Ok so my buddy just shelled around $2100 (tax) for a presonus 16.4.2
So I'm fucking with it, and for live aplications it's a fucking AMAZING mixer...
But for recording? Eh not so much, unless I'm a fucking retard (possible) there are not a lot of usable (usable as in analog on the unit) outputs. The 16 xmax pres are cool, the fact that it has a compressor, and 4 band parametric eq built in on every channel is great and there are other cool things like the groups and 6 auxes.
But in a studio setting the layout on the rear is kind of limiting, and the thing (even for me, he is a noob) is fucking confusing as shit when it comes to routing in the daw and routing on the board (although a little easier on the board).
Also, this thing does not control your daw at all. No transport controls, no pan, faders don't control the daw.
Plus he wants to connect a couple of external BBE compressors to it (I don't really think that's bad he is in college for recording, he just dove in and bought a lot of expensive shit,
) I respect that he wants to get out of the box a bit though.
So I'm thinking he should return it and get a setup (that would be cheaper as well) that would run like so:
m audio project mix I/O
Presonus Digimax D8
($1650)
OR
Saffire pro 40
Digimax D8
Mackie Control Universal Pro
($1900)
It just seems like the above 2 setups would be A LOT easier to use, and he even has some cash left over to ad another compressor or headphone amp if he wants.
Thoughts?
So I'm fucking with it, and for live aplications it's a fucking AMAZING mixer...
But for recording? Eh not so much, unless I'm a fucking retard (possible) there are not a lot of usable (usable as in analog on the unit) outputs. The 16 xmax pres are cool, the fact that it has a compressor, and 4 band parametric eq built in on every channel is great and there are other cool things like the groups and 6 auxes.
But in a studio setting the layout on the rear is kind of limiting, and the thing (even for me, he is a noob) is fucking confusing as shit when it comes to routing in the daw and routing on the board (although a little easier on the board).
Also, this thing does not control your daw at all. No transport controls, no pan, faders don't control the daw.
Plus he wants to connect a couple of external BBE compressors to it (I don't really think that's bad he is in college for recording, he just dove in and bought a lot of expensive shit,

So I'm thinking he should return it and get a setup (that would be cheaper as well) that would run like so:
m audio project mix I/O
Presonus Digimax D8
($1650)
OR
Saffire pro 40
Digimax D8
Mackie Control Universal Pro
($1900)
It just seems like the above 2 setups would be A LOT easier to use, and he even has some cash left over to ad another compressor or headphone amp if he wants.
Thoughts?