Hi. I use a 16-ch mixer as the centre piece of a music room, where we occasionally do some recording, and we occasionally do live gigs and use it with a small PA. These needs are met with a kludge of gear built up over the years, so I'm thinking of e-baying the lot of it and using one of these digital mixers as both a practise room/live mixer and audio interface.

I quite like the Mackie because it just looks simpler. The Presonus offers a whole lot more (and is a bit more expensive) but I don't want to spend all my time figuring out the mixer instead of playing or recording.

Anyone else looked at these (or other options?) and have any comments about using them with Logic 9? Comparable preamp quality?

Part of me say wait till all this kit moves to Thunderbolt, but it doesn't seem to be happening very fast. There's a new Thunderbolt to FW800 adapter from Apple. Do we think this will talk to FW400 okay?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Well... just in case anyone else is looking at the same options and Googling around for answers, I opted for the Presonus and am very happy with it. Good quality, small footprint, cool lights.

Quote Iain Boyd:

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...cool lights.

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An often underrated importance. Glad you're happy with your choice.

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