netguyjoel wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:13 am
I'm working on a deal to get a new Behringer Wing. Never got an X32...glad I didn't. The Wing still needs a few FW upgrades before I pull the trigger. A16 ADAT to the WING or I might just sell it....dunno yet.
For what do you want/use such mixer ?
For PA, go ahead and use what´s available and works.
Feature wise, I´ve found the "Wing" tempting and it looks great, but for my work as a keyboardist or in a/my home studio, it seems to be overkill (even I´d need a lot of inputs).
I have a problem w/ all these digital consoles build for live/PA usage.
There are so many mix busses/outputs I´d don´t need for my purpose,- and then, like w/ some A&H, there´s no ADAT and no BNC-WC sync at all.
And when in need of more inputs,- sometimes it´s not really expandable because the DSP inside (the core) lacks that feature.
And if it is,- buying an addititional "stage box" is almost the same than buying a 2nd mixer,- just because that is what the "stagebox" really is,- a 2nd digital mixer, being based on the same mobo, offering additional 16 input channels and same count of "returns",- but lacks the haptics.
Well, I really think, XITE-1, together w/ 2 A16U, one connected to Z-Link and the other connected to ADAT, are a great alternative,- depending on the computer´s mainbord and chipset in use.
I always wanted a digital mixer w/ total recall just only for my keys until I recognized how fast the new "hardware" is outdated and SCOPE is still in developement.
Actually, I use SCOPE 7.0 x64 w/ XITE-1 and only a single "blackface" S|C A16U successfully as a mixer, routing matrix and ASIO audio/MIDI interface on a now outdated Z97 4HU rackmount w/ Win7 x64 Pro SP1.
I really wonder why additional hardware is needed, except more inputs ...
I have another Creamware A16U to expand via ADAT.
Didn´t use/check up to now, but don´t know why that shouldn´t be usable.
There´s the phase-issue talk ...
Really, I give a shit on because it was always an isuue,- analog or digital,- and it never prevented any recording from being a hit,- period.
Sometimes I really think, it´s better being a (creative) musician than an engineer !
Bud
