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I've heard horror stories about the larger Mackie automated consoles.

Which one's would those be?

He's confused. The only automated console, while large, was the d8b
(and now the dXb) digital console. Mackie made a line of larger 8-bus
consoles intended for live sound, the 32-8, 40-8, and 56-8. Those had
many problems and have been gone from the product line for a long
time. Good intentions + inadequate attention to road rigors = bad
reputation. Ribbon cables were a major problem in some models,
including the d8b and the large format live sound consoles.

They are an excellent marketing machine. Now if they could only deliver
their "vapor-ware" in a timely manner.......

Nobody does. That's a marketing principle. You announce a new product
when it's time to slow down the interest in the competitor's products.
The classic example was Alesis' introduction of the ADAT a full year
and a half before it was available. But in that year and a half, a lot
of people put off their purchase of narrow gage analog 8-track
recorders.

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