| Posted this in the now missing thread just before it disappeared. Hate to see all my rambling go to waste!:
OK, just spent the day mixing a live DVD/CD with a 56 channel mixer using the E Channel. Holy crap. I spend most of my time ITB, but I mix on 4000's and 6000's enough to know I just spend most days pissed off at the ITB because I can't find that "something." I just had the best ITB mix day I've had in 6 years of mixing ITB.
I've owned ProTools LE rigs, a Mix rig, Nuendo, and now PT HD. I've used Digi, Apogee, RME, and RADAR converters. Owned a popular summing box, sold it after two years and have auditioned many others. All fighting to find this feeling that, to me, oozes from an E series desk.
I've never ended a day using any of the above with the confidence I end a day with on a console - until today.
YMMV, but between these, the URS 1970 comp, and the TG Limiter plug, we are entering a new time where I, for one, may not be so pissed to work inside the walls of The Box. I'm not saying it's the same, and I'll be behind a real desk every day that someone puts me there, but I'm a happier camper today.
Just one dude's opinion.
ps - I can't stand Waves policies, and sold all my Waves plugs about 4 years ago in protest. They will be getting my money for these plugs gladly, because it's my responsibility to give my clients (and myself!!) the best mix I'm capable of, and apart from them putting me at an SSL desk, these plugs just raised the bar for me personally.
peace
mixboy |