chckn8r

I simply love the Native Instruments B4 Organ. Sounds pretty darn convincing...

I don't have any stomp boxes, but I have the V-Amp Pro. Although it hasn't given me any problems, I hardly turn it on anymore. I like the Line6 tones and interface a bit better - I have the TonePort and PodXT. Behringer, from what I understand, has improved in quality (own a dedicated factory in China now) over the last year or so, but unfortunately that's going to be a bit of an uphill battle for them to shake the bad quality back in the late nineties and early 2000's... D

I'd love to get a new machine, but don't have the cash right now. If I was, I'd go for a "vista ready" machine, but load XP on it for the first few months. I wouldn't upgrade to Vista until the end of the summer or so - that should be enough time for 1. Microsoft to get a few point releases out and 2. get the software manufacturers caught up enough to have a somewhat stable system under Vista. Yeah, if money were no object, Mac would be the choice, but I have too much invested on the PC side and I've not had any issues with being on a PC that would cause me to move from the "dark side".

Thanks for the suggestion - I left a note up there! I can't complain about it - I've had it for about 6 years without any problems. It's a pretty versatile board - 16 channels - 10 with XLR / preamps. I hear the new Onyx boards (that replaced this line) are quite nice. I've used the pre-amps a few times to record vox and accoustic guitar before I got a dedicated unit to go directly into the soundcard - fairly clean. I don't use the EQ on the board, so can't really rate that objectively. But all in all, it's a nice little board and quite versatile for my needs. Like I said, I just use it for monitoring my hardware synths and signal routing. I have everything hitting a patchbay before the board so, I record directly to the audio card rather than route through busses. Mixing, I do "in the box" and run through a stereo channel on the board. Joe, so good to see you taking such an active and objective moderating roll on the board - very nice! D

I have a Mackie 1642 VLZPro, but I mainly use it as a monitoring tool rather than a mixing desk. I do all my mixing "in the box"