unit or use any of the plugins for the Cubase LE audio software included with the Helix Board 18 FireWire MK1.
#PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 PC#
This will allow you to stream up to 16 individual channels to any PC or Mac allowing for recording, editing and tweaking of tracks. Now the true advantage this board has is it’s built in FireWire interface. I’ve listed just some of the features of this mixer and as you can see, it’s got you covered for hooking up your entire band without a lot of fuss.
#PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 MANUAL#
For a full list of features I’ve included a link to the Owners Manual at the bottom of this post.
#PHONIC HELIX BOARD 18 MK2 PLUS#
The mixer also features a built in 24-bit digital multi-effect processor with 16 programs plus one main parameter control, tap control and a footswitch jack. That should be plenty of inputs for a typical band of 4-5 members. The mixer also has 2 additional stereo auxiliary inputs for a total of 18 inputs. That’s a total of 8 mic preamps complete with phantom power for powering your studio condenser microphones.
It also has 2 stereo input channels that can also either accept the 1\4″ stereo or mono input or 2 additional microphone inputs. These channels can either accept a microphone or a 1\4″ mono input signal. The mixer can handle your bands live mixing requirements with 6 Mic/Line channels with inserts. The fact that you can connect this mixer to a PC or a Mac via the FireWire interface is just amazing in a mixer in this price range. The great thing about this board is it’s versatility both in a live setting and in the studio. I’m talking about the MkI because you can get a great deal on it right now on eBay. It has been replaced by the MkII but is virtually the same board with a few cosmetic changes. Today I’m going to tell you about the Phonic Helix Board MkI FireWire. I’m always on the lookout for good deals on products that you can use for multiple purposes.