Yes and No!!! If that isn't the most wishiwashiest answer you've ever heard!! I think its ok if you don't mind not having any automation, terrible EQ's, terrible buses, should I go on. But I can't totally knock it, I have heard some Rap mixes that blew me away that were mixed on the Mackie 8 bus. I helped outfit a friend's studio lately with 24 channels of DBX160X and a SSLFX384 compressor(and some other things). He already had 48 channels of Mackie. He does rap/hip hop and I went by the other day, and I swear I thought it sounded just like a SSL board(one of the older crunchier ones). I think it works well for Rap because the coloration(or degredation) helps the sounds of the tracks. For other stuff..uh uh.

I belive the mic pre's on the VLZ series are a leap forward in quality. Have they released a large format version with them in it yet?

:eek:

Sorry for everybody but I like my Mackie. I just listened to a acoustic jazz record I did a long time ago. It was totally Mackie with some outboards EQ/Preamps (a total of 4).
Today I have a bigger desk and I don't like to go back but I was surprised how good the Mackie sounded.
15 years ago I wished I had a Mackie. Just think about it.

my 0,2 Euro ;)

jo

sorry for bad english

Originally posted by jo:
15 years ago I wished I had a Mackie. Just think about it.
jo

27 years ago I used Allen & Heath Mini Mixers.
I have one I am restoring and putting back into service. In a heavy metal case, was 6 inputs, each channel has combined line/mic level trims/ high & Low cut boost/ mid range lift, cue send, effects send, pan, fader. The outs were +4db unbalanced with vu meters, seperate left & right returns w/ high/low eq boost & cut. All that!in the size of an 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of paper x 1" deep. The tranformers of your choice, were connected by pigtail at the rear. Seperate DC power supply, and can run for a few hours off (2) 9v batteries hooked in series. It can be seen at the Allen & Heath website, vintage equipment. A mixer way ahead of its time. Many studios used them like modules, up to more than 24 channels. It is a very quiet board with an SN around -115db.
--Rick

is the dm 24 as good as the mackie d8b
for 24 96
is the d8b good

You have been a lucky guy Rick (btw. how much was it back the?)
Was it a inline design?

I didn't have such a device and couldn't afford anything better. ;)

It's not the tools its the man behind!

To avoid confusion.......I think coldsnow might have been asking an opinion about the D8B ....?

He said in his post that he hates digital boards.

I dont know why anyone would buy a new mackie when there are so many good older boards, that with a little TLC will kill a mackie.

I was talking about the analog 8 bus. Life is too short to mess around with digital mixers. Anyways, I bought one off of ebay and have been pleasantly surprised. I use to own a VLZ pro model and didn't like it at all. The 8 bus isn't near as brittle sounding and the eq's are not simialar at all. The inputs and pre's are actually kinda nice and seem very accurate. Again I won't be using the pre's at all. The eq I've found so far to be decent not bad sounding at all. I typically use external eq's for tone shaping and use board eq's for slight cuts here and there. The eq's are no Ghosts but very usable and I think the actual input signal is just as clean and as the Ghosts. I'd love to own a SSL (never will) and don't want the hassles of vintage equipment so for now this appears to be a good fit for me.