Mackie Showbox is the BEST All-In-One Speaker!

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In this video we review and demo the Mackie Showbox. An all-in-one speaker that is perfect for busking, home use, and portability.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introduction
0:49 - Price & Specs
0:59 - Who is the Showbox for?
2:00 - Front of Speaker
3:10 - Rear Of Speaker
7:10 - Remove the Audio Mixer
8:20 - Audio Mixer / Control
11:20 - Missing Features
13:35 - Mackie Showbox Overview
14:22 - Final Thoughts
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@kelvinfunkner Ай бұрын

this was the best review and demo I've seen of this unit hands down! the video and audio quality, framing, and clear well thought out order at how everything was explained was just excellent!

@radientproductions9799 3 ай бұрын

finally somebody does a video on this! Thank you!

@navypti 3 ай бұрын

Excellent review. I've seen a few on the Showbox & this is by far the best. Clear information, delivered in a logical order. Thanks Jordan.

@furstl 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for your in-depth review! I just bought the showbox - mainly for playing small wedding ceremonies with my acoustic duo without needing my column PA (MAUI11) and my seperate mixer. First field test will be a wedding this saturday. After the ceremony, I'm planning to use the Showbox as a mixer and monitor for the MAUI during our cocktail hour session. By connecting the MAUI to the headphone-out, the volume level for the Showbox and the MAUI can be set independently. Since we have 2 vocal mics, 1 Guitar and 1 Stompbox, the Showbox mixer will be just perfect. Having compressor and reverb/delay is awesome, since needing those effects was the main reason for buying my seperate, mixer (Phonic Celeus 600) back then. SD Recording, looper (for soundchecks!), tuner, snapshots/presets - very nice! Greetings from Germany

@MrWideopenmusicuk Ай бұрын

I bought one and had to send it back. Not loud enough and was way too mid range with very little low end. Advertises as working for small bands but I'd say that's a stretch. I wanted to use it for a two piece (vocalist and myself on guitar) with backing tracks and found it would not be powerful enough even for smallish bar gigs. It's a shame as it's a great idea and the build quality and innovation on the mixer was really good. If they could do something similar perhaps on a bass amp and column speaker with a lot more power and volume, I'd be sold.

@adrianbambrough7366 Ай бұрын

I went down the Bose S1 pro + route and one speaker isn’t enough push for even a small bar so ended up using another powered speaker with it kinda defeating the object. So you have saved me the hassle big thank you for your comment

@chrisgatland3177 25 күн бұрын

Same here. I use a foot drum kit, and it sounded nasty even at pretty low volumes

@rds1882 3 ай бұрын

Looks like a cool product. I like mackie gear but my only issue is their atrocious support of products. I have blackbird interfaces and they work great, solid build. Mackie put out maybe two driver updates and they were done. Just something to keep in mind about mackie.

@christianpaulroldan4010 3 ай бұрын

Greay demo and review. I like it

@anne4524 Ай бұрын

great demo! maybe you can make a technical comparison with Mackie Showbox and Bose S1 Pro+

@blueeyedsoulman Күн бұрын

Really wish this was stereo.

@javiervilla1058 25 күн бұрын

Gracias por el vídeo... cómo activo la función para colocar micrófono de condensador por favor?

@LonePigsyAndCub Ай бұрын

Will it play tracks off a thumb drive? Thanks.

@musiciansimon8562 2 ай бұрын

What if we need more output more than 400w?

@Digitalpapii Ай бұрын

hey im having trouble getting my phone to connect to the speaker sounds… is there an app or anything or is it supposed to just link up?

@tomgunderson1506 21 күн бұрын

Wifi the mixer. This unit would be killer.

@markt747 3 ай бұрын

I was hoping you'd specifically address the instrument inputs. Can a bass guitar be played through this safely? How much control do you have over the echo & reverb for a guitar player?

@DonaldMohrMusic 3 ай бұрын

I'd expect FX to be by channel, but 8" woofer is going to be kinda small for bass I think.

@Digitalpapii Ай бұрын

sounds pretty decent with a bass coming out of it - its no MarK Bass amp lol but i do find it gets a good sound. i play guitar and bass out of mine.

@barrieflix 3 ай бұрын

Seems like a nice product, and I enjoyed your review. However, you do several times refer to "stereo" recordings and outputs etc, when clearly the whole thing is mono.

@kettnercreative 3 ай бұрын

It has stereo inputs, and the USB output is stereo.

@krisrandall3086 Ай бұрын

Is the clip that holds the breakout mixer stable ? Meaning if it is bumped, will it come off, or is it Locked on the clip?

@kettnercreative Ай бұрын

It screws onto a mic stand, and relies on gravity to hold it to the clamp. It would take a really big hit to knock it off though. Your mic stand would be on the ground before the mixer pops off.

@benjaminmetz5845 3 ай бұрын

I don’t understand how the stereo input (5&6) work. Can i have a electric drums in line 5 and a keyboard in line 6 if inputs 1-4 are already taken? Hope that question makes sense. I play around with my kids and we incorporate guitars and mics as well as a keyboard and drums. This would potentially solve every instrument we use with one unit

@kettnercreative 3 ай бұрын

You could. But you wouldn’t get independent volume control. If you’re recording, one of the inputs would panned left, the other right.

@benjaminmetz5845 3 ай бұрын

@@kettnercreative Thanks for the reply. I found your review very helpful and so far the best out there for the showbox. So in your opinion would it sound noticeable or “normal” when panning left and right and could the volume still be controllable independently through the actual instrument volume control?

@chrisgatland3177 Ай бұрын

Biggest missing feature for me is phantom power 😔

@javiervilla1058 25 күн бұрын

Si, en el manual dice que tiene la función, pero no la encuentro por ninguna parte

@CrossoverClassic 3 ай бұрын

Hi ! So if i plug in a left and right stereo 1/4 inch pair into 5/6, the stereo will be maintained 1. Out through the 1/4 inch Headphone Out, 2. SD recording, 3. USB to computer, AND 4. TO THE MAIN, SINGLE XLR OUTPUT?? (I heard you reference the main volume control as "STEREO OUT" .....

@kettnercreative 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I need to test this, I would assume the XLR output is mono. It doesn’t say ‘link out’ like you’d expect if it was expected to link to a stereo pair. I need to test it though.

@CrossoverClassic 3 ай бұрын

@kettnercreative thanks for quick response. If I find out, I'll let you know as well!

@essenceofgrowing7804 3 ай бұрын

Hey bud. Do you know if someone could use this mackie showbox with the new Ed Sheeran looper?

@kettnercreative 3 ай бұрын

Depending on how you use the looper. If you're just connecting a stereo output from the looper to the stereo input on the Showbox, it would work. If you're using the bigger looper that he uses on stage, I believe that unit has 4-6 XLR outputs, and you'd run out of inputs on the Showbox.

@frontcentermusician Ай бұрын

Feedback eliminator is a sure sign there is not that much output. People trying to crank it up and feedback hits. Feedback eliminator really thins the sound out.

@MichiMallu 3 ай бұрын

best? have you tried ev everse, 8 or 12?

@kettnercreative 3 ай бұрын

The breakaway controller, SD card recroding, USB interface, and extra inputs put this into another league - In my opinion.

@MichiMallu 3 ай бұрын

@@kettnercreative you’ll change your opinion once you put both side by and listen!

@kettnercreative 3 ай бұрын

The stacked fx, per channel giving you the possibility of running 8 different fx at once with a built in looper as well. I don’t doubt that the EV sounds great, but they’re not even the same category of product.

@MichiMallu 3 ай бұрын

@@kettnercreative haven’t tried the statcked effects, have only seen that in Bose T4/T8 mixers before, and that’s a wonderful, rare feature, listened to both and I liked ev better, but I respect your opinion!

@kettnercreative 3 ай бұрын

You as well. I just think they’re different products for different markets. The EV is a battery powered speaker with a DSP. The Mackie is a battery powered speaker with a (breakaway) digital mixer, looper, tuner, interface, and recording. I’ve never seen a speaker with this much functionality before.