Pio or A&H?

[Kosta X]

You'll get bored of the djm real fast. If you've got the funds, go for the db4, you will not say to yourself "I should have went with the pioneer", whereas it'll be the other way around if you go with the pioneer. The xone92 would be my first choice

I definitely see what you're talking about. It seems that William Gibson likes to use Ableton Live for effects. Because of that, i think either an A&H or Pioneer 4 channel mixer should work out just fine for their bare bone features as both have rock solid build quality and reliability. Might even be worth looking into their cheaper offerings that have only the features he will need instead of the ones with all the bells and whistles that come with the highest price tags.

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I definitely see what you're talking about. It seems that William Gibson likes to use Ableton Live for effects. Because of that, i think either an A&H or Pioneer 4 channel mixer should work out just fine for their bare bone features as both have rock solid build quality and reliability. Might even be worth looking into their cheaper offerings that have only the features he will need instead of the ones with all the bells and whistles that come with the highest price tags.

You're right on the money bud. You can easily and even more conveniently map some killer effects in ableton, with this in mind--the A&H is the way to go. If you were to drop the funds on a xone92 along with a RME UCX you'd be the happiest person for a very long time. That unbelievably clean and neutral sound from UCX + that thick analog sound from xone92-- the level of audio bliss you get is staggering (assuming you've got a decent pair of monitors that cover the entire frequency spectrum of the human hearing). I have that exact setup, after I got everything setup I didn't leave my room for a good 3 days.

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If your monitors do not have an impressive frequency response, I highly recommend purchasing the ARC2 system. Its probably one of the best purchases Ive made to achieve the flattest response in my listening environment. The ARC2 operates as a VST Plugin within your DAW as a corrective DSP. The setup goes through a series of test tones that are played through your speakers/monitors and then recorded with the microphone they provide. You'll be shocked at just how bad the response is in your room or studio, the arc2 will then apply DSP to fix all the imperfections of your room's measurements to achieve the flattest response possible. You'll be shocked even more so once you've heard your monitors after the corrections have been made, it was like a blanket had been covering my monitors prior to the ARC2, it even does phase corrections and you'll hear things behind you.