Starting a new thread based of this one...
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=163766.0 - and my experience last weekend.
I do sound/lights for a local country music variety show. The show owns their own theatre...so the show is always set on stage.
And, mostly I just turn stuff on and off and do some rudimentary mixing. We have a Mackie 24/4 channel board.
We do occasional road shows - and we always contract out the sound. I knew the fellow providing the system - and knew he had the same Mackie console we have.
Show up at the gig - and there's a Yamaha LS-9 Digital Mixer! Luckily my boss had decided to work this show...the guy who provided the system probably could have set me up...but that potential "Oh Shit" moment is stuck in my brain.
I know digital mixers aren't totally new - but I've only seen them a big shows. Recently, I've seen the 16 channel LS-9 go on ebay for less than 3000 bucks - which makes me wonder if we'll be seeing them soon in the club/bar band scene?
For sure - this was not the most taper-friendly mixer - nothing but XLR analog and RCA digital outs. And you pretty much have to ask the soundguy to setup/activate some outputs for you.
Of course - XLR > 1/4 TRS was the only cable I DIDN'T have...so I had to get signal from the XLR - and route it too my mixer XLR ins. It was nice to be able to dial in the LS-9 outputs just where I only needed a touch of gain from my mixer to get a good signal.
But - disappointing to find I could have recorded to a USB stick! (and I had a blank 8 gig in my pocket!)
http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/products/mixers/ls9/lineup.jsp