[SML] Sound board recommendations for theatuh

[Joe Wilson]

I like the A&H SQ line as well, but I'm also a fan of the Soundcraft Vi
series as a teaching console.

Having the entire channel strip visible and laid out in a similar manner as
an analog console, for every visible channel on the surface, is a very nice
feature.

~joe

On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 6:14 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Howdy folks....
>
> Long story short, our digital board went up in a considerable plume of
> smoke 5 minutes before curtain on our 2nd of 3 dress rehearsals of
> "Matilda" the other night.... thanks to some good Samaritans, we got
> our 20 wireless mics and 7-8 orch pit feeds run through a Midas M32
> and stage box, so we're running just fine now..... but as we weigh our
> options for the future, I thought I'd ask what boards people love,
> understanding we're a high school, doing live theatre (with musicals
> of 16-20 mics, plus orch and QLab), as well as other events, and a
> handful of mics for Jazz Bands' solos (and presenters with or without
> AV needs).  We don't do gigantic rock and roll shows, but we like lots
> of sliders/surface to work with, rather than flipping through numerous
> small layers.  We also have non-student engineers in sometimes, so we
> don't want to listen to TOO much crappe about what a piece of junk
> this thing is, and you really should have got a blah blah blah....
>
> We have a matrix of needs and wants, but in short, the new board (if
> we get one) will need to be easy to teach on, and hopefully something
> where that knowledge can transfer to other boards they're likely to
> encounter in the wild. Nothing that seems designed for studio
> engineers with PhDs (I'm looking at you, Yamaha), but also something
> that's not too old.  (One of the concerns I have with the Midas M32...
> getting long in the tooth, and no touch screen... feels like 1998.)
> What are your favorites, and why?  Bring on the flames....
>
>  - Jon
>
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