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showconsole - too good to be true?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lee Brenkman" data-source="post: 18273" data-attributes="member: 154"><p>Re: showconsole - too good to be true?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Or a Soundcraft Venue, Soundcraft Delta monitor console or a Soundcraft K2?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everyone on the staff agrees that the Midas XL3 that serves as the monitor console in one of the clubs here in SF sounds INCREDIBLE, when it's all working.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But it had a long touring life (admittedly a well maintained touring life) before it came to us and now enough small component parts are at the end of their service life that it cannot be fully depended upon when all the inputs and outputs are needed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So a new digital console is coming in for FOH, and the Yamaha M7 that's been their FOH console will become the monitor board.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A sacrifice in actual audio quality? No question. Will the multiple band shows that are the norm in this venue go a bit smoother and quickly? Absolutely.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Full disclosure. I once bought a ''closeout'' Tychobrahe ''Blue Board''. It was unusable in several regularly worked venues due to a susceptibility to RF interference. Also the one ''stereo'' monitor/aux send was limiting even then.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ultimately the Jensen input transformers proved to be the most valuable and sellable part of the console.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>All that said, ''Grampa'' will gladly mix a show on a Midas XL4 or Gamble EX56 on these two conditions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1. All of the essential things are fully functional.</p><p></p><p>and </p><p></p><p>2. Someone else has to do the lifting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee Brenkman, post: 18273, member: 154"] Re: showconsole - too good to be true? Or a Soundcraft Venue, Soundcraft Delta monitor console or a Soundcraft K2? Everyone on the staff agrees that the Midas XL3 that serves as the monitor console in one of the clubs here in SF sounds INCREDIBLE, when it's all working. But it had a long touring life (admittedly a well maintained touring life) before it came to us and now enough small component parts are at the end of their service life that it cannot be fully depended upon when all the inputs and outputs are needed. So a new digital console is coming in for FOH, and the Yamaha M7 that's been their FOH console will become the monitor board. A sacrifice in actual audio quality? No question. Will the multiple band shows that are the norm in this venue go a bit smoother and quickly? Absolutely. Full disclosure. I once bought a ''closeout'' Tychobrahe ''Blue Board''. It was unusable in several regularly worked venues due to a susceptibility to RF interference. Also the one ''stereo'' monitor/aux send was limiting even then. Ultimately the Jensen input transformers proved to be the most valuable and sellable part of the console. All that said, ''Grampa'' will gladly mix a show on a Midas XL4 or Gamble EX56 on these two conditions. 1. All of the essential things are fully functional. and 2. Someone else has to do the lifting. [/QUOTE]
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