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<blockquote data-quote="Uli Behringer" data-source="post: 65932" data-attributes="member: 1604"><p>Re: X16 Preview</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Dear All,</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">What an incredible response!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Over the past few months I have come to know many of you on this forum as not only true experts in sound reinforcement but also as passionate about the products you use and recommend.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">This is the same kind of passion that we respect and encourage inside every department of our business from product development to marketing. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">I have read carefully through all of your posts and discussed them internally, so allow me to clarify a couple of important points.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Some of you commented that this product didn't belong in the X series family; that it was considerably stripped-down from the X32. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">In fact, the X16 is built on the very same DSP, AD/DA converters, code core with almost the same functionality and feature set as the X32. It uses 99% same firmware and the only differences are in I/O and the control surface. Most important it has the same high sound quality as the X32.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">We build millions of analog mixers every year with similar I/O counts which leads us to believe that there are many users who would appreciate this configuration when combined with advanced signal processing capability.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">The X16 has been designed based on many requests we received from end users as well as major dealers who asked for a compact and cost-effective solution.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">With respect to the elements of the control surface I have stated elsewhere that we strongly believe in tactile controls for professional applications. Extensive testing with a variety of touch-screen technologies has concluded that they lack the accuracy and speed of dedicated physical faders, encoders and switches.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">At the same time, a touch-screen tablet device offers tremendous mobility and flexibility, enough precision for a smaller system and represents a significant saving in cost over a dedicated control surface.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">By now you might think that I am trying to sell you on the merits of the X16. I prefer to leave the selling to the sales department (I am an engineer, not a salesman) so that is not my intent. I simply want to share some of the discussion and considerations that have taken place in the definition of the X16. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">But it is also important that you understand the X16 represents the other end of a product family spectrum from the X32; in other words, there are several other products in between these two.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">I am in enough trouble with the development team for leaking the X16 so please don't ask for details on the rest of the products. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />~<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />~:smile: </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">The formal introduction of the full X32 product range will take place at Winter NAMM in January. I will try to release a little bit more information to our growing family here on soundforums.net in advance, but if you really want to see and try out the whole X series family you'll want to come to NAMM. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">I promise that you will not be disappointed!</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Warm regards</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Uli</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uli Behringer, post: 65932, member: 1604"] Re: X16 Preview [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]Dear All,[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]What an incredible response! Over the past few months I have come to know many of you on this forum as not only true experts in sound reinforcement but also as passionate about the products you use and recommend. This is the same kind of passion that we respect and encourage inside every department of our business from product development to marketing. I have read carefully through all of your posts and discussed them internally, so allow me to clarify a couple of important points.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]Some of you commented that this product didn't belong in the X series family; that it was considerably stripped-down from the X32. In fact, the X16 is built on the very same DSP, AD/DA converters, code core with almost the same functionality and feature set as the X32. It uses 99% same firmware and the only differences are in I/O and the control surface. Most important it has the same high sound quality as the X32. We build millions of analog mixers every year with similar I/O counts which leads us to believe that there are many users who would appreciate this configuration when combined with advanced signal processing capability. The X16 has been designed based on many requests we received from end users as well as major dealers who asked for a compact and cost-effective solution.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]With respect to the elements of the control surface I have stated elsewhere that we strongly believe in tactile controls for professional applications. Extensive testing with a variety of touch-screen technologies has concluded that they lack the accuracy and speed of dedicated physical faders, encoders and switches. At the same time, a touch-screen tablet device offers tremendous mobility and flexibility, enough precision for a smaller system and represents a significant saving in cost over a dedicated control surface.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]By now you might think that I am trying to sell you on the merits of the X16. I prefer to leave the selling to the sales department (I am an engineer, not a salesman) so that is not my intent. I simply want to share some of the discussion and considerations that have taken place in the definition of the X16. But it is also important that you understand the X16 represents the other end of a product family spectrum from the X32; in other words, there are several other products in between these two.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]I am in enough trouble with the development team for leaking the X16 so please don't ask for details on the rest of the products. :)~:-)~:smile: [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]The formal introduction of the full X32 product range will take place at Winter NAMM in January. I will try to release a little bit more information to our growing family here on soundforums.net in advance, but if you really want to see and try out the whole X series family you'll want to come to NAMM. I promise that you will not be disappointed![/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]Warm regards[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=verdana]Uli[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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