Digital Boards Live

[Wes Wood]

Digital boards such as the Yamaha 01V96 offer alot of signal processing power onboard, and would appear to be good all-in-one solutions for semi-pro live sound. What's your opinion on sound quality VS analog board (such as Mackie) with adequate outboard processing (such as dbx dynamics & eq and lexicon effects)?

[Schmidty]

Hey Wes
do you still have ?'s regarding the O1V96 ?

i own one and i can assure you that its FAR SUPERIOR than a Mackie

Also, i use the Fosucrite OctoPre LE with the ADAT lightpipe card

that expands my console to a 24 input and added GREAT PRE's that i use on the vocals and Axe's, the drums and Keys are the only thing i normally run into the O1V96

this console is the VERY LITTLE brother of my normal workhorse the PM5D.....and i love em both

Schmidty

[Wes Wood]

Thats cool Schmidty. I have owned a few 01V96s and now run one at the church I attend for the contemporary service. I think its a great mixer with plenty of capabilities, just interested in people's perception of the sonic quality VS a good analog board.. The PM5D is awesome! I am hoping the church will grow into one someday...would be happy with an 02R96V2 too!

[Chuck Watson]

I put one (LS9) in at a church (The Rock Church Flowery Branch) that I recently was the Media Director in and it's a fine piece of equipment. The effects section I found wasn't as good as I hoped for but decent. Tons of I/O options. Just learning the "sends on faders" for all parameter changing is as hard as it gets. Sonic wise its a 9.5. All functions are easily accessible via the front panels and you have 10 or 12 assignable buttons for anything for enabling record or anything basicly...Good Choice...

[Wes Wood]

Used 01V96V2 for several years now and completely sold on Yamaha Digital boards - LS9 could only be closer to mixing heaven. Cheers, Wes