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Originally Posted by muziksculp  The part that I have not been able to evaluate clearly so far is how good, and useful is the analog summing part of the D-Box, could I use it for summing an orchestral score ?i.e. by routing 4 stereo stems (Strings - Brass - Woodwinds - Percussion) to the D-Box's 8 inputs. Mainly to get more headroom, clarity, imaging, and any additional outboard DSP I could apply to warm up, or add a special character to my mix. |
I'm a Metric Halo 2882 user here and it does all the things you are talking about plus it has its own set of processors (limiters, comps, EQ etc) all in an onboard DSP and it has its own eight preamps.
That being said, I'm still very curious about the D/A on the d-box and am considering it for the school studio as a kind of second mixing suite in another room.
As far as your question. I wouldn't worry too much about the summing abilities of the unit since you haven't had any previous experience summing OTB. It is such a controversial topic with so many varying opinions that you can't be too sure about it until you personally have spent plenty of time trying it out for yourself and comparing some OTB mixes through it with some of your previous ITB mixes.
I'd look at it like this: you get a great monitoring unit with high quality D/A conversion and talk back etc. That alone is worth the money they are asking for it. If in time you learn to sum your mixes through it and like the results...well, that'll be a huge bonus later.