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X Day is Here!
sam.spoons:
--- Quote from: RoadRanger on December 15, 2014, 06:10:37 PM ---Yah, that's what having an open control protocol gets yah. Hopefully Mackie will release theirs soon.
BTW kinda interesting that the DL32R only has three (rather "meh") FX - how's that gonna compete with the eight awesome FX slots in an X32 Rack? Even the X-Air has four FX slots that you can load with all sorts of fancy-arse FX units. I was hopin' the DL32R would have 8 and they'd upgrade the DL16 to 4 but not lookin' good for that :(.
OTOH I think I can use a subgroup in a mute group to separate out the vocals and instruments feeding into the 'verb so I can mute the 'verb just on the vocals, that'll be somewhat as good as having a second 'verb :) .
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The X32 does have 8 fx slots but, since it doesn't have GEQ on outputs (it does have a PEQ) you have to use the 4 insert fx if you want a GEQ on outputs. It would be nice if the X32 had a choice of GEQ or PEQ (or both, like the DL has).
Wynnd:
That sounds like the DL1608 has a feature that the X32 doesn't and would be nicer if it did!!!!!!!!! I thought the X32 was a God-like item that had every feature that anyone would ever want and the DL1608 was missing nearly all of them.
Back to reality. Being that most analog boards don't have any serious EQ on Aux outputs, the DL is a practical move up that ladder. I'm not sure if they needed both PEQ and 31 band EQ, but it doesn't hurt. (And please leave the 31 band alone. I use that one a lot.) Anyway, thanks for pointing out that the X32 has some shortcomings that might take it out of the running for some people. (For me, besides too many channels, it's too large and probably too heavy.)
sam.spoons:
I have both, X32 Compact is too large and too heavy (and way overkill) for most of my gigs so no plans to move the DL on yet. Love em both for different reasons.
RoadRanger:
--- Quote from: sam.spoons on December 16, 2014, 09:30:23 AM ---The X32 does have 8 fx slots but, since it doesn't have GEQ on outputs (it does have a PEQ) you have to use the 4 insert fx if you want a GEQ on outputs. It would be nice if the X32 had a choice of GEQ or PEQ (or both, like the DL has).
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Folks that understand PEQ's tend to have no use for GEQ's ;) . The X32 is aimed towards the upper level users, unlike the DL. I didn't notice but I assume the X-Air series does have GEQ's because it is aimed at the same market as the DL's?
EDIT> Yup, has GEQ's and TEQ's as well as PEQ's available on the outputs. Unlike the DL you can only use one at a time - not a problem IMO.
Wynnd:
The reason I like a 31 band EQ, is that I want the output to very flat and speakers generally don't help much from that standpoint. If I didn't have them, I'd find someway to get the same results.
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