Allen & Heath GS-R24

24 ch Recording Console with 2 x inbuilt valve channel paths

Work with your DAW, not against it. GS-R24 is designed to be the ins, outs, and all arounds for your hard working project studio. With the optional firewire/adat card, you can hook straight in to your DAW, and away you go. A quick rundown of the features:

- 24 mic/line input pre-amps
- 24 channels of 4 band EQ with fully parametric mids
- Choice of analogue or Firewire / ADAT interface modules
- 2 dual stereo inputs with EQ
- 2 additional valve inputs
- 6 auxes
- 4 subgroups
- Main Stereo + Mono bus
- PFL, AFL + Solo in Place
- MIDI control
- 5.1 surround monitoring
- Integral meterbridge
- Separate linear power supply

Biggies from this list: the 2 x valve channels that can be used for DAW input, mic or line input, and "dial in just the right amount of 2nd harmonic content from the valve stage so you can achieve sounds from mildly warm to saturated and compressed but avoiding the harshness of solid state overdrive"

4 band EQ with fully parametric mids, a great integral meterbridge and serious juice to the console via the external power supply are other big 'ups' for this one. For serious speed when it's time to track the songs, you've also got built-in DAW transport control, and of course there's a talkback mic built in.

For a moving fader version, choose GS-R24M

$13,995 (RRP)