I dont feel that I want to buy an new cheapish analouge board, or even a used one really.
I very much prefer digitalmixers, and I feel that I need atleast 16 mic preamps, and I very much want to have 3-4 prefader Auxes, and an new analouge board capable of that costs about the same as a Mackie DL1608.
And so, yesterday I found an ad for a Tascam DM24 mixer, in what looks to be very good condition, for 470 Euros.
http://tascam.com/product/dm-24/overview/
To me this feels like a very good price, and it seems like this mixer can do all I need and much more, atleast for the coming year or more. The mixer looks to be a bit similar in layout and functions to the Yamaha 01V96 which I have used for a couple of shows, and really like.
So has any one here used or owned a DM24, or know anything about it?
It seems to be more directed towards studio use, but I cant see any real reason that it wouldnt work just as good in a Live setting, and atleast both Tascam and a few Youtube videos agrees.
I do understand that is an older mixer, so probably a bit more delay between ins and outs compared to a new state of the art mixer today, and that it might not be as sturdy as a Live dedicated mixer, I can live with that I think
Just to be clear, this probably wont be the Be all, End all digital mixer for me.
I´d like to go for something like a A&H GLD80 or Soundcraft SiEx1 Expression or something along those lines, ideally a mixer without a lot of onboard I/O, with a digital snake instead.
But those mixer are sadly to expensive now, and to much overkill for the livesound gigs I do nowadays.
After all, we are a new company, and have done livesound shows for less than a year now. Livesound is a small part for us, and probably remain like that for the coming year or so, how knows?
But we want to be able to provide it for small/medium shows around here. We are talking shows with maybe 3-500 guests max in the foreseable future.
What say you guys, should I go for the Tascam?
Thanks!
//Robin
