And while Presonus's 32
channel StudioLive offering is an improvement, I personally believe it is essentially not enough of an improvement to generally fare that well compared to the latest competition.
I regret the x32 did not came out earlier. I had to invest in a new
mixer and could not wait for the x32 to came out. If i could wait a few months more i would invest in a 32 ch
console. But for budget reasons as i have to generate money outside of our school i had to
purchase the Presonus studiolive 16.4.2 Man do i regret that
purchase. Its doing well for input to daw and live recording but its not giving me the extras of a digital
console. I dont like the effects and comps. I'm set back to my old
yamaha AW4416 wich i purchased in 2004. So i using my own gear instead of that of school in live situations. Im now considering to sell the presonus and buy the x32 but its gonna cost me and i dont think my school want to pay for my mistake. I'm lucky whe did'nt had to do any bands this year becourse my mistake would show out real quick in the mixing quality.
Unlike many audiophiles put the nose up if they here the name Behringer im very pleased with the products i have from them. I use the b controls for light (freestyler) and vj mixing (Resolume)for years now. If u just cant afford the ultimate gear and there is no realy need for it Behringer always had the right solutions. The DDX32 whas realy good and affordable so did the ada8000.
As i read the experiances on several forums and the few chances i had to work with the
console myself i kinda felled in love with it. Sure its not the top high end product. But what u get 4 this money is impressive. If i read people saying 2700 Euro is to much money to lose if there
console would give up after the 3 years of warrenty i wonder what they do with it proffesionaly. I mean u would have less then 10 gigs for 100 euro in a year to lose money on youre investment. In that case i woulndt invest at al. But i'm sure the x32 will be seen a lot in the small band
circuit course of all the extras like live recording and the
monitor options.
I also think the
system would be great for real cheap in school broadcasting. If behringer would made cheap single outputs from the aes50 i could
send signals to each classroom i want.
Sorry for my bad english.