Re: Non X32 Digital Mixer Questions
I'm not Peter, but my church installed a GLD in September. So far most of us are loving it, and our hard-core analog guy is starting to come around.
Fader assignment on the GLD is pretty flexible so it's easy to get all your "money" inputs and group controls (be they DCA or subgroups) onto a single layer where you live most of the time if that's the way you want to run it. That said, flipping between layers is no big deal and as fast and easy as taking a step or two to go from one end of a large analog console to the other.
We have a roster of four worship bands (each with dedicated sound tech) who each play once a month--in that kind of environment, the ability to recall settings (which don't change a whole lot month-to-month for any particular band) rather than dialing up four channels of wedges plus FOH mix from scratch every rehearsal and sound check is a real time saver. (Obviously, the recalled settings are just a starting point, but you get the idea).
The iPad control of monitors was for the iLive, I think. As far as I know the GLD iPad app controls the entire console... musos aren't going to go anywhere near that one on my watch.
A&H also just released a personal monitoring system compatible with the GLD.
My major gripe with it (now that the scene recall and access to the USB audio have been much improved in v1.10 of the firmware) is the lack of an off-line editor, something that A&H have given no public indication of changing any time soon.
