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Old 4th July 2009   #51
Tony Shepperd
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There are some great consoles out there. The 1608 is certainly one of them.
But at it's best a 1608 only has moving fader automation. That's it!
Please tell me you understood that before you bought it?

If you wanted recall or something else, the 1608 was NOT the right purchase.
An AWS 900 would be. But that REALY depends on the sonic footprint you want to have.

There are other great analog consoles. For the same price as your 1608, you could have purchased a used 64 input SSL or a used Neve VR60 or a new AWS 900. I'm sure Paul Wolf could have built you a great Tonelux console for that price.

But Ultimately you have to decided what works best for your sonics in the room. Do your clients need recall?
How much maintenance you're going to need? This list could go on and on...
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