[Mike Onastick]

I’ve got the Mackie Onyx 1220.
A couple of days ago I tried to post how happy I was with the board.
Today its up for debate.
The drawbacks seem to be 2. Low mic-pre levels and pre-fader routing to the firewire card.
Other than that the ability to run Boom Recorder or a DAW as well as an analog output was my main choice for this board.

*I ask the experts this…*
The shotguns have to be gained all the way to the top and I’m still not happy with the levels. The firewire out gain is also maxed.
I’m recording into Boom Recorder and don’t see any way to boost the levels any further.

I know my mics aren’t the best but can I really hear where the money went if I shelled out the bucks for one of the groups recommended shotguns?
I’ve got a Rode NTG-1 and an Azden SGM-1x.
Using the firewire outs, I just want a good clean mic that offers me headroom so my gains aren’t on 11.

[Mike Onastick]

I’m using timecode with BR through an Onyx Firewire board.
BR jams and locks in tc just fine and seems quite stable.
I am getting my TC from a Deneke slate, however the camera dept said that was backward and usually the sound dept sets the code that jams to the slate. Is that the usual practice? I have never worried about TC before as the mix ended up in the camera.
If so what is a good TC generator that is compact and portable?
Who sets the TC starting point? We start each day with roughly the same code due to powering up the slate…?
Have I reached my question limit yet?!
Thanks in advance