Hugh-
Today i use a gsr-24 with antelope converters and an rme madi-fx card for both initial capture and for overdubs. It works well, and running at 96k i get minimal latency (as in sub 3ms) and good sound. I have the power supply in an adjacent machine room, so its quiet.
Its a very good platform for my needs, but the gs-r24 is starting to have problems with the group busses, metering, and some of the channels and i need to decide if i (1) put time into fixing it (2) buy another analogue console like an audient 4816 or the new low-end neve or (3) go digital in which case the sq series looks really good.
I have nice analogue outboard which works well now, and will work well with the plentiful group busses on the either ‘new’ approach. Moving away from the gs-r24 i expect will improve my noise floor since the inserts are unbalanced and will simplify patching in general as i can revert to ‘everything balanced’. I dont mind, in 2021, summing in the box but i want to mix through analogue outboard on busses. I generally mix in logic, sometimes in ableton. Both do an ok job of delay compensation with my current setup using ‘external effect’ routing.
Does this trigger any red flags based on your comments above hugh?
I will get a loaner or hire an sq to test whether this really works in my room, before committing, but would prefer not to waste time if theres an obvious ‘gotcha’ ive missed.
