Ui24R : I can't say enough

Replaced my 16 ch version of this with the Ui24R. I use it mainly for our band and have it set up to have a separate 'show' for each venue. I use it also to record all of the individual tracks live (the Ui16 can only record the Stereo Out 2track output) and port them to Logic and edit there ( although this can also be used as a DAW interface). It is truly astonishing how much functionality this unit has. Finding problem feedback and sorting is a breeze. I have recorded bands by running a cat5 cable to my PCs (2) at the back of the hall and control from there. The RTA is very useful and routing and monitoring signals is easily managed.

There are 2 issues with this unit.

Wifi:

It's not reliable. In a real time situation there is only one solution imo and that's to hard wire your PCs to a hub and connect this to the network port on the mixer. Wifi is not comfortable to use in situations where you have an outage when you need it least and have lost connection. Very disconcerting!! This does not happen when cabled directly to the unit. Some people have added a better wifi router to get around this. Ok for going around the floor checking levels etc but I'm not 100% happy to just use wifi for full control.

Recording:

Multitrack recording has no option (I can't find it anyway) to allow the effects to be recorded also. Individual tracks in Multitrack, recorded on the REC USB port are PRE processing ( I think the 2track Rec Out does have the processing added)

There is no 'switch' to add the channel effects to the individual recorded channel track. This is a shame as tracks when ported to a DAW are totally dry and need to have all effects added in Logic or whatever. For simpler recording situations it would be SO useful to be able to port the porcessed tracks into Logic and balance them there because I generally find that the live sound is really good from the Ui24R. Soundcraft should be able to add this option in firmware easily in the record functionality. Maybe there's a valid reason why they don't.