Help with selection of new mixing console....

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Hi, I'd like some assistance in choosing what mixing console to go for next seeing as it looks like my beloved Soundcraft Spirit Studio LC is about dead.... :'( I will be sending it for repair but the initial signs aren't good so rather than moaning about it I thought I'd start looking around early for a new mixing console should the worst come to the worst.

I've got a home studio running Mackie HR (can't remember the model) monitors, a truck load of different mics and I used to record onto a TASCAM 8 track, but I now record to PC through a 10 input M-Audio soundcard...

My first thought is, do I stay with the analogue consoles?? I like the sound of the analogue pre-amps that were built into the soundcraft desk but don't know whether I should consider digital to now I record onto PC? Any thoughts anyone?

I suppose my only other preference is that the pre-amps built into the desk are at least as good, but preferably superior standard to those that were in my soundcraft desk.... It would be nice to keep at 24 channels too - the number of buses aren't important to me either.

Any one got any ideas?

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Rico
 
you could look into a toft atb. they were designed by the same guy that used to design trident consoles
 
Yeah I've heard of them before, but kind of forgot about them! I'll certainly investigate them a bit further. Had a quick look on the website and the TOFT 24 channel analogue certainly looks and sounds the part.... I'll hunt down some reviews!
 
You could buy my Soundcraft 328XD digital mixer that I have for sale. I use it with Nuendo 3 and an RME Fireface 800. If you have a card with two sets of ADAT ins and outs, it is an extremely versatile board in terms of routing and monitoring (I could include a Steinberg VSL 2020 card). Great mic pres and eq, with dynamics built in every channel, as well as two-instances of Lexicon effects. Great board in excellect shape (seriously, not even a scratch on it). I am simply re-configuring my studio.
 
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