It looks more impressive than it is.
In the center, is
a Tascam TM-D4000, a digital 32-ch, 8 bus mixer. This is the heart of the mixing system. Immediately to the right, is an Alai DL1500, a remote control for the plethora of DR-16 hard disk recorders I haven't loaded under the console table yet.
The three smaller mixers on the left, and the three smaller mixers on the right, are Tascam TMD-1000's, essentially 16-ch digital mixers. Analog ins for 1-8, and TDIF in for 9-16 (used as
DR-16 returns).
The six smaller mixers, TM-D1000's, are midi controlled, which means using the mixer closest to the TM-D4000 (on either side), I can record vol, pan and EQ changes for that mixer, or any of the TM-D1000 mixers actually. So they work both as a digital mixer, as well as a remote control of other mixers. And since its all midi based, well, it enables me to "automate" everything without having to slide to the extreme edges of the table. When I lived in connecticut, using a small 9'x8' bedroom as my "studio", I had all the little mixers shoved in a rack on shelves, and didn't even touch them. I had a seventh TM-D1000 mixer which had no audio connections whatsoever, I used it simply to control the other six.
I could have done that here, however, I like them laid out like this, though there really is no real purpose to them being laid out in a long row, other than appearance.
Though, it is kinda cool. My wife walked in here for the first time in about a month, and her reaction was "Holy Shit!" All she saw on her last visit was me touching up some paint, piles of peeled linolium tiles, a large puddle of water from a radiator that leaked, and another pile of debris that was mixing with the water
Wiring wise, consider it like this:
The six TM-D1000's have eight analog ins, and s/pdif in and out. They are digitally daisychained one through six, providing 48 analog inputs, mixed down to stereo, feeding the 32*8 TM-D4000 master mixer. They also have 48 digital inputs, mixed down to either the same stereo digital bus, or buss 1/2 (analog) summed elsewhere for monitoring, while other tracks are being recorded.
The TM-D4000 has eight analog mic pres built in (1-8), an analog card (9-16) and two Adat cards (17-32).
I use the smaller, TM-D1000 satelite mixers mostly for mixing down midi instruments, of which I have a ton of. Stereo daisychaining is just fine for that purpose. Microphones never get plugged into them anyway, only into the larger, TM-
D4000 mixer since the pre-amps are much better. I have a homemade pre-amp (tubes!) that goes before that anyway, for a warmer sound.
Hooking up the monitors today, wiring up some relays to bypass the sub as well as switch between the two pairs of monitors I have.
I have to keep 98 on one computer to use my obsolete 
Now it is so out of date I laugh. But I hate spending money, just to resell it before I even get a chance to use it. Probably wouldn't get $10 for it now. It was a $3k system when new though. 
