excellent brain for use with outboard digital snakes and control surfaces.
Having started on analog boards in the 80's and moving into the digital realm, i never thought i'd see the day where i'd be comfortable relying on a 1 space rack unit for all my processing power. Within the x32 family, i started with the largest x32 console, which i loved, but wanted to downsize my stage footprint. I already had one S16 16 in/8 out digital snake that I used with the x32 console. Along with the X32 core purchase, I bought another S16 and a SD8 (perfect to run everything the drummer needs with one Cat6 cable). I searched around for the largest touch screen tablet i could find that had a battery backup - i ended up getting 2, one HP, one Acer, that both work great (10 point touch, wired ethernet, etc.). The tablets are running android and the outstanding third party "Mixing Control" app (Behringer's own apps are fine, but the Mixing Control app is that next step up in professionalism, and only available on Android.... So i have the x32 core, the large tablet, a backup X32 core, and a mac Mini on a Gigabit switch with static IPs with a fifth line run a line to my wireless router so the band can use their ipad/iphone. Works great. the wireless pieces are confined to their sphere, and my wired connections take priority. I went from a 24 space rack with the mixer in a road case to a 12 space rack, a 6 space rack, and the touchscreen and a monitor for my computer on top. Sounds identical to the full board, i don't have to cart around 2 consoles for redundancy (in this case, even if a digital snake went down, i'd still have 24 channels and could get thru the night...). for the price, you cannot beat these... Under $860 for a pair of X32 Cores; $1300 for two S16's and a $350 SD8 equals one console. lovely...
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Refurbished