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<blockquote data-quote="Max Warasila" data-source="post: 101016" data-attributes="member: 3845">Re: Sign of the times. I just bought this for $1,300.Of course, but without a manual, if you walk up to an analog console and then a digital console, which one would a completely new person be able to operate more easily? I don&#039;t know for sure, to be honest.In the analog world, everything that you can use is typically visible on the outside of the equipment (internal jumpers are another story), but in the digital world, not so much. Assuming that every engineer that used a console was properly trained on the features of the equipment they used, this wouldn&#039;t matter. But the reality is that many of the engineers out there aren&#039;t properly &quot;trained.&quot; They might be damn good at mixing, have a good ear, and know what to do, but teaching yourself with everything presented on the front of a rack mount and patch bay is probably easier than when sorting through layers on a digital console.However, this is all fixed by a properly written manual. RTFM solves many problems.The first &quot;mix&quot; I ever did was on a rack mount line mixer at a school talent show. Everything I needed to operate was in front of me in that rack. All I&#039;m saying is that when you have a knob, fader, or button for every thing, you&#039;ll likely wonder &quot;what on earth does THAT shiny thing do?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Max Warasila, post: 101016, member: 3845"] Re: Sign of the times. I just bought this for $1,300. Of course, but without a manual, if you walk up to an analog console and then a digital console, which one would a completely new person be able to operate more easily? I don't know for sure, to be honest. In the analog world, everything that you can use is typically visible on the outside of the equipment (internal jumpers are another story), but in the digital world, not so much. Assuming that every engineer that used a console was properly trained on the features of the equipment they used, this wouldn't matter. But the reality is that many of the engineers out there aren't properly "trained." They might be damn good at mixing, have a good ear, and know what to do, but teaching yourself with everything presented on the front of a rack mount and patch bay is probably easier than when sorting through layers on a digital console. However, this is all fixed by a properly written manual. RTFM solves many problems. The first "mix" I ever did was on a rack mount line mixer at a school talent show. Everything I needed to operate was in front of me in that rack. All I'm saying is that when you have a knob, fader, or button for every thing, you'll likely wonder "what on earth does THAT shiny thing do?" [/QUOTE]

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