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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Garland" data-source="post: 214903" data-attributes="member: 14612"><p>The largest issue is the buy in cost. I plan to upgrade to a digital console later but I still have a family and day job. I can't spend 2000.00 on a mixer I mainly use on weekends until I get established again. As for reliability, iv read a lot of stories about digital stage boxes with built in wifi losing signal in the middle of a show, and when you add together the cost of the stage box and external router to negate this issue the cost is nearly double a decent analog console and snake. I can get by with a minimum of 20 mic channels. Mackie, behringer, A&H and a couple others are still making analog consoles above 16 channels, most have digital outputs or the option at least. Im talking about clubs sound by the way. I wont have the gear for anything larger until I get solid booking again. And why no peavey ? I used a 40 channel analog 8 bus of theirs that was better than any mackie on the market and took road abuse all day long. Mixing from a tablet or lap top is lame. Sorry but ill bet real money I can do better with faders. There are a couple options that iv been looking at but again, I dont have 2k let alone 3. Im having to build a complete system piece by piece. Have a set of active 15 inch cabs, im hunting a pair of 18" subs and 4 monitors. My tax refund will cover that. I just need a board to go with it. Right now im working at a venue owned by a friend. We pooled our gear and have a complete pa but his 24 channel board is not long for this world. I have a 12 channel rack mount board but it will not cover a large band as it only has 8 mic inputs. I use that just for a drum kit by the time you add overheads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Garland, post: 214903, member: 14612"] The largest issue is the buy in cost. I plan to upgrade to a digital console later but I still have a family and day job. I can't spend 2000.00 on a mixer I mainly use on weekends until I get established again. As for reliability, iv read a lot of stories about digital stage boxes with built in wifi losing signal in the middle of a show, and when you add together the cost of the stage box and external router to negate this issue the cost is nearly double a decent analog console and snake. I can get by with a minimum of 20 mic channels. Mackie, behringer, A&H and a couple others are still making analog consoles above 16 channels, most have digital outputs or the option at least. Im talking about clubs sound by the way. I wont have the gear for anything larger until I get solid booking again. And why no peavey ? I used a 40 channel analog 8 bus of theirs that was better than any mackie on the market and took road abuse all day long. Mixing from a tablet or lap top is lame. Sorry but ill bet real money I can do better with faders. There are a couple options that iv been looking at but again, I dont have 2k let alone 3. Im having to build a complete system piece by piece. Have a set of active 15 inch cabs, im hunting a pair of 18" subs and 4 monitors. My tax refund will cover that. I just need a board to go with it. Right now im working at a venue owned by a friend. We pooled our gear and have a complete pa but his 24 channel board is not long for this world. I have a 12 channel rack mount board but it will not cover a large band as it only has 8 mic inputs. I use that just for a drum kit by the time you add overheads. [/QUOTE]
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