Thinking About Getting The StudioLive Series III SE 16 Digital Mixer

[JL9]

This would be just for home recording, not for live use.

Any feedback on the sound, the flow, the studioone daw control, the reliability, how it compares to other solutions for mixing/daw control/interface, or any other thoughts on what you like about it or what you don't, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

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Very good choice. These are solid mixers, giving you the best Studio One-console integration you can get, both ways. Make a habit of setting up zero latency monitor mixers in/with the mixer and you'll never go back. The preamps are clean, transparent (no colouration) but don't take kind to overdriving, so for starters be conservative on levels.
If you're used to working with analog mixers then the flow will feel natural, more so than with many other digital mixers. The SE16 lacks the separate bank of 8 master faders, which hampers navigation between mixes a little compared to the larger models that have them. The best part of DAW control is tactile faders. Plugin control tends to be more intuitive from within the DAW so good chance you'll end up doing faders/panning/transport from the console and all other tweaking by keyboard/mouse. So an alternative could be a Faderport plus a Series III rack mixer, the advantage being more desk space.