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<blockquote data-quote="Greg sieling" data-source="post: 5396" data-attributes="member: 2242">I am looking at a purchasing a digital mixer. I have worked as an engineer for over a decade but now most of my work is within education. The mixer is for that purpose. Mostly, we will not need more than 20 inputs, but occasionally we may need up to 32. The students are older teenagers/young adults so industry standard is important. Many students go straight onto production roles, obviously in a junior position. 5 years ago I would have gone for an ls9 without a shadow of a doubt. But the issue I have now is that the ls9 has been about for 6 years and we need our mixer to be as current as us possible for the next 5 years or so. With so many different models out there I wonder what the best choice is. I recently engineered a show on the new Midas pro 1, which I thought was excellent and would personally choose over the ls9, possibly even the m7. In terms of the students, the colour coded digital scribble buttons would make it easier in light of their largely sequencer-based backgrounds. If I were buying for myself, I would go with the baby Midas, I think the sound of the Yamaha is a bit clinical and cold. My question is, is there a new emerging industry standard in this area?Are we at a crossroads, and which way should I turn?If I buy an ls9, will I find them for sale for peanuts on eBay in a couple of years when everyone else is upgrading?I would appreciate your thoughts on this. I am off to plasa on Monday to see Yamaha, midas, A&amp;H and soundcraft amongst others.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg sieling, post: 5396, member: 2242"] I am looking at a purchasing a digital mixer. I have worked as an engineer for over a decade but now most of my work is within education. The mixer is for that purpose. Mostly, we will not need more than 20 inputs, but occasionally we may need up to 32. The students are older teenagers/young adults so industry standard is important. Many students go straight onto production roles, obviously in a junior position. 5 years ago I would have gone for an ls9 without a shadow of a doubt. But the issue I have now is that the ls9 has been about for 6 years and we need our mixer to be as current as us possible for the next 5 years or so. With so many different models out there I wonder what the best choice is. I recently engineered a show on the new Midas pro 1, which I thought was excellent and would personally choose over the ls9, possibly even the m7. In terms of the students, the colour coded digital scribble buttons would make it easier in light of their largely sequencer-based backgrounds. If I were buying for myself, I would go with the baby Midas, I think the sound of the Yamaha is a bit clinical and cold. My question is, is there a new emerging industry standard in this area? Are we at a crossroads, and which way should I turn? If I buy an ls9, will I find them for sale for peanuts on eBay in a couple of years when everyone else is upgrading? I would appreciate your thoughts on this. I am off to plasa on Monday to see Yamaha, midas, A&H and soundcraft amongst others. [/QUOTE]

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