Mackie LM 3204 rack-mount mixer
To be absolutely honest, this Mackie LM3204 is the kind of mixer that I have been looking for and I never knew Mackie made one. This series has since been discontinued. I was looking at the Alesis...
View ArticleMackie 802-VLZ3 mixer
There are mixers, and then there are Mackie mixers. I have used them many times throughout the years that I have been involved in professional audio and I can say, they bloody rock! Besides being very...
View ArticleMackie DFX-6 mixer
I had the chance to use this mixer a few days back at a friend’s wedding. I was in charge of sound and music…of sorts. In any case, I stationed myself close to this mixer and hooked up my laptop to...
View ArticleMackie 1402-VLZ3
I was using this mixer the other day when I was providing a temporary rented system in a new club that is about to come up. The rented system was supposed to test the acoustics of the place and I must...
View Articlemackie C300z passive 12″ speakers
A few days back, I was walking through a shopping centre and I came across a road-show. I heard the emcee talking on the microphone and the sound sounded well, pretty punchy and good. So I went up to...
View ArticleSound reinforcement does not have to be complicated
It is fairly easy to get started in the sound reinforcement business. You can start off by having a small system and offer services to event companies, tradeshows and the like. A small system does not...
View ArticleMackie SWA1501 subwoofer
I came across an event company, or rather, a sound rental company using these Mackie active subwoofers in a shopping centre in Singapore a couple of nights back. The sound system had already been...
View ArticleMackie C200 passive speakers
The wife and I were at Plaza Singapura last week and there was this roadshow happening in the main foyer. I saw four of these Mackie C200 speakers surrounding the foyer and I thought that I would do...
View ArticleMackie 1202-VLZ3
I saw this guy selling this mixer second-hand on a forum for audio and I thought…why not. I am looking for a mixer and I like rotary-potentiometer meters because they do last longer and so this was a...
View ArticleMackie Thump TH-15A loudspeakers
I have seen these speakers used a lot in many a shopping centre, especially for road shows. These Mackie Thumps were originally made by a company named Tapco, a company that Mackie evolved from....
View ArticleMackie S215 passive loudspeakers
I came across this speaker fairly recently. I was always wondering about the other speakers from Mackie besides the polypropylene-encased ones. This one is made of birch wood, which literally...
View ArticleMackie SRS1500 powered subwoofer
A few days back, at an event I was attending, the subwoofer in the premises decided to go titsup. So we called people like crazy trying to get a subwoofer rented for the night to replace the dead one....
View ArticleMackie CFX12 mixer
I had the chance to use this a few days back at an event. Now, one major peeve I have about this mixing console is that each channel does not have a L/R button to send it to the stereo bus. No. There...
View ArticleMackie SA1521
Just the other day, I came across a pair of these Mackie SA1521 speakers in the foyer of a shopping mall. Thes speakers had very relaxing music played through them and I must say that it sounded good....
View ArticleMackie SRM550
I was walking with my wife at Plaza Singapura a couple of days back and I came across an event being held there. The event company supplied four of these speakers, the Mackie SRM550s. Now, I know...
View ArticleMackie Onyx board
About a week ago, I was using this mixer at an event. I must say that it was a pretty good sounding mixer but the mixer had some issues with the faders and input gains. I suppose it had something to...
View ArticleMackie Thumps powering a block party in Haji Lane
A few days back, I was with some friends at a block party in Haji Lane. Haji Lane is a quaint little place in Singapore with all kinds of shops and bars and this place was one of them. I had written...
View ArticleNew cables for a temporary replacement mixer
Just last night, one of my colleagues told me that the Mackie mixer belonging to a client of mine has issues so it must be sent for repair. Unfortunately, the client needs the mixer for an event...
View ArticleSad-looking mixer at a venue
Just last week I was at a venue to visit a friend who was conducting an event there. During the course of the event I had to help my friend with connections to the house mixer. And this is the house...
View ArticleMackie 802VLZ4
I am seriously thinking of getting this mixer to replace my old Yamaha MG82cx. There is nothing wrong with my Yamaha mixer but I feel that this Mackie 802VLZ4 has got more options when it comes to the...
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