M&W Pro Audio Makes Debut at InfoCommFounded in 2022 by Seattle-based Greg Mackie and British audio/digital engineer Peter Watts, M&W Pro Audio made its official industry debut at InfoComm last week, where it showed the D24 and D32 digital mixers. Unlike conventional mixers, M&W's D24 and D32 digital mixers employ large touch screens that, the company says, dramatically enhance operational ease, ergonomics, and provide immediate access to vital information directly within the channel strip. The touch-driven architecture enables a level of workflow flexibility, visual feedback, and operational speed that is simply not possible with traditional hardware-based mixers. Watts began his audio career at Trident Consoles in London during the golden age of large, high-end recording and live sound consoles; he joined Trident when he was quite young, starting in mixer production, but quickly rose through engineering and R&D leadership roles and ultimately became head of research and development. He and Mackie have spent five years developing and refining a new generation of fully digital mixing systems built around advanced DSP architecture, advanced microphone preamps, and high-resolution touch interfaces. "I've never stopped gathering ideas about how to make live mixing easier," Mackie says. "The D24 and D32 are the culmination of decades of sound experience and four solid years of translating my ideas into a more intuitive, easier workflow. My goal was to create a touch screen mixer 'done right.' We believe we have accomplished this, but it took years of design, review, redesign, and final design...The electronic control surfaces found on the D24 and D32 gave us opportunities that are simply not possible with physical faders or designs that employ small display screens. M&W Pro Audio's fully digital environment, coupled with our large touch screen interfaces, enables us to continue expanding functionality and adding new features and capabilities over time through software development and updates." Watts adds, "I am excited to rejoin Greg Mackie as his partner in this promising new venture. It has given me a chance to unveil a microphone preamp design that I feel is a step above any currently incorporated in other mixers. I also believe that our collaboration on the D24 and D32 GUI and workflow has set a new standard for ease of use that, I'm confident, will open numerous creative opportunities for our clientele." The D24 and D32 digital mixers offer workflow advantages not offered by competing brands. Watts' new Lyric preamp applies quad-matched, parallel-input 100% balanced input stage design, precision touch-based glass faders and an advanced touch-screen interface enable the mixers to provide a wealth of functionality and visual interaction not possible in conventional small-screen digital mixing environments, while also being impervious to dust, spills, and mechanical wear. Their software-driven architecture enables future operational enhancements and expanded feature capability long after initial purchase. M&W Pro Audio's D24 and D32 truly represent the evolution of digital mixers. They are expected to become available in late fall 2026. 
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