A couple more inches have been shaved off the design by using rotary knobs rather than linear channel-level faders. What isn't necessarily so apparent from the pictures, however, is that the mixer is exceptionally compact, saving lateral space by pairing channel 4 with 5 and channel 6 with 7, and reducing the other axis dimension by using thin pots and placing many of them very close together. As one would expect, the channels are lined up with their relevant inputs, the monitoring and metering controls can be found on the right, and the slightly more miscellaneous I/O is at the rear. The Helix follows an extremely traditional hardware mixer layout which should be fairly evident from the photograph in this review. A copy of Cubase LE is bundled free with the mixer, as is the relevant setup software, and there is full support for both Mac and PC.Īlthough there are also larger 18- and 24-channel Helix mixers offering up to 18 outs over Firewire, they share an almost identical core of features with our 10-channel review model, so most of what is said here should be applicable to the rest of the range. It is now possible to output individual tracks over Firewire at up to 24-bit/96kHz, and from a choice of different points in each channel's signal path. Two years on, Phonic seem to be favouring Firewire over USB, and have integrated the technology much more convincingly. In the summer of 2005 they took their tried and tested mixer hardware and added a USB send, declaring their new Helix Boards to be "the world's first professional USB-equipped mixers." The concept was good, but the design could only send the stereo mix as an output, rather than individual channels, and the screen printing barely acknowledged that the USB interface was present. Phonic, who celebrate their 30th birthday this year, have a lot of experience of making robust analogue mixers for use in the studio and on stage. exe… not very helpfull.Phonic's well-established Helix range has made the jump to Firewire: we look at the 12-channel version, which is capable of sending 10 channels of audio at 24-bit/96kHz to your DAW. Looked on the phonic website for drivers… and the only recent drivers and firmware update you can find is all. However this is the “universal” model, with both USB 2.0 AND firewire… and i’ve been stupid enough to do the latest upgrade (High sierra)… (Seriously… to all mac users NEVER-EVER-EVVEEERR Randomly upgrade your OSX) … So reason why i bought this device is because due to previous experiences with it… i connected the firewire, mac reconised it, worked like a charm…
I had the same problem aswel … With the Phonic Helixboard 24 Universal…Īnd it seems like i have found an answer that worked for me…
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