Hardware mixer info for newbies

Just thought I would post this heads up. In the Atlanta craigslist someone is selling a Korg D32xd for $600.
I am posting this in here because there may be people interested in getting into the recording game and have not decided on or purchased a computer yet. I can assure you that the Korg D32xd is the best in the box digital mixer. The one for sale has the expansion inputs as well. thus you can record 16 tracks.
I am a big fan of hardware mixers. I own two roland vs2000's and they work great. Korg made the D32xd to counter the top end roland unit. However people started to go computer instead. So it sort of got lost in history but it was the best hardware in the box digital mixer, arguably. The Korg unit has more features , great sound, 100mm faders and tons of effects per track. It also has flying faders and korg sells an instruction dvd for it.
Hopefully someone will see the value in that hardware. If you haven't gone computer yet give this recorder a shot.
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/msg/3033707614.html



Cheers,
Ian

that looks like ak real cool unit, lately i have been wanting something like that, but dont really have anywhere to put it, and i can do it all in logic anyway. if i had a bunch of extra money i would have my own dedicated studio room with all kinds of outboard gear and a nice mixer.

I have never seen one of these Korg mixers sell for less than $1000. They are powerful. Korg came out with two versions the D16xd and the D32xd. The 16 is the lesser options model. They are both touch screen as well.
The advantages of the box mixer are many over a computer:

multiple Analog to digital conversion
press power button and start immediately
no worry about virus software and updates
ease of use
dedicated buttons
no latency
midi time accuracy


The Korg d32xd also has the ability to transfer its files to a computer easily. The Korg d32xd is a professional mixer...32 tracks at 16bit 44.1 khz and it can go up to 24 bit 96 khz however with less tracks.
Nuff said

cheers,
Ian