Mackie d.2 opinions

[muzique9000]

I am seriously considering purchasing this mixer, for the reason of its simplicity, and scalability.
What are your thoughts on this mixer quality wise?
Anyways let me know what's up.

[swytch]

Sick mixer man. Definately my 2nd choice after the vestax pmc08pro.
Some of the highest quality faders on the market.

[muzique9000]

Hmm. That Vestax is a damn nice mixer, loaded with freatures. However I realized that I would like to hook up my laptop to the mixer via midi controller, and I saw that the Vestax does not have that, which is what I am wanting ultimately.
Swytch, are you aware of any hardware mods for adding a midi controller to the Vestax, and then route it to your computer?
I am thinking that the cost for the firewire card + mixer for the Mackie d.2 will come out very close to the Vestax.
Thanks for the info!

[muzique9000]

I placed the order for the Mackie d.2, comes with firewire card and the price was pretty darn good.
It will be here in a few weeks though *sigh*
looking forward to putting it through its paces though!

[Psykadelik]

I own an original Mackie d.2 mixer. The sound quality is good and the EQs are powerful. It is also built tough. The faders are pretty good. It uses an infinium optical crossfader which has adjustable tension. I do nonetheless have a few beefs with it.

The Line fader curves are poor.
There is somewhat of a latency with the crossfader. Sometimes when I fast clicks or crabs, it doesn't register.
The crossfader area is starting to wear out and it has not been a year yet.
Sometimes when I scratch, i feel as if I am grinding against something.

Overall, for a first attempt, Mackie did good job since this was their first dj scratch mixer. It has helped me progessed a lot with my scratching so that is one of the things I will always like about it.

Originally Posted by muzique9000

I placed the order for the Mackie d.2, comes with firewire card and the price was pretty darn good.
It will be here in a few weeks though *sigh*
looking forward to putting it through its paces though!

Is this for the original Mackie d.2 or the d.2PRO?