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<blockquote data-quote="brian maddox" data-source="post: 41163" data-attributes="member: 158">Re: Is iLive the biggest/best digital for the money?okay, answer to the first questions.&nbsp; no you can&#039;t currently run one Mixrack with two Control Surfaces.&nbsp; what you CAN do is run one Mixrack with a control surface and a computer or iPad.&nbsp; that being said, additional mix racks with limited or no analog I/O are very inexpensive and doing a digital split between them is also very easy.&nbsp; you can even &#039;port&#039; inputs and outputs across the digital bus so that you can have one Mixrack with a large amount of analog I/O and then use those in and outs to go to whatever ins and outs of two Mixracks you&#039;d like.&nbsp; so you could use 8 out as the outputs as FOH outs from one Mixrack, and the remaining 24 outs from that same Mixrack as monitor outs from your second Mixrack.&nbsp; very flexible, and powerful system, especially for the money.i think if you talk about actual capability for the money, the iLive rig can&#039;t be beat, and this is coming from a big time Yamaha and M7 fanboy.&nbsp; but as soon as you add in rider acceptability, things change dramatically.&nbsp; at this price point, the M7 is king of RA.&nbsp; frankly Yamaha has ALWAYS been king of RA, at least in this country.&nbsp; i worked at a regional provider for many years and our PM&#039;s were always accepted.&nbsp; they were rarely the first choice, but they were always accepted.&nbsp; A&amp;H has been fighting the uphill battle of reputation and with the iLive they are making surprising progress [they won me over, which is saying a lot].&nbsp; but they&#039;ve got a VERY long way to go before they&#039;ll be an &#039;always accepted&#039; brand of console.so at the end of the day it depends on your application.&nbsp; i work full-time at a church now and i&#039;m almost certainly going to be installing an iLive when we go to digital next year.&nbsp; fixed install, no rider acceptability necessary.&nbsp; if i was installing in a club or buying something for a local provider where RA mattered, i&#039;d still go Yamaha.&nbsp; and if i was putting in what i want to mix on, it&#039;d be a Paragon II....&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="brian maddox, post: 41163, member: 158"] Re: Is iLive the biggest/best digital for the money? okay, answer to the first questions. no you can't currently run one Mixrack with two Control Surfaces. what you CAN do is run one Mixrack with a control surface and a computer or iPad. that being said, additional mix racks with limited or no analog I/O are very inexpensive and doing a digital split between them is also very easy. you can even 'port' inputs and outputs across the digital bus so that you can have one Mixrack with a large amount of analog I/O and then use those in and outs to go to whatever ins and outs of two Mixracks you'd like. so you could use 8 out as the outputs as FOH outs from one Mixrack, and the remaining 24 outs from that same Mixrack as monitor outs from your second Mixrack. very flexible, and powerful system, especially for the money. i think if you talk about actual capability for the money, the iLive rig can't be beat, and this is coming from a [U]big time[/U] Yamaha and M7 fanboy. but as soon as you add in rider acceptability, things change dramatically. at this price point, the M7 is king of RA. frankly Yamaha has ALWAYS been king of RA, at least in this country. i worked at a regional provider for many years and our PM's were [I]always[/I] accepted. they were rarely the first choice, but they were always accepted. A&H has been fighting the uphill battle of reputation and with the iLive they are making surprising progress [they won me over, which is saying a lot]. but they've got a VERY long way to go before they'll be an 'always accepted' brand of console. so at the end of the day it depends on your application. i work full-time at a church now and i'm almost certainly going to be installing an iLive when we go to digital next year. fixed install, no rider acceptability necessary. if i was installing in a club or buying something for a local provider where RA mattered, i'd still go Yamaha. and if i was putting in what [I]i[/I] want to mix on, it'd be a Paragon II.... :) [/QUOTE]

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