I am in love with my APB H1020. Unfortunately they are out of production but they can still be found used on occasion. Awesome feature set and routing for an analog. Top quality console, a bit pricey as a result.
I just added a little labs redeye for an instrument input and guitar pedals effects loop. Would also like something like an fmr rnc and a bank of attenuators like the little labs redcloud so i don’t need to bring own the gain so much for tracking. Otherwise perfect!
Ah okay
But it isn’t consistent across the series, a unit I saw was 2x2usb
Thanks for the info 
DAWs and (ADC and DACs) round trips of Audio interfaces , I want no part of. I want a analog signal path when I record to tape.
Also, the SSL SiX is kind of amazing.
there are different models (and different prices ofc)
signature 12 -> 2x2 usb
signature 12 mtk -> multitracks, all tracks on usb
Yeah you can call it in-line. it doesn’t have a comprehensive routing system. More of a summing mixer really. I’m only recording the stereo output, but there’s a lot more available for me to use that I’m not ready to invest in yet.
I didn’t hunt it down rather it just popped up locally, so I’m very grateful to have it. It’s about as small as it gets for a mixing “desk” but moving it was not fun lol
As much as I would love to have that Neve console from United Recording Studios, I feel that it might be a slight bit of overkill for my humble office. Speaking of overkill, the amount of gear that Bill Putman accumulated together in that studio is mind blowing. You could name almost any piece of classic outboard gear, or mic, and I’m almost certain you’d find it in that studio space.
FULLY OVERKILL!
It would never fit in my apt. I don’t even have enough gear to fill all those ins hahaha.
[along with…money]
pfffft, I use my trusty Allen & Heath ZED14, it‘s muuuuuch better than this piece of c…
I was undecided between the two, but then I went to the store and tried both out and the Allen & Heath just sounded SO much better immediately, no comparison.
I’m not down with mixers. Extra cabling…blech.
And I let the roadies do all the werk at the arena.
Well we are in 2020 but as stubborn as I am, I just ordered a second hand Midas 160
Routing looks promising, as EQ and all direct outs, sends, monitors, aux, inserts…
Waiting for it as we “speak”…
Was dead on Soundcraft 22MTK and then the Midas 160 showed up
Good choice!
Hopefully yes
Can’t wait to try those EQ
Oh man, you’re in for a treat.
If you have a bunch of pedals and outboard, the connectivity is way beyond any MTK or Mackie. Insert point on every channel, every sub-group, 4 of the 6 auxes and the master. Need to load up on insert leads to use them though.
The EQ is “British”, so not very subtle, for good and bad. Just a little twist and the change is very audible. It is great for cleaning up mud and harshness. For boosting and enhancing, it’s a bit hit-and miss because the Hi and Lo shelf frequency is fixed and while the mid frequency is sweepable the Q is fixed, and quite narrow I suspect. The 80Hz Hi-Pass switch is also very useful if you record microphones at all, but also good in conjunction with the Lo EQ: Filter out the very-low end with the HPF and then you can boost bass from the EQ (on toms, percussion, arps, whatever) without clashing with your kick and bass.
@Joe_b
Thanks man
Have been reading/watching a lot on Midas boards.
I was really into multitracking but I suppose I will still track 1 by 1 or more at the same time.
Can’t wait
Edit: could not justify the 320 spacewise and as I could not find a 240, well 160 it will be 
You also have a direct-out on every channel. If you open up the desk there should be DIP switches to configure those as pre or post.
Nice
No soldering required?
BETTER
Looking into this right now
Have started to sketch out the routing:
Volca KICK, BASS, KEYS, FM and MicroFreak on 5 mono channels.
Deepmind 12, Novation MiniNova, Digitakt and a VSTi/DAW Tracks (through MOTU Main 1/2) on 4 stereo channels.
Aux1 for Zoom MS70 CDR
Aux2 for BOSS DDR7
FX1 for VST effect Reverb (Raum) i/o MOTU
FX2 for VST effect Delay (Valhalla FreqEcho) i/o MOTU
Will have to look into a patch bay now for the direct outs…
