So i’m very on the fence going from GLD to Avantis, looking at buying one (to replace a GLD), but at the same time can’t justify the upgrade.
I like the look of the Avantis: The hardware looks like a step up, The Ui i’m a little less enthusiastic about (from a quick hands on demo) but can see the potential in it.
The physical size is much bigger than the gld80, which I loved been so compact yet powerful and usable.
The cost difference is huge and in my very limited hands on look, not a huge step forward (yes I get it’s a 96k fpga engine, but in real terms and ROI it does the same thing, sort of..).
GLD seem to have been hung out to dry… as a product it’s still a fantastic mixer, but seems to have been pushed out in to the cold and thus has very little residual value… which leave a bitter taste moving forward with A&H products… more so when Avantis is priced significantly higher than GLD was (yes I understand inflation, changing supply prices and the mid ground is now filled with QU and SQ, which is my point that GLD has been hung out, lots of little updates and evolution’s that have been forgotten about now that would have helped GLD to keep some value).
Avantis seems to very much still be in beta testing, rather than a finished product.. (UI tweeks, features, PC editor missing etcetc).
Dpack, nice idea, bad idea.. I’m confused… GLD had 16t’s etc from the get go (yes appreciate not the 96k FPGA / dLive version’s… but… ) seems a bit of a backwards step. And more so there in the desk like a cheap iphone game where you can click on them but get told ‘no, you need to pay for them still’.. not what I want to see on a professional mixer… is the future paying for a channel count, per band, per gig or something? I get the payware model in the cheaper MI segment, but not in a ‘proper’ desk. Also concerns me that the dpack is something that will be discounted in the future and early adopters will have paid a premium for.
User forum/engagement: The user forum here are such a fantastic opportunity to engage present and future customers as well as users, yet seem very under utilised imo, again as a GLD customer feel completely left in the dark with it’s life cycle… When A&H could have done so much to engage present (GLD) and future customers.
I’m struggling to get over Avantis been a budget QL (just without some of the more useful bits, yes I appreciate the price difference now, but they used to be similarity priced when I purchased one a few years back so slightly skewed view point from the current market), thought I want to love Avantis.
Interested in opinions.
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