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<blockquote data-quote="Brad Weber" data-source="post: 73147" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Re: X16 Preview</p><p></p><p></p><p>My $0.02 worth..</p><p></p><p>I like real knobs, buttons and faders. Others may feel differently but I have yet to find a 'virtual' pot that I can work with comfortably. And I like being able to find or keep my hand on a control by feel. To me a virtual work surface results in too much 'heads down' mixing.</p><p></p><p>Maybe someone already has a tablet PC or a competing tablet product or simply doesn't like Apple, but where a tablet device is required to have a functional mixer then not having options for the tablet devices can be a factor in some cases.</p><p></p><p>If something is necessary for a product to function then it should be part of the product or at least available as an option. A mixer that requires an iPad and/or an external network to function at even a basic level should at least offer the option of a package that includes all of the requisite components. There should be some way to purchase a functional 'mixer' from a single source that actually does all the things claimed and provides a single point of responsibility and support. If you can't mix without some other device then it is not a mixer, it is an audio interface.</p><p></p><p>Situations where you own the mixer and are the primary or only operator can differ from situations where the mixer belongs to a group or venue and there is no assigned operator or multiple potential operators and I believe that is particularly releveant with iPad based mixers and especially where the iPad is used wirelessly. If you were a club and had a DL1608 would you really hand the related iPad to some hallucinating oddball BE that sticks their head in the urinal and flushes?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brad Weber, post: 73147, member: 114"] Re: X16 Preview My $0.02 worth.. I like real knobs, buttons and faders. Others may feel differently but I have yet to find a 'virtual' pot that I can work with comfortably. And I like being able to find or keep my hand on a control by feel. To me a virtual work surface results in too much 'heads down' mixing. Maybe someone already has a tablet PC or a competing tablet product or simply doesn't like Apple, but where a tablet device is required to have a functional mixer then not having options for the tablet devices can be a factor in some cases. If something is necessary for a product to function then it should be part of the product or at least available as an option. A mixer that requires an iPad and/or an external network to function at even a basic level should at least offer the option of a package that includes all of the requisite components. There should be some way to purchase a functional 'mixer' from a single source that actually does all the things claimed and provides a single point of responsibility and support. If you can't mix without some other device then it is not a mixer, it is an audio interface. Situations where you own the mixer and are the primary or only operator can differ from situations where the mixer belongs to a group or venue and there is no assigned operator or multiple potential operators and I believe that is particularly releveant with iPad based mixers and especially where the iPad is used wirelessly. If you were a club and had a DL1608 would you really hand the related iPad to some hallucinating oddball BE that sticks their head in the urinal and flushes? [/QUOTE]
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