What type of rechargeable battery (batteries)? Replaceable AA type or built -in?

@JohnPaulMusicUK

2 ай бұрын

Omg! I did film that and somehow managed to cut that out of the video?! 🤦🏻 late night editing! Anyways - it’s an integrated but removable battery that you can take out from the battery with a Phillips screwdriver 🪛 You can get additional batteries from Mackie and is a Lithium Ion, 5200mAh, 14.8V custom battery. Charge time is 3hrs-4hrs and can last up to 12hrs depending on usage.

This is absolutely amazing. Tech is repeatedly beyond what we have imagined.

@JohnPaulMusicUK

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s awesome!

Thank you for checking out the ShowBox!

@JohnPaulMusicUK

2 ай бұрын

More than welcome. Amazing speaker and will certainly be on my go to for capturing content on the go whilst busking. Please please update it with an undo / redo on the looper! Pleeeeeeeease 🙏

@chrisgatland3177

2 ай бұрын

@mackietv if this had combi inputs and phantom power it would be an instant buy for me. Maybe in a v2? Pretty please?

What's the latency like when you use it as an audio interface for something like Loopy Pro?

Very thorough review. I don't suppose you have any experience of using a ukulele bass (with rubber strings and Fishman pickup) as these really seem to test the lows of speakers and I'm struggling to find anything compact and battery powered that doesn't flab out on the low notes. I'm looking for something for a group of up to 20 ukulele players (only the bass would be using the PA though) in small venues (church, cricket clubs, care homes, etc). Thanks.

@JohnPaulMusicUK

23 күн бұрын

I don’t I’m afraid. Best ask Emily McVicker as she has one of these and also has had guests play on her channel including bassists. Unsure if she has had that specific setup though.

Very well detailed review. Can you please clarify if it’s possible to record a video on an iPhone with audio coming from the showbox system (via the usb-c cable)? That way I don’t have to post edit videos to match up with the audio lol thanks.

@JohnPaulMusicUK

2 ай бұрын

Have a look at this livestream of me testing it. I just plugged my iPhone in from USBC and it just worked. 👍🏻 kzread.infohwjzGW1-gpA?si=F04bhWHJ6CLH4z1O

@benjaminmetz5845

2 ай бұрын

I have tried with an iPhone 12 going into the usb-c and it doesnt seem to be any different than just recording without the cord. So Im not sure if I’m doing something wrong or what. I haven’t tried the sd card and matching up with the video yet but I guess that’s the only way to do what I was hoping the usb-c would do. Have you found a solution or still having the same problem dannydane2707?

@mackietv

Ай бұрын

@@benjaminmetz5845 You will need to use the camera connection kit when using a iPhone with lighting connector.

@benjaminmetz5845

Ай бұрын

@@mackietv what’s the camera connection kit and where can one get one of these kits?

If this was made with a removable stomp box like a Line 6 it would be brilliant.

@JohnPaulMusicUK

2 ай бұрын

That would be cool! Maybe a 4 or 6 pedal one that’s Bluetooth.

Can you use two for stereo? Or a satellite speaker of unknown origin loo

@JohnPaulMusicUK

9 күн бұрын

Yes certainly. you would use the MIX OUT on the back of the speaker with an XLR to another one and best to use the same kind of speaker to get an even sound. 👍🏻

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Bought one love the amp but the battery is dying after 5 hours messed my day up twice Don’t know what to do

@JohnPaulMusicUK

2 ай бұрын

Contact Mackie support. You can also buy extra batteries if your driving it hard (not saying you are but just in case).

@pokerface1959

2 ай бұрын

Hi thank you for your help do you know we’re I could purchase a replacement battery And what type of battery it is it doesn’t say on the battery

@kaelichaemusic

Ай бұрын

Call Mackie or Sweetwater or another mackie dealer. They will set you up!

This thing may have great features, BUT, the reviews I have been reading say the sound is awful. I don't hear much from you on the sound quality. Care to elaborate?

@JohnPaulMusicUK

2 ай бұрын

Check this out. Used it live. Let me know what you think: kzread.infohwjzGW1-gpA?si=Pugm8Lp4XoYnijAl

@jimarockin

Ай бұрын

I had one and I thought the sound was shocking, it was a shame because such a good idea but let down by the sound. It was distorting on my vocals and wasn’t even that loud. Sent back and stuck to my everse

Why does nobody demo this speaker‘s actual in-the-room sound?

@JohnPaulMusicUK

Ай бұрын

It’s a very good question and the answer is that it’s difficult to showcase. KZread will compress the sound down and you’re also not in the room. I could certainly do that but you wouldn’t get a sense of the loudness. But it’s again difficult to ‘feel’ and hear the loudness.

@scottbecker3485

Ай бұрын

@@JohnPaulMusicUK I appreciate your response. Yes, points taken. But those of us who already have (or have played) other speakers (e.g. Everse 8, Bose S1 Pro - original or new version, JBL, etc.) can easily deduce fundamental differences in tone from a side-by-side comparison, no matter what the room. We know how one speaker sounds, and can hear basics such as whether the other speaker is perhaps stronger or weaker in the bass, clearer or muddier in the treble, etc. And even without comparing two directly, if you stand outside and place a halfway balanced mic at a distance of approximately where a busking audience might stand, we can hear the overall tonal makeup of the speaker. Hearing a recording direct to SD card tells us nothing at all, except that the feature (a great one, to be sure!) works. So far, I haven‘t found a single reviewer out there in YT Land that showed us anything but the SD-recorded sound. For a really good impression, some reviews (of other speakers), set up outside and move the mic progressively further backwards and then again forwards so we can get a relative impression of how the audience might experience the sound at various distances. Especially when directly compared with a well-established speaker, that can tell us a lot. I hate purchasing stuff and having to return it (despite Thomann‘s generous policy), so am always keen on doing my homework up front to the greatest extent possible. Saves back and forth and extra work on both sides. P.S. Best to demo a speaker with your own vocal and guitar playing, with no low- or high-cut filters engaged. Some folks demo with canned music, often with no vocals, and that really doesn‘t well represent a busking situation.

Sorry, but I've been burnt by Mackie too many times......products that started off with great potential, and then they abandon it. DL32R.....etc.

@JohnPaulMusicUK

2 ай бұрын

That’s a shame as I have nothing but good things to say about them. Used the Reach for years and SRM’s before that. Love their products.

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