X32 : Great Desk

The X32 took over from my Roland M-300. There are many reviews out there that point out all the great possibilities I just want to explain, what I'm still missing (firmware 2.06) in comparison to my Roland M-300:

- No custom layer: On my Roland I could assign every channel to every fader using two "custom layers". So you didn't need to organize the channel structure before the soundcheck.

- You need one tap-button for each tempo-based effect. If you want to use three different delays in a scene, you need to tap three buttons. There is no global tap possibility

- the fader and encoder feel cheap

- you can't rout channels to the matrix (only busses to matrix). So for a submix you need to feed every channel to a bus before it can run into a matrix

All in all the possibilities are great. I love the input delay option. Effects sound good, the assignable encoders are really great for having fast access to the decay of a reverb for example. It's a great desk that hopefully will survive much longer than all my other Behringer products.