Soundtracs is a sleeper console in the US, and never caught on, but you see them all over Europe. They are fine consoles, with excellent mic pres and very nice sounding eq's. They are built extremely well.

The PSU is dual voltage, just get a US standard IEC cable from any radio shack and switch the input voltage from 220 to 110 volts and you're good to go. We have the Topaz's big brother the SoloLogic. Same pre and (i think) eq, with the addition of VCA and mute automation. It is killer, and smokes anything Mackie AHB or Soundcraft in the pricerange. In addition, they have excellent support, even for the older consoles.

Parts are still readily available through their US rep Steve Magalnik (mag212@comcast.net) who will happily answer any questions you might have. Yeah, soundtracs is kinda 'unknown ' here in the USA, except for the few producers and engineers that know there stuff.know about this brand. I found mine on Ebay by mistake! Someone had listed it as a SoundCraft, but by the photos i knew it wasnt.so i did some reasearch on what i saw in the photo, and it was a Soundtracs topaz original! Once i found out what it was, i did even more research on this item on the net, and user forums.and people who knew about this mixer.just raved about it! Had nothing but great things to say, and favord it over most brands in its class/price range. So i grabed it while i had the chance!

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It's a mixer you can use it to mix whatever you want, if it has the right inputs and outputs and enough of them for you then all is good. Some mixers are intended for recording and have 'tape' returns on each channel so you can easily switch from monitoring the input to monitoring your recorded tracks but besides that a mixer is pretty much a mixer.

I have been offered a choice of either of a Soundtracs Topaz Project 8 - 24 channel or a Mackie 32:8. Both less than £500 so the price isn't the issue, both are immaculate, fully working, serviced, boxed and look 'as new'. The Soundtracs has the optional meterbridge on it. The mackie doesn't. I will be using the desk for summing/mixing and EQing of finished tracks of dance/house/RnB type music.

I have a Presonus FireWire audio interface which gives me 24 channels of analogue audio out to a desk and back in as the final stereo track. If it was your £400-500, which would you buy and more importantly why? I'm a newcomer to analogue desks, hence why I'm asking! I like the 'look' of the Mackie more just because it's bigger and more professional looking, but I completely agree that's a stupid point!

I don't think I'll need the Bus sections, just the faders, gains, and EQ's. Regular Posts: 88 Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:00 am. Anything but the cheapo Mackie, as mentioned the Topaz is modular inside which is a BIG plus imo.even the very affordable Spirit Studio was modular inside.The Mackie 8 buss also had common faults with the ribbon cables internally, wasn't keen on the sound either. You can pick up a good analogue board now days for next to nothing.even a proper modular Soundcraft that can be tweaked to sound even better go for bugger all.

Frequent Poster Posts: 1593 Joined: Tue Jun 24, 2003 12:00 am Location: Kent, UK. NinjaPower wrote:Out of interest, why do you all dislike the Mackies so much? They seem to have a massive following and generally go for quite large sums on eBay. But from what you are saying I can conclude sound quality and build quality leave something to be desired? Mackie's marketing is, and always has been, quite clever.

Their reputation is mostly based on marketing-speak, not actual performance. The 8-bus desk was easily available and not that expensive compared to the competition so many project studio owners acquired a Mackie desk. I've fallen victim to this 'strategy' myself as well, swapping an Allen & Heath desk with a minor fault for a Mackie (they couldn't be that bad, because everyone had them, right?). Hp compaq dc7100 sff audio drivers for windows xp.