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<blockquote data-quote="gordon mcgregor" data-source="post: 32269" data-attributes="member: 169">Re: Roland M-480 digital consoleThey aren&#039;t that cheap I agree but having used an M400 the REAC snake and the M48 IEM system quite a lot recently in some quite awkward or time demanding situations I think its a great point and squirt system, yes the ILive is probably better featured ultimately but it&#039;s bigger (the R72 doesn&#039;t count you can&#039;t mix a band on that thing in a combat situation) I think the T series isn&#039;t as well built as the Roland gear and it still is almost the same price if not dearer. For me the big advantages are, anyone who sits down in front of one of the M series desks picks it up really easily, I can move it by myself, it boots up really quickly and the M48 system is still one of the best of its type. I summed it up for someone before if you are moving it with a limited crew or have a &quot;combat&quot; audio gig happening then the M series is one of the best small digital desks The ILive is probably better suited to bigger companies or in a permanent install as the component parts are larger and heavier it also has more flexibility in configuring the console but setting this up takes time which you may not have in a portabe situation, if you want an integrated IEM then the M48 is brilliant at what it does, much better than the Ipad or Aviom set up that you can do on the ILive. Feel free to ask anything else as I&#039;ve built up a lot of time on these things now though I don&#039;t own one. G</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gordon mcgregor, post: 32269, member: 169"] Re: Roland M-480 digital console They aren't that cheap I agree but having used an M400 the REAC snake and the M48 IEM system quite a lot recently in some quite awkward or time demanding situations I think its a great point and squirt system, yes the ILive is probably better featured ultimately but it's bigger (the R72 doesn't count you can't mix a band on that thing in a combat situation) I think the T series isn't as well built as the Roland gear and it still is almost the same price if not dearer. For me the big advantages are, anyone who sits down in front of one of the M series desks picks it up really easily, I can move it by myself, it boots up really quickly and the M48 system is still one of the best of its type. I summed it up for someone before if you are moving it with a limited crew or have a "combat" audio gig happening then the M series is one of the best small digital desks The ILive is probably better suited to bigger companies or in a permanent install as the component parts are larger and heavier it also has more flexibility in configuring the console but setting this up takes time which you may not have in a portabe situation, if you want an integrated IEM then the M48 is brilliant at what it does, much better than the Ipad or Aviom set up that you can do on the ILive. Feel free to ask anything else as I've built up a lot of time on these things now though I don't own one. G [/QUOTE]

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