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Re: Behringer FCB 1010 or Digital Music Ground Control?
Dave,
Behringer has been slagged a lot on this list as well as others.
Sometimes they really
deserve it, as in their budget line of mixers. Some people on this list
swear by their higher end
mixers, claiming them to be superior to the higher priced Mackie's. This
is just to say don't
judge a company on only a few of their products.
The FCB1010 is built like a tank, it should give many many years of
trouble free operation.
Just make sure that the pedals are calibrated and that you clear out ALL
of the presets that come
with it. Also be sure to get the latest EPROM's, you can usually call up
the nearest factory
outlet in your country and they'll ship you the latest for free. That was
my experience anyway.
The switches are relatively quiet. Once you get your head around how to
program it, it's easy. I
was never able or willing to go that far, combined with realizing that it
didn't fit my own
playing style, so I let mine go.
I've never used the Ground Control Pro so I can't weigh in on that
unit. If reliability is
what you're after, you should be pretty happy with the FCB1010.
Stephen
> I have been pretty staunchly anti-behringer for
> years, I've justified this purchase by saying to myself that at least
> I'm not passing audio through it. But I am worried about sturdiness, I
> play about 100 gigs a year and need stuff that is reliable and doesn't
> break. The good side of the Behringer is that it's almost unbelievably
> cheap, and seems to be very flexible as far as MIDI programmability.
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