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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 83412" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: X32 for High School Auditorium Intall?As a &quot;general rule&quot; (I don&#039;t always obey it myself)-I think it best not to use a digital console in a room like a school auditorium.The problem is unless they have a full time operator (most don&#039;t), then training is an issue and if you don&#039;t &quot;know&quot; the console-it makes it hard for a lay person to even figure it out.If you can&#039;t operate an analog console-you don&#039;t need to be behind it.I like to think &quot;simple&quot; in these types of situations.Generally with an analog console if you have a failure (except the power supply) there are all sorts of &quot;work arounds&quot;.With a digital console that is locked up or whatever-there is nothing you can do to &quot;get-r-done&quot;.Digital is great-as long as it is working.&nbsp; But most failures you hear about render the console useless.&nbsp; Not so with analog.Just like a digital snake.&nbsp; With analog you can break all kinds of wires in different places and most of it will still work.With digital-you are pretty much shot.&nbsp; Unless you have redundant stage boxes and cabling.&nbsp; Many systems have redundant cabling paths-but what happens if the main clock goes down in the stage box-it ALL stops working.&nbsp; Just as an example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 83412, member: 30"] Re: X32 for High School Auditorium Intall? As a "general rule" (I don't always obey it myself)-I think it best not to use a digital console in a room like a school auditorium. The problem is unless they have a full time operator (most don't), then training is an issue and if you don't "know" the console-it makes it hard for a lay person to even figure it out. If you can't operate an analog console-you don't need to be behind it. I like to think "simple" in these types of situations. Generally with an analog console if you have a failure (except the power supply) there are all sorts of "work arounds". With a digital console that is locked up or whatever-there is nothing you can do to "get-r-done". Digital is great-as long as it is working. But most failures you hear about render the console useless. Not so with analog. Just like a digital snake. With analog you can break all kinds of wires in different places and most of it will still work. With digital-you are pretty much shot. Unless you have redundant stage boxes and cabling. Many systems have redundant cabling paths-but what happens if the main clock goes down in the stage box-it ALL stops working. Just as an example. [/QUOTE]

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