Advanced Impulse DSP Deep Dive

Mackie Professional Powered Loudspeakers offer incredible sound quality that is consistent across the entire dispersion area. This is not an easy feat to accomplish. Join Mackie Acoustic Engineer Ethan Bannister and dive into the science and technology behind our Advanced Impulse DSP.
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[@commsec7]

I saw Bigfoot at 2:24!! Love your speakers and mixers, by the way. Been using them for 25+ years.

[@djpuma007]

That explanation was total sound engineering, great explanation, BTW love your speakers!!!

[@KrusevARTstudio]

2.24

[@milandzurko716]

i check gll file and it is horrible to look at so many times phase wraps .... i have never see so much mess at phase response .... phase should be linear OMG You tried to stole EAW technolgy Focusing, but with no sucess ... Your active speakers definetaly not usable for live music, i am realy disapointed ...

[@rogerbarber6680]

This guy is so full of crap. He is the owner and cant iron his shirt? This guy is full of ship!!!!

[@78tag]

This is nothing but a bunch of techie speech BS. Use a whole lot of terms most people have heard and don't understand but it sounds official so it must be impressive. Audio companies have known this stuff and have been incorporating it into their products for a very long time. This engineering is good stuff but it doesn't make Mackie sound any better than anyone else. Use your head when you shop and don't be influenced by hype marketing.

[@mackietv]

Believe it or not, our processing uses specific techniques and methods that are unique to our loudspeakers. Anyone can throw an FIR filter into a speaker, but having the quantity of data that we get and how we use it is not something that others can offer. Think of it as an engine in a car - they all burn fuel to make pistons go up and down, but does that make them all the same?

[@cameronproaudio]

The measurement system and correction was designed by David Gunness when he was working for EAW. It was called "Gunness Focusing." It's real and has been used for EAW line array and point source box processing for some time now. When it was applied to EAW's older, harsher sounding boxes, it made quite a difference. When EAW was acquired by Loud (Mackie's parent company), Mackie was able to adopt it for their boxes and have been using it ever since. David Gunness is quite the loudspeaker engineer and has been designing boxes for decades with companies like EV, all the way down to the component level. I agree that Mackie's advertising can be a bit overhyped. But in this cases, the processing is real and it does work. Try listening to an EAW KF850 rig setup old school and then one with the Gunness Focus processor settings. It's night and day difference in harshness and clarity. Even the KF750 boxes sound usable compared to when they were new.