Craig Lewis points out the finer points. What's new this year, Craig? Sporting a wide range of options, the next-generation XENYX live/studio mixers from Behringer merge built-in USB interface, easy-to-use “one-knob” compressors, world-renowned XENYX mic preamps and “British-style” channel EQ.
API has a console for the rest of us, the 1608. This follows the trend of high-end brands such as SSL and API entering the high-end home studio (and, more specifically, ProTools suite) market. This is great news!
Universal Audio teams up with engineer John Nowland, and Neil Young's original UA 610 console. The men's room was used for reverb and the real Cooper Time Cube was used for pre-delay as UA employees played a rendition of Miles Davis' "All Blues".