Despite my glowing, youthful appearance, I harbor an ever increasing affinity for what can only be deemed, "old-school ways." You see, because of the way I tend to work on projects (lay down click tracks and sequences in one place, do tracking at one place, overdubs at a few more places, mix elsewhere), I'm still one of those holdouts with some ADATs and that ancient beast, a mixing console. Yes, while many of my comrades are marching into battle armed with "SCSIs, plug-ins, HUIs, GUIs and LOUIEs," I still love my buttons and knobs and the familiar whir of the tape transport. So, when the age of the affordable digital console dawned, I was excited. I mean, I may be old school, but I certainly realize the benefits of a good digital console. The problem is, in these early digital boards, the word "good" just wasn't easily included in the description. These early desks were, shall we say, "engineering driven." Some guys in lab coats in the back rooms of Big Audio Conglomerate, Inc. realized they could put...

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