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Sweet
By: jim warlick
Submitted: 9/5/2020
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slight learning curve but well worth the time absolutely ?? love it
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Heavyweight mixer
By: Jessica H C
Submitted: 1/7/2020
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The mixer was larger than expected. Arrived very timely and seems to be working well. It was purchased as a gift for my husband so I don't use it directly.
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works great , using a full size ipad is much easier than ipad mini
By: J Lawless
Submitted: 11/7/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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products work great , great service fast shipping , has far more features than i could ever learn , but product is very user friendly
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Versatile
By: Michael Sengillo
Submitted: 8/6/2019
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This board is Great! There is a lot to learn with all the windows. But once you get use to it you know right where to go to set up the Mic or instrument. I would suggest this item to everyone
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Great price for a great board!
By: Ken Pack
Submitted: 7/27/2019
3 people found this review helpful.
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Love this thing !! We use this board every weekend at our gigs and its amazing.
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Perfect mixer
By: Musicman
Submitted: 3/25/2019
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This Mackie mixer is an ideal machine.
You can do a lot of things with this mixer from routing effects and monitor mixes to your main mix. You won’t be sorry if you buy this mixer for your next gig.
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Its amazing
By: Jose Vasquez
Submitted: 3/25/2019
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We love and we enjoyed a lot and every time its awesome
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I love this thing
By: Tyler
Submitted: 3/5/2019
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Let me qualify this by saying I am no professional. I am purely a garage and enthusiast who takes his gear to a few gigs a year. That said this thing is sooooo much fun. From setting the EQ's on the vocals and instruments to getting just the right mix from across the room this baby turns a small simple setup into something that feels professional. Can't wait for the version 5.1 update. Therein lies the real beauty of this thing. Its an evolving piece of equipment. With updates to the app if can just get better and better! Looking forward to many hours of fun playing around with this thing!
I do wish they would allow for a sort of master recording feature that would allow you to work on the mix after you've recorded. Maybe in an update.
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You cant use an iPad Pro they dont, fit so it's old school technology. iPad won't work w/o more $
By: lebowski
Submitted: 2/18/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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Disappointing. No I pad pro. MY ipad won't work without spending more $ for an adapter. Overall it's over sold now I have to send it back and get another manufacture.
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So simple and compact it is amazing.
By: Douglas
Submitted: 1/24/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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It's awesome. Songs can be selected wirelessly from an iphone too.
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I love this thing
By: Bob clermont from JRC sound production :
Submitted: 11/7/2018
1 person found this review helpful.
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Well worth the money it was a very good investment and easy to operate
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I’m very happy with this mixer the sound is superb!!!
By: Leonardo Salinas Abq Im
Submitted: 11/6/2018
1 person found this review helpful.
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Very easy to use ( I’m not a sound guy) and was able to grout running in no time
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User friendly and awesome
By: Susan Hickman
Submitted: 10/23/2018
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I love this mixer! It is so easy to set up and very user friendly with the app. I’ve been using this board for over 5 years and whether it’s a full band show or just a solo acoustic gig it’s the only way to go!
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I own two
By: Katkhaki
Submitted: 8/10/2018
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Love this mixer. Picked up a second one for home. Easy to use and the saved settings are a godsend! Especially for the hard to mix rooms.
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I Love it
By: Steve Slate
Submitted: 5/30/2018
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O love this thing
By: Alejandro garcia
Submitted: 12/18/2017
2 people found this review helpful.
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That makes it work so perfect thank you and I enjoy and I just waiting for a few to make some little more business thank you
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Just got it in time for Easter Egg
By: Jerry A Oakle
Submitted: 3/25/2016
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I just got it so I have not got to run it through the main power amps and all but through the small stuff here at the house it rocks Love the not having to run wires from I pad to board for music
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Where has this thing been all my life ?
By: Donovan Fraser
Submitted: 10/29/2015
2 people found this review helpful.
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Love it !!
Small and sounds awesome!!!
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The future of mixing
By: William Porter
Submitted: 12/16/2014
4 people found this review helpful.
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Was very familiar with DL1608, frequently operating one owned by our dance group. Excellent product and AMS provided the best price and super fast delivery.
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Quantum leap
By: K.B
Submitted: 8/11/2014
1 person found this review helpful.
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Great little mixer. I owned a Mackie VLZ 16 channel mixer for 20 years with never a bit of trouble. Ever. I went back to Mackie for more of the good stuff. Not one second of regret, I love my new mixer to pieces.
Seems to be very well made, typical Mackie solid quality. I'm blown away with the clever design. It's like the engineers got inside my head and built this thing to fit my needs. I also bought the factory zippered case. Nice piece.
If you're at all used to touch screen technology and you've done any sound engineering before then this thing will be a breeze to learn. I had it learned well enough for a live gig within 1 day of delivery. Your experience may vary.
The mixer has all the signal processing in one tiny portable package. I sold ALL of my old analog rack gear along with my old mixer and paid for the new one and was money ahead! It totally condensed my rig to about 8 pounds.
The sound quality is a quantum leap ahead of my analog gear. I say this from a 30+ year musical career. I hear detailed separation of all my speaker components like never before. Each instrument and voice is clearly recognizable. ZERO hum, Zero hiss, fantastic! No stupid tricks of any kind.
I've only used it for a handful of live jobs so time will tell.
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packs tons of functionality into an easy to use, incredibly cool little package
By: Jim W from Huntington, NY
Submitted: 6/2/2014
3 people found this review helpful.
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This is my first mixer and I think it's amazing. Before buying this one I was tempted to keep it simple and cheap and go for an analog mixer with the bare minimum. I'm so glad I bought the DL1608 instead. The ease of use and the built in effects really make it worth every penny. I use it for a 5 piece cover band and it does everything we need. The other guys in the band are amazed at how much smaller and easier it is to set up and use than what they're worked with in the past.
Seems very rugged and well made.
The Master Fader app is incredibly well done. I don't think they could have made this much functionality any easier to use, and I'm a complete beginner to live sound.
Being able to walk into the crowd with an ipad and make adjustments wirelessly is amazing. I love being able to save and recall presets for channels and whole shows.
Sounds great
I've only used it for 2 gigs, but so far so good.
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A lot of punch in a small package.
By: Gary from Adams, NY
Submitted: 3/25/2014
1 person found this review helpful.
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Very impressed with it so far. Very intuitive interface through the app. I was able to set up shows, snapshots, and groups very quickly and easily.
Typical Mackie sound, which is excellent. The one thing I was disappointed with was the amount of plastic used in this mixer. It does not have the 'built like a tank' feel that Mackie mixers typically have. I would have like to seen more metal in the chassis, but to hit the price points they were able to hit, I'm sure they had to make compromises.
Very easy to setup and use. New features and functions added essentially for free with app updates is a plus. The software does have a few quirks and shortcomings, but they are things that could be fixed with a software upgrade. Mixing on the mixer is a joy, and very responsive.
Best features include the quiet preamps, and the app to control it. There are a few features missing, but many can be added with a software upgrade. A built in power supply would be much better than the power brick that is included with the mixer.
Typical excellent Mackie sound.
We will see...
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By: from United States
Submitted: 3/22/2014
1 person found this review helpful.
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dont play catch up get into the digital age
By: B.c
Submitted: 2/18/2014
1 person found this review helpful.
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Mackie DL1608
By: Jeffrey Tayama
Submitted: 11/14/2013
2 people found this review helpful.
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Great, small board. Easy set up, easily connected to wifi. The software is pretty user friendly. I was hoping the Behringer X16 would be out but there's no release date, so I went ahead with this. Mackie is a good name and tho it doesn't do as much as the X16, it's a great unit so far. Will definitely keep it and looking forward to using it in a live setting. Even at home, it's great to be able to adjust my sound without having to go back to the board every time. I will get the X16 when it comes out, mainly bc of multi track recording.
Yes. It's a Mackie, so it is made well. So.id construction. Only had it for a few days so can't comment on dependability, though again, it's a Mackie so I'm not worried (knock on wood)
Very easy to use. Very intuitive software; user friendly. Easy to hookup and get running. Easy to find my way around without reading the manual in depth.
Best feature is obviously the wireless capability. Also, I love the fact that you can limit access to certain things from other iOS users that are connected.
I would add the ability to do multi track recording, which is why I'll get the X16 later.
Tone is n/a. But, without EQ-ing, it sounded really good, but speakers have a lot to do with that too.
N/a only had it a few days.
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Grab you iPad, it's time to sound GREAT.
By: Curtybob from Cape Girardeau, MO, USA
Submitted: 7/6/2013
2 people found this review helpful.
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This is a very easy way to get into the realm of digital mixers. The preamps are sound very good, and can take a lot of signal before they start clipping. The built in effects are actually pretty good, and cover a lot (actually, all for most) of what you will need in a live setting. The setup is very simple, and the ability to recall show settings is a valuable addition.
Like all products these days, there is plastic parts everywhere on this thing. But, it does feel very solid. I think the chassis gets a little warmer on the bottom than I would have expected, so that might be an issue down the road if you constantly set it up in direct sunlight, on top of a carpeted or foamy surface, or just don't use any common sense whatsoever. But the gain knobs feel nice and solid, the input and send jacks all feel nice, and the recessed area for the power supply and networking cable inputs make for a very well thought out and assembled piece of equipment.
The day before the mixer arrived, I downloaded the Master Fader app to my iPad and took a look at the interface. When the mixer arrived, I had no qualms about how everything would work. Without reading the manual, we set up for our first gig with the new mixer, and in 40 minutes, I had 4 monitor mixes set up, rung out, and the mains sound set with 10 inputs... from scratch... including each input's own compression, EQ, reverb and delay.
The very intuitive interface is at the top of the list of best features. It is a good blend of classic layout and new functionality. The compression is also pretty good, considering the limited control scheme. Very easy to keep our female singers from slamming into the clip zone without sounding horribly obvious that there was some strong compression going on. Being able to save each show's settings is another huge plus. The only problem with this is that the input gain is not included in the settings that are saved. BUT, if you set up the gain the same way every time, this is not such a big issue. Still, a way to record the gain knob's position would be great (this is the biggest drawback for me). Also, some more effects would be awesome... although it is still possible to use an AUX send to feed signal into an outboard effects processor.
It sounds very clean, and has some very flexible EQ capabilities. We plugged acoustic guitars straight into the board and got a very nice tone with minimal fuss. All the vocals were crisp and clean, and the surprisingly good compression helped to punch them up to the next level. Kick drum sound was so nice. The parametric EQ really helps to emphasize the boom and the click, without having to include all the muddiness. With all the EQ options, if you can't get a good sound out of this board, it is only because the tone you are feeding into it is beyond trash.
Just got it, and only had a few shows with it so far. But, I cannot see why it would not be reliable. No faders to get scratchy, no complex routing to the effects rack, and no more need to have a huge table for the board(this this is amazingly compact for a 16 channel board with 6 sends).
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Revolutionary Addition To Live Sound
By: GASMusic
Submitted: 6/30/2013
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Finally, An all-in-one that you can move about the room and really get a good mix!
By: Eric Turner
Submitted: 1/9/2013
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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?
Portability. But this unit needs more FX still>>>
Sound is digital,what more can I say?
Time will tell. though I am optimistic.
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Well thought out and designed with upgradeability in mind. I expect updates on the OS soon for enhancements....
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Mackie Did very good on getting this out fast
By: Willbass from West Melbourne, Florida
Submitted: 1/1/2013
1 person found this review helpful.
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
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...
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
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..
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..
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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??
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Save your money and mix both monitors and house speakers yourself!
By: Alan
Submitted: 9/11/2012
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Very dependable!! Finally, Mackie thought to work on the front end of technology and not the back end.
The high pass filters (HPF) are the bomb!!!! Watch how loud your speakers will pump.
So easy even a caveman could do it... LOL!!!!
The tone is simply perfect. I have officially sold my old mixer.
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This product is going to a lot of companies out of business.