Re: Analog to Digital mixer recomendation
The Soundcraft requires a MADI expansion card in order to do this.
To be fair, the X32 and Presonus board can record multi-track as well, but require an external laptop to do it (not just a USB hard disk).
No. The Qu boards are currently the only ones that can record multi-track to a simple USB connected external hard disk. It also has the ability to playback those multi-track recordings into the channels of the mixer so you can go out front and remix what you recorded and save the scene for later use.
The Soundcraft requires a MADI expansion card in order to do this.
To be fair, the X32 and Presonus board can record multi-track as well, but require an external laptop to do it (not just a USB hard disk).