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Post by rocinante on Nov 30, 2015 9:40:48 GMT -6
So I'm curious about the recent deployment of somewhat affordable digital mixers. Anyone using a Gsr-24? Qu-32? Studiolive AI? Are the yammie dm2000s still relevant? Are you patching hardware in? How is the daw and plug in control? To have it all in one seems nice but i still like the analog workflow, are these newer digital mixers better off than a artist mix or mcu?
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Post by EmRR on Nov 30, 2015 9:59:10 GMT -6
Not a lot of experience, but I've driven Yamaha QL1's, along with the older StudioLive 16.4.2 on live shows. They each have strong and weak points. They generally sound fine in that context, I don't know that I'd want to try them for recording purposes. I don't see integration with DAW's at all on the QL1, the StudioLive would interface to some degree with their DAW. StudioLive is somewhat easier to drive from a laptop than it is directly and you get more control options, I found myself with a hand on each control system. The Yamaha are fairly expensive, which leads to the question of depreciation/lifespan. It seems like a 'make a bunch of money before it dies or goes obsolete' sort of piece. The StudioLive did freeze on me during a live show, had to be power cycled for reboot to regain control. THAT'S FUN! It didn't blow anything up and go haywire, but it did cease responding to changes of any sort. QL1 has blown up from clock glitches when connected to a Dante network; it chooses to mute everything in that case. Yanking the Dante network cable brought it right back, luckily the networked control wasn't essential. I can see that going very badly. In short I haven't seen a digital mixer I'd want to deploy for recording purposes. My tape op experience with a Midas F32 was that the built in converter output card didn't sound very good, it was serviceable but that's it. Most of the affordable digital boards only run at 48K too, I can't think of any that run higher rates. FWIW.
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Post by rocinante on Nov 30, 2015 11:29:12 GMT -6
Yeah my experience too is only in the live realm. 01v96 was honestly my favorite for ease of use but the studiolive was nothing to scoff at either. It does seem that many ofvthem are limited to the 48k sample rate which makes them nearly useless for me as i import a lot of work done in 96k.
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Post by mobeach on Nov 30, 2015 14:18:47 GMT -6
I have a Soundcraft 324 Live that works well for studio use as well. It has some nice pre's and Lexicon processors, and dynamic processors .
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Post by rocinante on Nov 30, 2015 16:09:10 GMT -6
I remember eyeballing those awhile back and being intrigued by the size and form factor. Another is the wr-da7 which has a small cult following. Many felt the preamps were pretty usable. Others thought it was blah. But again at 48k.... Strangely they went up in price. I do enough live work that having one mixer for both would be really economical (I have an a and h 40 channel I use for live)
Another interesting option is the studiolive rackmount with digital controller but that seems very centered on live applications.
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Post by mobeach on Nov 30, 2015 16:26:37 GMT -6
There are MIDI keyboards these days that double as control surfaces, like the Nektar.
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