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<blockquote data-quote="Arik Semagin" data-source="post: 107715" data-attributes="member: 5072">Re: X32 DiscussionMan, you should see the doctor! I hate when people start badmouthing gear they don&#039;t own and didn&#039;t work with. I mean working real gigs, not playing with it in the store.&nbsp;The X32 has nothing to do with old Behringer stuff (even though I own a bunch of it, from mini 1622-FX mixer to DI boxes, all work fine). It&#039;s VERY different from all other Behringer mixers and obviously was designed by MIDAS R&amp;D and built at the same Behringer-owned factory in China where all MIDAS desks are made. In fact it is an entry-level MIDAS desk. Yes, it&#039;s only 48K, it may not sounds as good as other MIDAS desks, but hell, for under $5K you can get full-blown digital desk with two remote stageboxes and P16 personal mixers! If it came in purple and was called &quot;MIDAS LE&quot; or something like that, then all we would&#039;ve heard was praises how good an affordable this new MIDAS desk is! I&#039;d take X32 over Presonus any day for digital snake alone. Yes, it has a steep learning curve, especially for those who never worked on real digital desks before (Presonus is not, it&#039;s an analog desk by layout with digital processing built-in). I had the SL24.4.2, sold it to get X32 and never regret it! I worked on both Pro 1 and Pro 2C as well, you&#039;ll see a similarities there. The only reason why Uli labeled the X32 &quot;Powered by MIDAS&quot;, not &quot;Designed by MIDAS&quot; (as he should) is not to jeopardize MIDAS sales, because the cheapest digital MIDAS, the Pro 1, starts at $10K, and Pro 1 lacks many features that X32 has.I predict that X32 will have the same effect at our level as Mackie-1604 did back in 90s (mean club-level, weekend bands and the like), making digital mixing and digital snakes affordable. Yes, I mix on Profile and Yamaha desks occasionally (5D and M7), but X32 is what I use almost weekly and it&#039;s well worth its price!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arik Semagin, post: 107715, member: 5072"] Re: X32 Discussion Man, you should see the doctor! I hate when people start badmouthing gear they don't own and didn't work with. I mean working real gigs, not playing with it in the store. The X32 has nothing to do with old Behringer stuff (even though I own a bunch of it, from mini 1622-FX mixer to DI boxes, all work fine). It's VERY different from all other Behringer mixers and obviously was designed by MIDAS R&D and built at the same Behringer-owned factory in China where all MIDAS desks are made. [B]In fact it is an entry-level MIDAS desk[/B]. Yes, it's only 48K, it may not sounds as good as other MIDAS desks, but hell, for under $5K you can get full-blown digital desk with two remote stageboxes and P16 personal mixers! If it came in purple and was called "MIDAS LE" or something like that, then all we would've heard was praises how good an affordable this new MIDAS desk is! I'd take X32 over Presonus any day for digital snake alone. Yes, it has a steep learning curve, especially for those who never worked on real digital desks before (Presonus is not, it's an analog desk by layout with digital processing built-in). I had the SL24.4.2, sold it to get X32 and never regret it! I worked on both Pro 1 and Pro 2C as well, you'll see a similarities there. The only reason why Uli labeled the X32 "Powered by MIDAS", not "Designed by MIDAS" (as he should) is not to jeopardize MIDAS sales, because the cheapest digital MIDAS, the Pro 1, starts at $10K, and Pro 1 lacks many features that X32 has. I predict that X32 will have the same effect at our level as Mackie-1604 did back in 90s (mean club-level, weekend bands and the like), making digital mixing and digital snakes affordable. Yes, I mix on Profile and Yamaha desks occasionally (5D and M7), but X32 is what I use almost weekly and it's well worth its price! [/QUOTE]

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