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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Coffin" data-source="post: 148331" data-attributes="member: 388">Re: Digital Console purchase for a 400 capacity theaterFolks,Still working this project, but until the fund raising is finished there is little to do.We had an eleven band event this past weekend and brought in a Midas Pro2 for monitors.&nbsp; Was an ideal event to learn how the console works and spend some time actually using it in battle.&nbsp; With the show behind us, and a bunch of happy musicians still talking about it, I&#039;m digesting what I think of the console after using it for 14 hours.&nbsp; I can&#039;t say it really impressed me, it did what I wanted, but had me scratching my head enough times to make me leery of the complexity.&nbsp; Even with a show file created in advance, there were two last minute IEM additions that required some non intuitive steps.&nbsp; And the way it uses the screen real estate was odd, for example, the channel controls stay in a little band on the right side of the screen which made the PEQ particularly awkward to use with any detail.&nbsp; I&#039;m not averse to the console, but it didn&#039;t impress me in any way.Other random thoughts.The A&amp;H DLive proposal is dead in the water until they publish an Ipad app.&nbsp; Anyone have any news?The Soundcraft VI3000 with 48/16 built in IO fits our channel count requirements nicely.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t look at it closely before because I thought the entire Vi family required external IO which was going to push them well out of our budget.&nbsp; I suspect it&#039;s still too expensive, but does anyone have pricing?The Digico SD9 also fits with a pair of D-Racks, but the UI takes some getting used to and I suspect it&#039;s also too expensive, unless there are a pair of used ones looking for a new home.I&#039;m working with CBI right now to refresh our copper split snake stage boxes and fanouts.&nbsp; That will be a huge improvement.Cheers,Simon</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Simon Coffin, post: 148331, member: 388"] Re: Digital Console purchase for a 400 capacity theater Folks, Still working this project, but until the fund raising is finished there is little to do. We had an eleven band event this past weekend and brought in a Midas Pro2 for monitors. Was an ideal event to learn how the console works and spend some time actually using it in battle. With the show behind us, and a bunch of happy musicians still talking about it, I'm digesting what I think of the console after using it for 14 hours. I can't say it really impressed me, it did what I wanted, but had me scratching my head enough times to make me leery of the complexity. Even with a show file created in advance, there were two last minute IEM additions that required some non intuitive steps. And the way it uses the screen real estate was odd, for example, the channel controls stay in a little band on the right side of the screen which made the PEQ particularly awkward to use with any detail. I'm not averse to the console, but it didn't impress me in any way. Other random thoughts. The A&H DLive proposal is dead in the water until they publish an Ipad app. Anyone have any news? The Soundcraft VI3000 with 48/16 built in IO fits our channel count requirements nicely. I didn't look at it closely before because I thought the entire Vi family required external IO which was going to push them well out of our budget. I suspect it's still too expensive, but does anyone have pricing? The Digico SD9 also fits with a pair of D-Racks, but the UI takes some getting used to and I suspect it's also too expensive, unless there are a pair of used ones looking for a new home. I'm working with CBI right now to refresh our copper split snake stage boxes and fanouts. That will be a huge improvement. Cheers, Simon [/QUOTE]

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