Mackie Master Fader 3

From experience using this software, on an iPad 4th generation and around several smart phone users, etc, I strongly suggest the use of a 5Ghz wireless router / network. Recently, I was experiencing a series of disconnect anomalies, from the iPad and this software to the DL1608 and 2.4Ghz router / network. It took a little time to figure out what the issue was. But, at our last band rehearsal it hit me! I had set up the mixer and iPad with no one there, yet. Everything was working fine, until my two kids walked in with their smart phones. BINGO! The iPad and / or 2.4 Ghz router / network is seriously affected by the phones! Lucky for me that I had purchased a dual band wireless router. So, I switched to the 5Ghz network that the router offers and FINALLY! NO MORE DROP OUT or disconnects! A valuable find, for serious working Bands or Musicians looking to use this software, as an excellent solution to mixing live audio in local venues or clubs!

Love this new app, works great and offers a lot of features not found in the original app. Mackie has done a nice job with this and has continues to provide upgrades and support for this app on a regular basis.

This app works great with our youth music. I love the ability to take an additional iPad outside the sound booth to mix live on the floor.

I nearly panicked in December 2014 when our church decided to go digital when replacing our gradually failing mixer. Our PA team has a few nearing retirement adults like me, a young adult, a few college students, and about a half dozen high school students. Our old system had a stack of wireless mic receivers stacked next to the old mixer. We did not have enough budget for commercial cables to put everything into a rack, so I learned how to solder XLR. After each increment in installation, I tested the system was still fully functional. It took several weeks to get everything into the rack, including the new antenna splitters and all the wireless mic receivers. The transition went well although I lost a bit of sleep learning the language of mixers then adjusting the settings. The biggest challenge was dropping preconceived ideas, and just trusting the manual and go with the easy interpretation. They came through with the promised app updates. Our control of the sound is incredibly better. One of our college students got married and moved away. We trained in a new high school student. We did not let a former member, who said it would be fun to mess with the settings, know the network password. We still like each other, but no. Several of the younger team members prefer to use the traditional view when adjusting the sound. I like the more modern view. Recording to a portable hard-drive is a breeze. I could not figure that out in the directions; just hit the record button, and it works.

Great new features. In fact, I was so impressed after downloading the 3.0 software that I even ordered a DL32R to replace my 1608. Before the 32R arrived, played a LOT with the 3.0 software to get ready for it. I took our band's most current 1608 show and tired to save presets, but channels 1-3 could not be saved and I was ejected from the app. The 32R arrived today and I was able to bring it up with my prepared show. So far so good. Now I was extremely excited about being able to have a disk drive hooked up for recording. So I went to bestbuy and bought a brand new 2Tbyte drive. Hooked it up so I could format it as Mackie suggests, but every time I plug in the hard drive to the USB port, the 3.0 software fails and dies. Obviously Mackie did not perform proper QA before they released the 3.0 app. And I will agree with others that it is slow. Make an adjustment on the ipad for anything and there is a lag before the hardware makes the change. Come on Mackie. You were in too much of a hurry and did not do your proper testing. Customers - be patient and wait for these guys to fix Master Fader 3.0