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Sound:
This board is amazing. I do the sound for a Pink Floyd Tribute band so there is alway a lot of different inputs. With every channel have compression and EQ I can place all vocals and the slide guitar cleary on top of the background drums, keyboards and guitars. The music comes out amazing and the crowd tells us all the time how much we sound like the actual band.
Feature:
I had to put the features at a ten even though there are a couple of things I would like to see. To start you have 10 aux sends! Great for stereo in monitors. Everyone in the five member band gets their own custom monitor mix, no having to share and I have aux channels to spare. Routing to the Aux buses is straight forward as is bring in two track or effects such as reverb to the monitors. The only thing I would like to see would be subgroup inserts.
Ease of Use:
I came off a Mackie 24 Channel Black Onyx board and I have to say the transition to this digital board was easy! The manual if very complete. Capturing the 24 track recording is as easy as hooking up the firewire cable to the computer. Very Cool!
Quality:
This is where I am a little disappointed. I have had several "intermitent" electrical problem. It started with playing back the capture program through the board. The first five channels level meters did not show up. The sound came through but not the level. I called Presonus, tech support has been great, and they walked me through a firmware update on the on the board and it fixed the problem, temporarily. It has come back. I also had a channel strip go dead in the middle of a rehearsal, it came back about 3 days later. Most recently the 31 band equalizer started autoadjusting channely 3 and I couldn't get it to stop. I turned the board off til the next day and it resolved. Presonus has been great. Yesterday I sent the board back to them to check it out. I am anxious to get it back because it is such a great board!
Value:
I think the price is just right for this excellent board. The sound output is excellent, the features amazing all in a compact size. Right now it is working for our band. As we expand, if needed, I can link a second board and have 48 channels. Slick! Other digital board with fewer functions cost a lot more.
Manufacturer Support:
See above. When I have called Presonus I have not had to wait long and the support techs have been friendly, and helpful.
The Wow Factor:
The backlit buttons are very cool in low light, a great looking board, well laid out. In bright sun it is difficult to see what is pressed and what isn't. If you are playing outside in the sun bring some type of an enclosure to shade the board.
Overall:
I love this board despite the few problems that I have had. One thing I didn't mention was the ability to save your settings. If you do the sound for several bands you can have all the settings such as Aux mixes, compressor setting, EQ, Reverb etc. saved as a Scene with each bands name and simply call it up and your are ready to start hooking up the cables. Or, as I do, I have one mix for our rehearsals and another mix for live shows.
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