Some pictures of the history of Mackie DXB 200.

Mackie DXB 200 prototipe

This was the first DXB made. The metal was hand drilled and formed prior to tooling.

 

Mackie DXB 200 wood side

Chuck and Rob. Notice the handmade wood side cheeks…

Mackie DXB 200 office

Phil “the analog guy” in the SaneWave office.

Mackie DXB 200 baby prototipe

A baby DXB concept in foam core…

Mackie DXB 200 first

First two DXB200’s off a production line.

Mackie DXB 200

Phil Jackson. He was the Emagic demo guy for years, then went on to Avid as their video maker for ProTools. Also worked on Apple presentations. He loved the console and I believe he still uses one.

Mackie DXB 200 testing

One of our testers…

Mackie DXB 200 build

This is Chuck and Jay T. Chuck is the mechanical engineer, also the engineer from Mackie who designed all the mixer mechanical’s in the 1990s. Jay T was the lead engineer for Mackie Control and Logic Control. He also made a great chicken curry on Tuesdays…

Mackie DXB 200 AC/DC

AC/DC uses a DXB – Here’s a photo in their home studio.

Mackie DXB 200 giorgio moroder

Giorgio Moroder still uses the DXB 200 (photo from Facebook of 2015).

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