Post by roly on Nov 15, 2020 23:35:43 GMT -5
Being an old dog, I was reluctant to make the change.
Long before I bought a digital mixer, stage boxes etc, I was driving the Soundcraft Vi6 at our Arts Center.
From a speed perspective, I found the rig to be slow...IE...."yikes, 4k spike in M4"....select M4, access the M4 EQ, correct problem....in an analog world, I would have been on it in a heartbeat.....even a few milliseconds of 4K is very offensive to the performers, me and the audience.
I have concluded that the benefits of going digital outweigh the inherent liabilities.
So....I am now the proud owner of a Soundcraft si impact mixer and stage box. The impact is kind of like the "training" version of it's bigger siblings but has the same preamps and converters.
The ability to do soundchecks, store them and recall them is worth the price of admission.
Primary beef I have is that the maximum gate release time is only 500ms...unacceptable when a natural decay of the toms is what is desired. My old Klark gates will go far beyond that.
So....if anyone out there is considering going to the dark side, I suggest you take the plunge.
cheers
Long before I bought a digital mixer, stage boxes etc, I was driving the Soundcraft Vi6 at our Arts Center.
From a speed perspective, I found the rig to be slow...IE...."yikes, 4k spike in M4"....select M4, access the M4 EQ, correct problem....in an analog world, I would have been on it in a heartbeat.....even a few milliseconds of 4K is very offensive to the performers, me and the audience.
I have concluded that the benefits of going digital outweigh the inherent liabilities.
So....I am now the proud owner of a Soundcraft si impact mixer and stage box. The impact is kind of like the "training" version of it's bigger siblings but has the same preamps and converters.
The ability to do soundchecks, store them and recall them is worth the price of admission.
Primary beef I have is that the maximum gate release time is only 500ms...unacceptable when a natural decay of the toms is what is desired. My old Klark gates will go far beyond that.
So....if anyone out there is considering going to the dark side, I suggest you take the plunge.
cheers
