Germany - ProLight&Sound 2003: EAW co-founder Ken Berger was at Frankfurt in his new role as Mackie's VP of international sales and marketing. He highlighted the group's forthcoming branding clarification, which will see Mackie producing equipment for the high volume retail market, as well as live sound reinforcement products, while EAW continues to fill the high-end touring and concert sound reinforcement role, and RCF the industrial market. Meanwhile, Greg Mackie's original brand from way back in 1969 - Tapco - has re-emerged, and will be bringing Mackie technology to a wide range of entry-level audio products. First in the line at Frankfurt was the Tapco 6306, a 6-channel mixer featuring two low-noise mic preamps, two instrument inputs, a stereo aux return to monitor, two aux sends, 8-segment LED metering as well as separate phones and control room level controls.
