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<blockquote data-quote="Gareth Marsh" data-source="post: 97403" data-attributes="member: 561">Re: DiGiCo Rider AcceptabilityMy first ever experience with a digital console was a Digico D1 back in 2007. I walked up to it at a gig and was given about 15 mins of a lesson/tour of the console, including setup and stage rack patching, etc. I was up and running on it straight away and found it very easy to use, everything was right in sight and it sounded awesome!Fast forward about 3 months and I jumped on my second digi - a Yamaha 02R (the original). Now admittedly this is more of a recording desk but many of the functions of the current Yamahas are handled in a similar way. It was painfully slow, I found it a lot harder to get used to and I had to put up with one channel on the screen at a time.Later experiences with the PM5D, M7CL and LS9 were sadly very similar - I use all from time to time but I would never say they are better than a Digico in any way. This is not to rag on only Yamaha, I am quite happy to use them, I&#039;m just not a fan of fixed architecture consoles. I have experience on the D1, D5, SD7 and SD8, and have never had a problem with any of them.Once you get into the digico price bracket most other manufacturers also have very versatile, ergonomic consoles.I guess it comes down to my first introduction to digital, but to me being able to soft patch and change the entire layout of the console is one of the main benefits of a large format digital console. But I can also see how people who don&#039;t need that flexibility would see it as an unnecessary complication.FWIW, when I get a choice of console, Digico is the first on the list.-Gareth</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gareth Marsh, post: 97403, member: 561"] Re: DiGiCo Rider Acceptability My first ever experience with a digital console was a Digico D1 back in 2007. I walked up to it at a gig and was given about 15 mins of a lesson/tour of the console, including setup and stage rack patching, etc. I was up and running on it straight away and found it very easy to use, everything was right in sight and it sounded awesome! Fast forward about 3 months and I jumped on my second digi - a Yamaha 02R (the original). Now admittedly this is more of a recording desk but many of the functions of the current Yamahas are handled in a similar way. It was painfully slow, I found it a lot harder to get used to and I had to put up with one channel on the screen at a time. Later experiences with the PM5D, M7CL and LS9 were sadly very similar - I use all from time to time but I would never say they are better than a Digico in any way. This is not to rag on only Yamaha, I am quite happy to use them, I'm just not a fan of fixed architecture consoles. I have experience on the D1, D5, SD7 and SD8, and have never had a problem with any of them. Once you get into the digico price bracket most other manufacturers also have very versatile, ergonomic consoles. I guess it comes down to my first introduction to digital, but to me being able to soft patch and change the entire layout of the console is one of the main benefits of a large format digital console. But I can also see how people who don't need that flexibility would see it as an unnecessary complication. FWIW, when I get a choice of console, Digico is the first on the list. -Gareth [/QUOTE]

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