Favourite mixing desk?

[loopdon]

Who uses one; which one?

I am interested in one with up to 16 ch. - should be affordable,too.
in addition to that i would like to use the desk gain in an analog overdrive stylee. what are your suggestions?

I heard soundcraft M16 or even M12 are good, or mackies. or the yamaha mg series. but no behringer ;)

both a little pricey though but i am just gatering ideas.

possible 12 channels would do the job as well.

just interested in opinions!

[rhythmtech]

i've got the smaller yamaha mg12/4 and i love it. 4 years gigging with it and not a single problem.

[loopdon]

sounds good. does it give the sound an anolog touch? just curious.. :rambo:

[xfive]

If size is not an issue I suggest the Mackie 16ch 8Bus. ;)
Should be able to find them fairly cheap nowadays.

[dirty_bass]

MAckie are good, but I just don`t like their crispy eq.
I love soundcraft, but I haven`t played with any of their stuff for years, so couldn`t really comment on it.
It used to be great.

[loopdon]

steve, what are you using? or have you gone entirely digital in this respect? just out of interest!

thanks to all who replied so far ;)

[rhythmtech]

sounds good. does it give the sound an anolog touch? just curious.. :rambo:

well you can easily drive the channels and get a nice bassy warmth.

eqs are ok... not amazing but up to the job.

[dirty_bass]

steve, what are you using? or have you gone entirely digital in this respect? just out of interest!

thanks to all who replied so far ;)

well the studio is waylaid awaiting a move when the boys sort their act out.
so I`m totally digital now, whether I want to or not.
Can honestly say I`m not missing the old gear.

[machina]

I hate the mackies - eq sounds too harsh and the desks sound sterile and completely lacking in warmth. Not sure what you're price range is but the A+H mix wizards are worth a look is you're after a 16 ch but may be a little pricey. Heaps of warmth and brilliant eq's n flexibility. Soundcrafts are pretty good too but I don't think they're as good as they were a while back... You looking 2nd hand or new?

machina

[xfive]

When you overdrive a mackie it sounds perfectly phat and warm.

[RDR]

Have a look at the new alesis firewire desks...

[loopdon]

Have a look at the new alesis firewire desks...

will they give me the analogue touch i am after? coz that's a priority :)

[fresh_an_funky_design]

i've got a mackie 1604 and its pretty good. The 8 bus one's are better, if u can afford it. If i had the cash i'd definetly get a 24/8 or 32/8

For the money i think the mackie's are a damn good buy, and they'll sit quite happyil in the red all day long if u wanna get a crusty sound.

[da hound]

go with a mackie id say :rambo: :rambo: have one for the last 2 years and have never had any probs with it