Compressing my studio

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I went mixerless a year and a half ago and wouldn't go back for anything. I have everything hooked up to my 828mkII, you can do different mixes on different buses, save/load mix settings, etc. It's really simple, intuitive, and time-saving. For what it costs, the 828mkII is really a huge value in my studio. The preamps are kind of on par with Mackie, so I use a Great River pre to track vox and live instruments, and with this preamp you can see the differences in A/D between the 828 and Apogee stuff is indiscernible in any kind of real life monitoring situation (e.g.- I don't have Genelecs and a $50,000 room to monitor in, but my control room is acoustically treated and I use HR-824's at reasonable levels, and can't tell any difference).

The RME stuff is also great, but expensive, as is Metric Halo.