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Originally Posted by planet red  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.. |
I know what you mean about the 20-50hz thing. I did a test and compared the direct sound of a mix through our soundcards versus the same going through two channels from the desk (both monitored directly into a dangerous ST) and it definitely registered a slight loss in the lower frequences. However having said that we felt that it did have more 'air' on top (without punching in any additional eq etc). If I can grab a sec and I'll do an A/B comparing a recent mix summed on the desk v direct from the soundcards and post it.