Digidesign... DODOdesign?

I was once in awe with this beauty. A control surface that can control almost everything in Protools in realtime.

• 16 Focusrite Preamps (YUMMY!),


• automation of plugin parameters(MAGIC!),


• 5.1 mixing capability,


• and all these via 1 ethernet cable!

Yeah yeah yeah, I'm not a fan of Protools, but I don't mind bending backwards just to record/mix on this babe.

And now this babe has aged into this...

According to Digidesign, we can now 'upgrade' the old 16 Focusrite Class A preamps to the new 16 'high quality, low noise' preamps ??? And pay again if you wanna upgrade to Protools 7.4 ??? My poor baby has definately aged... the golden years are 'gone with the wind'...

Symphony of Destruction !!!

Hell Yeah! More than a decade ago, I was listening to the cassette 'Countdown to Extinction'. Now the the good ol' nasal Dave is still screeching in front of me! hahaha...

The interesting thing about such gigs is the simplicity of it. Clean stage free of any Jack Daniels, Jim Beams, TS9s, Wah pedals, only a setlist stuck right beside the mic stand. Even the FOH tent was unusually neat, with a serious lack of beer cans, and outboards effects and preamps, and compressors and.... Thanks to Yamaha's PM5D which effectively robbed any chances of eye-candy for gearslutz ! Arrrgghhhh!!!

*A night of horns*

What was interesting was that when I was in the moshpit, this young minah chick beside me was actually singing to most of the songs. Here's where I believe, music has no generation gap. :)Check out equipment list here. http://focalproaudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1350#1350