For what it's worth, it felt every bit as solid as I'd expect of a premium console. The faders felt good to me, and the encoders have a nice amount of resistance to them. I'm pretty fussy about these things, and personally feel that a lot of otherwise great bits of gear are let down by wobbly ...

Matt, I hope your recovery is progressing smoothly—your health is far more important than any gear discussion. I agree that the SSL UF controllers deliver solid performance, though they lag behind the Nucleus and fall well short of the build quality found in the Matrix, AWS, and Duality models. Of c ...

Sound on Sound’s recent review of the SSL Oracle delivers a comprehensive examination of the console’s heritage, operational workflow, and core feature set. However, I wish they also addressed a critical discussion point on audio forums: the build quality and ergonomics of the Oracle’s control surfa ...

The Behringer Wing might be a great replacement. I personally still like digital mixers vs controllers and plug ins and the effects on the Wing are pretty good and it also works as a decent DAW Controller. Having everything under one hood can be a nice thing. You don't need converters, plug ins, or ...

This is the channel strip that is in the AMS Neve 88RS console that is in Abbey Road and Capital studios. This unit sounds fantastic. The mic pre has nice character, while a little clearer than their 1073. With its sound, it offers faster transients making it a little more exciting over the slightly ...

Good review on the 5254 compressor which received a similar comments as the review of the 500 Series 535 version of this unit. I'm curious though if anyone ever compared this unit to the AMS Neve 33609 N Diode compressor. I am curious which one has more color and with the additional limiter on the ...