[SML] Sound board recommendations for theatuh

[Fritz, Barry]

I've been very happy with our Vi.  Price is up there but super flexible & configurable, great working layout, and sounds good.

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From: Stagecraft <stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net> On Behalf Of Jon Ares via Stagecraft
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Soundcraft Vi: Ouch! Those prices!  Yeah, I like the layout, but.....

We have (had?) a Soundcraft Si Performer 3 - that was the one that went up in flames. I agree that it felt extremely easy to teach on, except effects processing (I still never figured that out). But I fear that Soundcraft has left a bad taste in the mouths of my colleagues.
(As well as bad smell in the air.)  Assuming we can find a way of getting this repaired, we may be "stuck" sticking with what we've got.

 - Jon

On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 9:23 AM Joe Wilson via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
> 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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