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planet red · 28th July 2007

I bought a pilot run 16 channel console and wasnt terribly impressed. FOR THE MONEY it was good.. but for some reason (I got all excited from forum hype) I was thinking it was going to be ground breaking.. which isnt going to happen as its a budget mixer.. Everyone wants it to be more than it is..

I bought it to try mixing OTB and honestly preferred ITB.. Maybe its just the way I work but I just felt like it brought down my overall quality a little. Mixes sounded a little less open and more compressed. Not really in a good gelled way, just more veiled and smeared. It also didnt keep the subs lows (20 to 50hz) as large and deep sounding.

I recently traded the console to another gearslutz member.

Dont get me wrong, if you need a mixer and dont have much to spend its great.. but thinking its a magic box to help your mixes get to a new level (for ITB guys) isnt in my opinion the case..

28th July 2007	#45
planet red Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: historic richmond va Posts: 764	I bought a pilot run 16 channel console and wasnt terribly impressed. FOR THE MONEY it was good.. but for some reason (I got all excited from forum hype) I was thinking it was going to be ground breaking.. which isnt going to happen as its a budget mixer.. Everyone wants it to be more than it is.. I bought it to try mixing OTB and honestly preferred ITB.. Maybe its just the way I work but I just felt like it brought down my overall quality a little. Mixes sounded a little less open and more compressed. Not really in a good gelled way, just more veiled and smeared. It also didnt keep the subs lows (20 to 50hz) as large and deep sounding. I recently traded the console to another gearslutz member. Dont get me wrong, if you need a mixer and dont have much to spend its great.. but thinking its a magic box to help your mixes get to a new level (for ITB guys) isnt in my opinion the case..