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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 100831" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: New line of StudioLive AI mixers announced.Moving faders are just the physical manifestation of WYSIWYG in console automation. The early motorized faders were something like $375 each (from P&amp;G)... And big dog consoles still used them. Over the years the prices has been cut to around $10 or so (? IIRC) from Alps. Behringer rolled his own because even $300+ at raw material BOM level makes the faders a serious nut to deal with when hitting a value price point. It will take time to determine wether Behringer&#039;s DIY motor faders stand the test of time, but so far so good (I think). Even if they are less robust, if they are cheap and easy to replace it could still be OK. Over time any weak links can get refined. The SL looks like a bridge product to ease analog guys into the world of digital consoles. That is not a secure long term position in the marketplace. As digital console features become more in demand and entry price points for full featured digital consoles drop. Debate happens, but arguing about peoples behavior on the internet is colossal waste of time... man up, and or ignore.&nbsp; I figure a lot of people must be ignoring me since I find myself repeating the same answers over and over... <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=":-)" />JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 100831, member: 126"] Re: New line of StudioLive AI mixers announced. Moving faders are just the physical manifestation of WYSIWYG in console automation. The early motorized faders were something like $375 each (from P&G)... And big dog consoles still used them. Over the years the prices has been cut to around $10 or so (? IIRC) from Alps. Behringer rolled his own because even $300+ at raw material BOM level makes the faders a serious nut to deal with when hitting a value price point. It will take time to determine wether Behringer's DIY motor faders stand the test of time, but so far so good (I think). Even if they are less robust, if they are cheap and easy to replace it could still be OK. Over time any weak links can get refined. The SL looks like a bridge product to ease analog guys into the world of digital consoles. That is not a secure long term position in the marketplace. As digital console features become more in demand and entry price points for full featured digital consoles drop. Debate happens, but arguing about peoples behavior on the internet is colossal waste of time... man up, and or ignore. I figure a lot of people must be ignoring me since I find myself repeating the same answers over and over... :-) JR [/QUOTE]

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