
Dr. Varney
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I'm 20. I use analog.
Were not all morons, you know.
Mixer control surfaces always seemed a bit of a waste of money to me, anyway. You're essentially paying for the (admittedly wonderful) pleasure of knob-twiddling; money that could go toward some nice monitors or a new condenser mic, or anything else which would actually improve your sound quality.
As far as I can tell, you're paying for the pleasure of being able to control two or more knobs/sliders at once. Take a look around - a lot of people admit to finding it much more fluid and 'hands on' than using a mouse. If being able to control the mix spontaneously aids personal creativity to the timeline, then it could be said that it's as important as sound quality.
Dr. V