It’s a perfect combination: A legendary British console designer, and the Greg Mackie, the person who defined the small mixer market.
Evolution has now created a superior species. We’re not dissing digital mixers with moving faders and 7″ screens, but after owning and mixing on virtually all of the current best-sellers, Greg has figured out a better way. Naturally the D32 has its share of unique features that are impossible on a conventional mixer. But equally as important, his partnership with Engineer/Programmer Peter Watts has produced a sonically impeccable design.Peter Watts’ remarkable new Lyric™ microphone preamplifiers are meticulously accurate, sonorously musical, yet virtually impervious to overload. Other audible algorithms such as parametric EQ, compression, and reverb have that sweet musical aura that Peter can trace all the way back to his work on the legendary Trident® Di-An console. The D32 sounds something close to magical.
From a value standpoint, we noticed that many of the “32channel” digital mixers available only have 16 mic preamps — and require you to buy an add-on stage box for serious bucks. The D32 has 32 Lyric preamps AND a detachable stage box that lets you put your I/O up to 100 meters (325 feet) from the touch screen. Plus a free 12-function foot pedal. Nothing else to buy.
If you want to see how different the D32 is, check out the Sample Screens section below. Greg spent four years making the D32 both powerful and super-intuitive to use. It does everything a conventional digital does…and adds extra features you’ll immediately appreciate.
d32 Features
d32 Features
d32 Features
- Thirty-two Lyric™ preamps by British console designer Peter Watts
- Each channel strip displays 10 important parameters
- Create custom Home screens with just the controls you to need to get to rapidly
- Twelve Aux Sends: 3 stereo and 6 mono
- Three Alternate mixes in addition to the main L/R mix
- Matrix Mixer provides access to all Input Channels, Subgroups, Main Outs and 8 buses.
- Signal processing BigChannels have Compression/Limiting, Gate, Parametric EQ, Graphic Equalizer, Effects
- 28-band 1/3-octave Graphic Equalizer and Real Time Analyzer
- Four Subgroups • 8 Mute Groups • 8 Fader Groups
- Eight DCAs with intuitive implementation
- Six FX Buses
- Easy pop-up access to Low Cut filter, Channel Delay, Phantom Power, Phase Reverse, and Anti-Clip
- Twelve-function Foot Pedal included
- Complete built-in Subwoofer crossover (with adjustable slope and crossover point) | Separate LF XLR output doesn’t eat up an Aux Send
- Matrix Mixer with control of all Input Channels, Subgroups, Main Outs and 8 buses
- Simple Mixer 10-channel configuration for beginners
- Anti-Feedback system
- Two USB-A I/O sockets
- Two-track Record/playback to thumb drive
- Thirty-two-track recording to external drive via USB-C or DAW
- Remote tablet mixing via Wi-Fi — no app needed!
- Full illustrated manual available on-screen
- User permission code can restrict operator access
- New proprietary, non-glare surface is part of the glass, not a coating that wears off
D32: Things other mixers can’t do
D32: Things other mixers can’t do
D32: Things other mixers can’t do
- Gives you a stage box without buying anything else.
- Make navigation easy with Greg Mackie’s intuitive interface
- Allow new features and functions via future software upgrades
- Color-code faders
- Put ten important pieces of information right on the channel strip
- Main L/R fader visible on all screens
- Show every fader in the D32 system on an Overview Screen
- Pop-up for Gain, Low Cut, Polarity and Anti-Clip
- Pop-up for Fader Group, Fader Color, Channel Link, Write strip, and more
- Pop-up for Phones, Speakers and Delay
- Built-in crossover with variable roll-off and slopeadjustments
- Custom screens with only the faders you’re using
- Impervious to dust and liquids
