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Behringer X32 Series - The Quickening
RoadRanger:
--- Quote from: robbocurry on April 09, 2013, 09:29:03 PM ---Then again, I've been waiting for an iPhone mini for years too...
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So, you want an iPhone with a screen the size of a postage stamp :o ?
robbocurry:
--- Quote from: RoadRanger on April 09, 2013, 10:55:25 PM ---
--- Quote from: robbocurry on April 09, 2013, 09:29:03 PM ---Then again, I've been waiting for an iPhone mini for years too...
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So, you want an iPhone with a screen the size of a postage stamp :o ?
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Send me the link - I have my card ready :lol:
Jerrylee:
--- Quote from: Kevin on April 09, 2013, 03:42:38 PM ---
--- Quote ---I also hope the iX16 is available for sale soon too
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Me too. I'm really liking the DL1608 and no plans of selling for a few years, regardless of what else comes out - but its still not all that it could be. Having the iX16 on the market would keep the pressure on Mackie to step up their game.
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The biggest issue to me between the dl and the iX is that the hardware of the iX is something Mackie cannot step up to. The iX has 2 USB in/outs, midi I/O, and recallable preamps. All of which are extremely useful and all of which the dl does not have. It also has a built in power supply and we all know about mackies brick. Software it is better too. It has 4 fx processors right out of the box. I don't think the dl will ever have more than 2. There are also busses which hopefully Mackie will address.
So sticking with the dl you will never get what the iX offers.
RoadRanger:
--- Quote from: Jerrylee on April 10, 2013, 02:59:24 AM ---The biggest issue to me between the dl and the iX is that the hardware of the iX is something Mackie cannot step up to. The iX has 2 USB in/outs, midi I/O, and recallable preamps. All of which are extremely useful and all of which the dl does not have. It also has a built in power supply and we all know about mackies brick. Software it is better too. It has 4 fx processors right out of the box. I don't think the dl will ever have more than 2. There are also busses which hopefully Mackie will address. So sticking with the dl you will never get what the iX offers.
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As I mentioned adding digital trim to the DL1608 would somewhat mitigate the lack of remote preamp trim. Sure, it can never do multitracking but many of us don't need that. They should be able to "split" the stereo reverb into two mono ones easily enough. And change the delay only FX into another 'verb or chorus - again possibly splitting the stereo into two mono FX units.
Kevin:
--- Quote ---So sticking with the dl you will never get what the iX offers.
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I'm fine with that. There will always be something better around the corner. For me, a DL in the hand is worth more than an iX in the bush, especially since this DL has been in my hands for several months now.
One of the things I came to grips with before buying the DL is that we are probably entering an era where buying a mixer is going to be like buying a computer in the 90s, where more powerful hardware is available on a monthly basis. The time to change platforms is as soon as you can justify the ROI. If you wait so you can get the latest tradeshow jawdropper, you will always be waiting. If you always want to be the guy with the most capable rig, its going to be an expensive ride.
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