Mackie
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United States
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-based company LOUD Technologies
LOUD Technologies
LOUD Technologies, Inc. is an American professional audio company. It operates in the United States, the United Kingdom, China and Japan. Originally known as Mackie Designs, Inc., the name was changed to Loud Technologies, Inc. in 2003.-St. Louis Music:...
. The Mackie brand is used on professional music and recording equipment, such as mixing console
Mixing console
In professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board, mixing desk, or mixer is an electronic device for combining , routing, and changing the level, timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals. A mixer can mix analog or digital signals, depending on the type of mixer...
s, loudspeakers, and DAW
Digital audio workstation
A digital audio workstation is an electronic system designed solely or primarily for recording, editing and playing back digital audio. DAWs were originally tape-less, microprocessor-based systems such as the Synclavier and Fairlight CMI...
control surfaces.
Tapco
TAPCO
Tapco is a brand name for sound reinforcement products including audio mixers, speakers, and amplifiers.The original Tapco, which stood for "Technical Audio Products COmpany", was founded in 1969 by Greg Mackie and Martin Schneider. Their original product line were guitar amps and PA speakers...
, an Edmonds, Washington
Edmonds, Washington
Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Edmonds has a view of Puget Sound and both the Olympic Mountains and Cascade Range. The third most populous city in Snohomish County after Everett and Marysville, the population was 39,709 according to the 2010 census...
-based line-mixer company was owned by Greg Mackie
Greg Clark Mackie
Greg Mackie is an American entrepreneur and inventor of professional audio products. He founded Mackie Designs in 1988 after nearly 20 years working as a musician and after founding two previous companies, Technical Audio Products in 1970, and AudioControl in 1977...
, who later started Mackie and opened a factory in Woodinville, Washington
Woodinville, Washington
Woodinville is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,938 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Seattle metropolitan area. There is also a much larger population with Woodinville mailing addresses in adjacent unincorporated areas of King and Snohomish counties...
. All production has been moved from the Woodinville plant, to various contract manufacturers, mainly in China.
Mackie designs and imports many products
Product (business)
In general, the product is defined as a "thing produced by labor or effort" or the "result of an act or a process", and stems from the verb produce, from the Latin prōdūce ' lead or bring forth'. Since 1575, the word "product" has referred to anything produced...
including loudspeakers, studio monitors, digital
Digital
A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
recording
Recording
Recording is the process of capturing data or translating information to a recording format stored on some storage medium, which is often referred to as a record or, if an auditory medium, a recording....
equipment and more. However, the company is perhaps best known for its mixer
Mixing console
In professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board, mixing desk, or mixer is an electronic device for combining , routing, and changing the level, timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals. A mixer can mix analog or digital signals, depending on the type of mixer...
s.
Mixers
TT24 Mackie|TT24, Digital X Bus, Onyx 2480, 3280, 4080, 4880, 1220, 1620, 1642, 1604, 24-4, 32-4, 32.8.2, CFX12, CFX16, CFX20, DFX6, DFX12, 1402-VLZ VLZMackie 1604-VLZ Pro
In the product line of the professional audio equipment brand Mackie, the 1604-VLZ Pro is a compact analog mixer. It features sixteen input channels, four output sub-groups, and a user-replaceable fuse. Each of the input channels features a high-quality microphone preamplifier.VLZ stands for Very...
series, VLZ3 series, and others.
Loudspeakers
Mackie manufacture a range of active and passive loudspeakers, including the award-winning SRM450 active loudspeaker. They also manufacture near-field monitors, such as the MR line, the HR624, and the HR824.Current loudspeaker models
SRM150 Active PA System.
SRM350v2 Active Loudspeaker.
SRM450v2 Active Loudspeaker.
HD1521 Active Loudspeaker.
HD1531 Active Loudspeaker.
SWA1501 Active Subwoofer
Subwoofer
A subwoofer is a woofer, or a complete loudspeaker, which is dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies known as the "bass". The typical frequency range for a subwoofer is about 20–200 Hz for consumer products, below 100 Hz for professional live sound, and below...
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SWA1801z Active Subwoofer.
SWA2801z Active Subwoofer.
C200 Passive Loudspeaker.
C300z Passive Loudspeaker.
Thump TH-15A Active Loudspeaker.
Thump TH-18S Active Subwoofer.
Discontinued loudspeaker models
SA1232 Active Loudspeaker.
SA1232z Active Loudspeaker.
SA1521 Active Loudspeaker.
SA1521z Active Loudspeaker.
SA1530z Active Loudspeaker.
SA1532z Active Loudspeaker.
SR1521z Active Loudspeaker.
SR1522z Active Loudspeaker.
SR1530 Active Loudspeaker.
SR1530z Active Loudspeaker.
SRM350 Active Loudspeaker.
SRM450 Active Loudspeaker.
SRS1500 Active Subwoofer.
S500 Passive Loudspeaker.
S410s Passive Subwoofer.
S408 Passive Loudspeaker.
S225 Passive Loudspeaker.
S218s Passive Subwoofer.
S215 Passive Loudspeaker.
Fussion 1800SA/1800S Active Subwoofer.
Fussion 3000 Active Loudspeaker.
C300/C300i Passive Loudspeaker.