Picked up the mixer Friday. Saturday was a 2 day event, with 5 bands each day. Sink or swim baby!!! I was able to ditch the racks, bringing only the power-amps. Outdoor gig. Rained a bunch. Used the towns FOH instead of mine. Rained all day the first day. I was in an enclosed tent, along with another tarp inside, above me, and another to cover the board as well. Man I love mixing on it. As you can see I didn't use all the channels by a long shot, but it's nice to have them. The town had 1000w Yorkville elite speakers. Not quite as nice as my Unity15's over LS800p's but easier to drag back an forth in the rain.

Love the multiple monitor mixes, just had a basic reverb and delay for effects. Didn't get any time with the board Friday, as I was wiring up my patchbay... But yeah, everything went well!! People were impressed with the speed of soundchecks, and the performance of the mixer. Now I have a bit of time to go through effects, play with the gates etc. Didn't try hooking up the Mac Mini to record etc. My next gig is July 9, so it will be the full meal deal by then!!

I did run through the UPS I bought.

But for going in blind, aside from watching videos on YouTube, I found the board VERY intuitive. The last band, a metal band that I've done sound for, really shone. I always had issues with the one of the two singers, just hard to EQ before. I was able to dial him right in, and got compliments from people who have heard the band before.

I know it's not an LS-9, 5D or M7, but for me I think it will be a great fit!



Usual setup:


Old mixer & rack:


The SL



I used to drag these to all the gigs...


The only rack I used, was power for the monitors (bottom amp, a QSC CX404: 4x250W @ 8ohms)


My handiwork with the patch panel (hey, I worked hard on it )



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