Subject
Finally, An all-in-one that you can move about the room and really get a good mix!
By: Eric Turner from Phoenix, AZ, United States
Submitted: 1/9/2013
Quality
Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable?
I checked it out and it worked with my iPad fine and was easy to set up. Just add powered speakers and off you go. And you can link up to 8?
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
Portability. But this unit needs more FX still>>>
Sound
How is the tone?
Sound is digital,what more can I say?
Reliability
How has it stood up over time?
Time will tell. though I am optimistic.
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
Well thought out and designed with upgradeability in mind. I expect updates on the OS soon for enhancements....
Subject
Mackie Did very good on getting this out fast
By: Willbass from West Melbourne, Florida
Submitted: 1/1/2013
Quality
Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable?
The product seems good for home and local venue use.. Does not look like this could take abuse of the the road and out door venues
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
The best features are: quick set up, no need for Snake if not desired, ease of use, portability, great quality sound, plenty of in and out hook ups, quick and clear access to controls via Ipad.. Very well thought out for us out there who are not Engineers and are musicians who cant afford engineers, wish we could afford the good ones.. Okay more effects would be good, delay and reverb and that it??!!! Really Mackie?? No internal WI FI???? what was the point of wirless if you have to go get another piece of gear( Wirless Router) Recording tracks is limmitted, and I hope Mackie will come out with software and App updates for master fader.. For sure more effects and mulity use of effects is in order, and maybe a foot switch to turn effects on and off.. More flexability with channel 17...
Ease of Use
How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be?
Okay I have no mixing skills but I watched three pod cast at mackie.com for this product about 4 minutes each and I was able to set up and have up and running in less than 15 minutes, this is Scary considering my lack of Skills.. This is very easy to use and I know there are alot of sound people out there not to happy about this
Sound
How is the tone?
Well its a mackie, the pre amps are awesome.. Remember this, cheap PA speakers and Amps, and cheap mic cables, and speaker cables cant be fixed by this system.. If you already did not know how to mix sound this will not help..
Reliability
How has it stood up over time?
Still new but no complaints yet, as I said before The housing of this unit does not seem like it will stand up to much abuse or extended out door venues.. I may be wrong time will tell.. This product seems okay for home and small club applications..
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
Okay 1000.00 for board, 500 to 700 for decent ipad, 100 for good router, so ask your self if for just the mixer your willing to invest 1600 to 1800 dollars?? I purchased this system because the relaible, good Engineers in my area where not always avalible or would cancel gigs with us for better paying gigs because of low pay area we are in. So we decided this product is perfect for our small project.. This reduces the amount of equiptment we need and set up time and give us portability to walk around room and tune our system to the room and crowd conditions on the fly. You sill need some good ears and some good understanding of how to EQ a band and the different instruments.. There is no magic bullet for that yet??
Subject
Save your money and mix both monitors and house speakers yourself!
By: Alan from Maryland,USA
Submitted: 9/11/2012
Quality
Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable?
Very dependable!! Finally, Mackie thought to work on the front end of technology and not the back end.
Features
What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could?
The high pass filters (HPF) are the bomb!!!! Watch how loud your speakers will pump.
Ease of Use
How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be?
So easy even a caveman could do it... LOL!!!!
Sound
How is the tone?
The tone is simply perfect. I have officially sold my old mixer.
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
This product is going to a lot of companies out of business.