Re: Time to go completely digital or not?
Well speaking from experience the X32 certainly does not sound any worse than the GL2400, or the Venice it replaced in our club. And one could argue that with the added functionality of fully parametric EQ's and not being limited on dynamics, one can get a better mix on a digital desk than club level analogs such as GL2400 with the standard amount of outboard you usually see with them.
At a club I worked at in Seattle I would occasionally bring in my 01v96 so I wouldn't have to use the mackie 1604 with a large funk band. People would always say it sounded better. Does an 01v96 sound better than a 1604? I very much doubt it. What they were hearing is the added amount of control I had compared to the 1604.
Same thing recently, regulars at my house gig come up fairly regularly and say the the club sounds better since we got the new mixer (X32). Again, in an apples to apples comparison I don't actually think the X32 sounds better than a Venice, but then again, definitely not worse either. But I'm no longer limited in what I want to do in my mix. I don't have to prioritize what I have to compress etc...and I like the mixes better.
My point is no one is going to hear a decrease in sound quality by replacing a GL2400 with digital. I'd say sell off the analog, keep the 01v96 for small footprint gigs and an X32 will handle your bigger gigs with zero outboard needed (maybe a DSP, not sure what your FOH rig is, but you know what I mean). Then you would have everything you need with only two mixers would you not?
What does it matter that there's no analog in the truck?
