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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 100321" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Sign of the times. I just bought this for $1,300.Speaking specifically to the Rolling Stones:&nbsp; the Yamaha PM4000 belongs to the engineer, it&#039;s his personal console and his choice.&nbsp; FWIW, the last time I worked a Stones show the &quot;B stage&quot; (the stage that traveled out into the &#039;cheap seats&#039;) mixer was a Mackie Onyx...Most of the time, the mixer is picked by the person hired to mix the show, and perceived SQ is but one factor out of about a dozen criteria.&nbsp; The band/artist usually have zero consideration as to what console is used, that is left up to the person who is hired.As for &quot;so many...&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;ll call bullshit there.&nbsp; Out of the last 20 or so arena or stadium shows I&#039;ve worked as a stage hand or provided systems for, I can count only 1 analog FOH mixer, and that was Paisley.&nbsp; Going back a few more years, I recall Elton John/Billy Joel&#039;s &quot;Face to Face&quot; tour which had a PM5000 for one artist and DiGiCo for the other.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t hear a difference that could be attributed to the mixer itself.You need to grow out of the archaic idea that analog is somehow inherently superior to digital.&nbsp; It&#039;s not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 100321, member: 67"] Re: Sign of the times. I just bought this for $1,300. Speaking specifically to the Rolling Stones: the Yamaha PM4000 belongs to the engineer, it's his personal console and his choice. FWIW, the last time I worked a Stones show the "B stage" (the stage that traveled out into the 'cheap seats') mixer was a Mackie Onyx... Most of the time, the mixer is picked by the person hired to mix the show, and perceived SQ is but one factor out of about a dozen criteria. The band/artist usually have zero consideration as to what console is used, that is left up to the person who is hired. As for "so many..." I'll call bullshit there. Out of the last 20 or so arena or stadium shows I've worked as a stage hand or provided systems for, I can count only 1 analog FOH mixer, and that was Paisley. Going back a few more years, I recall Elton John/Billy Joel's "Face to Face" tour which had a PM5000 for one artist and DiGiCo for the other. I couldn't hear a difference that could be attributed to the mixer itself. You need to grow out of the archaic idea that analog is somehow inherently superior to digital. It's not. [/QUOTE]

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