Mixing Desk: Allen & Heath GS-R24
My gear lust is going off the meter a little here, because Allen & Heath are about to release their new mixing desk, the GS-R24.
This new desk is based on the Zed R16, and the feedback we gave the designer Mike Griffin on Gearslutz. The R16 was a big deal, even winning ‘Best Studio Console 2009’. As far as I know, it was the first desk to really pull off a firewire desk with decent DAW control - but also stand alone as a really powerful analog desk with great preamps and EQs - at an affordable price of around £1300-1500. Trust me, for this functionality, that is cheap.
Zed R16
But the users wanted more. For me, the R16 lacking motorised faders ruined the ability to recall different projects and use the faders consistently. A lot of people really wanted a meter bridge option. Others couldn’t understand why it lacked a line out or even a solo button on each channel.
The designer Mike took all our feedback into account and drew up this incredible machine, with a lust-worthy feature list matched only by the inflated price closer to £7000 than we’d all like. Can you blame them? If anything, it reminds you how revolutionary the R16 was for being so affordable. But then, an R16 will never have a valve section like this:
Despite all this lust, I won’t personally be getting one, because the occasions I will need to record up to 24 channels will be better being taken to another studio. Will I be ordering any for clients when I spec their studios? Depending on the budget, yes!
Mike talks about the product in detail in this video. You can buy the desk from Absolute Music in the UK.
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