Mackie!?!?
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- KVRAF
- 4886 posts since 3 Jan, 2003 from Vancouver
That's a surprisingly uninformative subject header, considering just a few more words would have made it actually work. For example: "Mackie Shutting Down!?" or "Mackie Victim of Recession!?" As it stands, it looks like you're wondering if the article is talking about Mackie. So to answer your question: yes. You can tell by the way they refer to the company in question as "Mackie".
Surely there must be consensus by now...
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- KVRAF
- 4054 posts since 8 Jan, 2005 from Hamilton, New Zealand
Well done hobbycore. Thanks for the info. Interesting to hear.
I make music: progressive-acoustic | electronica/game-soundtrack work | progressive alt-metal
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
I don't see where any actual facts are in that thread though. Just a bunch of forum users speculating. Not that it isn't happening. I have no idea. But I would think that people would wait for some kind of REAL info before jumping to believe people who really seem to have no idea.
Brent
Brent
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 471 posts since 5 Dec, 2007 from Location! Location!
Well, there was the press release from LOUD... and this is the 3rd time now I've heard of mackie going under. Once from my sweetwater rep, once from my local music store, and now on GS.koolkeys wrote:I don't see where any actual facts are in that thread though. Just a bunch of forum users speculating. Not that it isn't happening. I have no idea. But I would think that people would wait for some kind of REAL info before jumping to believe people who really seem to have no idea.
Brent
I thought it was interesting given how a lot of their products have been lagging behind in substantial updates.
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- KVRAF
- 1704 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from Indianapolis
There were a few press releases and a posting from the Washington Post that pretty much verified most of the details of the story about Mackie's chinese factory closing down, and taking the proprietary tooling and dies with them.koolkeys wrote:I don't see where any actual facts are in that thread though. Just a bunch of forum users speculating. Not that it isn't happening. I have no idea. But I would think that people would wait for some kind of REAL info before jumping to believe people who really seem to have no idea.
Brent
They've been linked to in this forum.
Sorry, but I'm too tired to find them and link to them...
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- KVRAF
- 16154 posts since 2 Dec, 2003 from Nashville, TN
Not saying it isn't happening. Just that I didn't see anything on that link and wondered where the info is coming from. Of course, shutting down factories doesn't mean going out of business. It just means downsizing.
No need to prove it really. Just thought I would make sure that people weren't basing things on that thread alone(seemed that many were putting a lot of trust in that thread).
Brent
No need to prove it really. Just thought I would make sure that people weren't basing things on that thread alone(seemed that many were putting a lot of trust in that thread).
Brent
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- KVRAF
- 5375 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
They did just release Vista drivers for Onyx, although not much can be read into it. It's a pity for the workers. There is still a little less soulless corporateness about Mackie I think. Their stuff has held up for me, just T isn't really coming along.
I wonder what I want in here
-my site is gone and music a mess
-my site is gone and music a mess
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- KVRist
- 125 posts since 23 Aug, 2005
I reported this a while back, but it came right from Loud's mouth, and really only indicates reorganization going forward.nix808 wrote:They did just release Vista drivers for Onyx, although not much can be read into it. It's a pity for the workers. There is still a little less soulless corporateness about Mackie I think. Their stuff has held up for me, just T isn't really coming along.
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... t=#3414049
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- KVRAF
- 5375 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
It sounds like 2008 wasn't that great for them, prompting a reshuffle and battening hatches perhaps.
I wonder what I want in here
-my site is gone and music a mess
-my site is gone and music a mess
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 471 posts since 5 Dec, 2007 from Location! Location!
The thread at gearslutz is growing with more reliable, and depressing information 
I wish they'd just give tracktion back to jules, and he'd take it back into his loving embrace. I'd buy another tracktion license in a minute if Jules was back at the helm.
I wish they'd just give tracktion back to jules, and he'd take it back into his loving embrace. I'd buy another tracktion license in a minute if Jules was back at the helm.
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- KVRian
- 1164 posts since 16 Aug, 2004
They're giving up on their hardware business and putting all their efforts into Tracktion.
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- KVRAF
- 1704 posts since 15 Aug, 2003 from Indianapolis
I'll tell you what I read into that: WTF! They're just now releasing Vista drivers? Vista is already about to be superceded. Granted, the new drivers will most likely work with Win 7 as well, but that seems a really long lag time to release Vista compatible drivers.nix808 wrote:They did just release Vista drivers for Onyx, although not much can be read into it.
IMHO, that just makes a Tracktion update that much further down the road.
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- KVRAF
- 1615 posts since 28 Mar, 2005
hmm maybe that explains this: http://www.audiomidi.com/MCU-C4-Pro-Mac ... P9525.aspx