In addition to buying a
Yamaha 01v96 for a digital board (which I will keep for myself but bring to the theater for musicals) ... I'm thinking I would like to upgrade our
Mackie CFX-20 to something with better sound quality and also with smaller footprint, to leave at the theater for general usage and for FX playback during non-musicals.
The A&H Mixwizard seems to be the board of choice, and it looks like I can
pick up a 16:2 around the $600-800 range ... sounds like a deal for an upgrade from the CFX which I can probably sell for close to $500.
The question is, will it fill the requirements that the CFX-20
current does?
- I need access to at least 8 discrete output channels, to have FX speakers in each corner of the theater, 2 more on
stage, and subs. The
block fdiagram on the 16:2 wasn't totally
clear (i,.e. A/B outputs) ... can I directly
address at least 8 outs from the input channels?
- inputs include 8 channels from the sound
cue PC, plus two input channels for backup PC, plus
god mic, plus occasionaly wireless on
stage. 16 channels should be sufficient for this ... 12 maybe be cutting it close.
Is the mixwizard 16:2 OR 14:4:2 going to be a good board for this? Any issues with any of the boards in the mixwizard family, or any other obvious choice that I'm not looking at?
Thanks. John