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Hey all, my band is looking to upgrade our unpowered mixer since we are out of inputs and generally want more abilities with our equipment. We currently have this, running two powered Mackie mains and two to three powered monitors: Soundcraft Signature 12 We want more inputs (roughly double, so 16 balanced inputs, 24 channels total) and more groups/aux sends for different monitor mixes. A power switch would also be a nice feature... nice job with that one Soundcraft. One of the options we are considering is this: Allen Heath 24 We will be purchasing from GC to use an employee discount. Is this a good option in this general price range, or are there other recommendations for this sort of feature set? Anything we may be overlooking, or features that we should look for in this range of equipment? Thanks for any help, we have a general idea of what to look for with mains but not really what to look for with mixers.
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Thanks for the insight, it's helping us to determine our priorities for our general setup down the road. Currently the Soundcraft 22mtk and Allen and Heath ZED22fx are the frontrunners for analog boards. Out of nowhere, someone started talking about digital boards so that's a possibility now too... Behringer is Behringer so they're not exactly a top contender, but this Soundcraft digital mixer seems pretty solid. It's at the upper range of our budget, but it has enough outs for everybody to have their own monitor mix and plenty of inputs too. Up to 10 people can be connected at once, it uses a web server instead of an app so OS changes shouldn't break the functionality, and it can take keyboard/mouse and an hdmi computer monitor as well. Any device that can handle a relatively modern web browser can operate the mixer. Even our technology-averse guitarist likes it! Any experience with digital boards? My pessimistic side sees potential for catastrophe, but the Soundcraft setup seems to alleviate a lot of my qualms and the potential advantages are massive. It would fit in a rack as well, unlike those analog boards. We were hoping to get a rack system as well, and the digital mixer would make that an easy process. EDIT: looks like Allen and Heath also make one - haven't read up on it yet, but it's a thing. The Science Goy fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Feb 5, 2018 |
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Feb 5, 2018 18:59
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Thanks for the input on mixer selection - we decided to go with the Soundcraft digital mixer. After 2 rehearsals we have just scratched the surface of its capabilities, but it is already giving us more capability than our previous mixer. We will try recording with it this weekend, then it gets to see it's first shows next weekend. 
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Feb 21, 2018 16:50
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Full Compass does a lot of local repair work, so their compatibility stuff should be pretty accurate. You may be able to contact them by phone or email if you want additional info. (I live close to them and know some of the staff but none in that department)
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May 10, 2019 02:58
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Which channel is used for the fake bird sounds on the golf broadcasts? /s That would be quite a project, even with a ton of automation and grouping there is still a ton of channels to work with across something as big as a pro golf tournament. And it's all live, so you gotta do it in real time!
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