[AlexK]

Originally Posted by DSM Interactive

...and (if the mixer is any good, unlike the 02R V2), rich pristine and organic sound, deep and wide sonics, superb summing, headroom for days, excellent metering and monitoring options and the hands-on experience of real faders.

Sorry, just thought you might be understating the upside of analogue mixing just a tad...

Although this still isn't technically analog mixing is it? I like the 'hands-on' side of having a digital mixer, but that's nothing a good controller would give you. Add in some nice preamps/a nice compressor, and you really do have to ask why you'd want a mixer in a DAW-based studio...

Originally Posted by toulcit

oh yeah while the 01v, might not be all that good, the 01v96 v2 or the 02r v2 definatley is up to standard. It's not up there with neve or ssl, but the yamaha's are the most used digital console in that prices range.
I used the old 01v, and i got he new 01v96 v2 and the new 01v96 definately sounds clearer and cleaner. I don't know what kind of music you are making, but if you want a poppy, rock coloured preamp, I suggest you let yourself get a yamaha pm1000 preamp racked. I got samples :D

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/attachments/so-much-gear-so-little-time/141812d1256732212-really-fat-voices-how-do-they-do-inthevalley.mp3

Oh the O2R96 is definitely up to the job (fantastic console IMO, if a little over-complicated), but the O2R v2 has the same preamps and (I think) converters as the O1V, which are absolutely unusable for proper recording.

The preamps and converters in the 01V96 are completely different (thank god) to the 01V...