Very, very different! To record to analog tape is amazing, it’s a dying art and hats off to the people who still have the budget to do it. One’s not necessarily better than the other they’re just different. “Within the industry there are people who are huge fans of analog, and people who are huge fans of digital. That’s the thing that really speeds up operation.” There’s also lots of flexibility in terms of spilling out EQ and dynamics onto the control surface, so you can very quickly get your hands to what you want, rather than having to resort to using a mouse. The fact that you can see everything that you need to see at a glance makes the S6 very usable and very intuitive. When you’re working, you want to feel like you’re mixing at a desk and that you’re connecting to the audio. It opened up Pro Tools instead of being a “point and click” piece of software, suddenly you could get your hands on the faders again, which is very important.

That was a fantastic console! I’ve mixed a few features just using the Pro Control and it was great fun. I remember when the Pro Control first came out, it was a huge revelation at the time. “The most compelling feature about the S6 that let us complete not just this project, but any project successfully, is the fact that you’re getting your hands on controls, rather than looking at a keyboard and monitor.

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