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Posted by Ry Thomas on Jun-22-2008 21:38:

Mackie d8b

Anyone own one of these?

Posted by Ry Thomas on Jun-24-2008 19:06:

Anyone at all??

Posted by DJ RANN on Jun-28-2008 22:39:

No, but used one a lot and got mackie certification.

What do you want to know?

Posted by Ry Thomas on Jun-29-2008 06:13:

I've got one on the way because they look exactly what i've been after, are they rock solid units?

I know they're discontinued but they still seem to be able to cope with what i need it for

Posted by DJ RANN on Jun-29-2008 22:36:

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Originally posted by Ry Thomas
I've got one on the way because they look exactly what i've been after, are they rock solid units?

I know they're discontinued but they still seem to be able to cope with what i need it for

I hate to say it but they really were not the most stable units. I know they did bring out various OS revisions to attemp to fix it and I think version 4.something sorted a lot of the problems but the one I used extensively would crash at least once a day.

They were good in terms of functionality and flexibilty but by the time mackie sorted out the bugs, people didn't trust it anymore. The fx were good and as a digital mixer it was a good concept but I personally would be slightly hesitant to use one, unless I knew it was a stable one.