to go with a mixer or not

[vangore]

Im about to upgrade my studio to start doing a bit of paid work in my spare time but my dilemma is wether to buy a really nice mixer with good pres or go for outboard pres, Im looking for good quality pres and im going to need at least 10, I have my eye on the TLAudio tubetracker mixer which has some aparently very nice tube pres and a good EQ, also i need to be able to run 8 of the pres into my digi 002 on 1 adat with at least 96khz samplerate, can you guys recommend what would be my best option, Im doing mostly heavy rock but obviously i have to be able to cover a veriaty of diffrent styles for paid work. Im unsure of my budget as of yet but it could be four grand total for the pres.

[vangore]

oh come on give me a hand here

[mshilarious]

Well, how about something like the Octopre, and then spend the rest on a few channels of really good pres?

However you can only send 4 channels of 96kHz on a single ADAT cable.

[vangore]

ya it bugged me bout that adat thing but the situation has changed becouse iv been offered a really old amek 24 channel mixer from like the 80s or something and its aparently in great condition, but since the desk is free i might pick up a pair of avalons or something with some of the extra cash.

god im like a kid im so exited, gonna be bout a month before i have it though.