Have you quit using your analog mixing console?

As an OLD analog guy, I've long held onto my analog mixing console 32x8 as a part of my signal chain. But I have upgraded to a 16-preamp sound card. I am trying to decide if I can shut the analog mixer off. I'm looking for experiences. Did you do this successfully? Or unsuccessfully, and end up plugging your analog console back into the system later? I seem to be covered on headphone mixes and zero latency, but am I? What might I be missing? What will I absolutely regret if I unplug the analog console? Can you help me decide? Long live Reaper!

For what it is worth I say never chuck your analogue if it is quality. You need never update it and in my personal experience there is a vibe to it that just is magic. Almost without exception all my hardware I have purchased over the years has never needed to be updated with the exception of my 30 year old fender twin and I did get my second interface an 002 rack modded. My preamps, compressors and eq may sit there a bit but they never bomb and never go out of date. Many cast remarks on tape but after dubbing my old tapes and vinyl's to flash media I know the sound I really like! My vote is Limestone Keep your great stuff ditch the rest if the mixer is still good keep it. Grinder

The other way round, I have moved from soundcard input / itb to a console (24*8) . Reasons as mentioned, no updates, no incompatible stuff, no driver hassle....

I'd love to have an analogue console. When you're entirely itb, tracking can be limiting. You can't really do any live processing (okay Apollo is the exception) when tracking. I'm willing to be proven wrong on this. A good analogue console adds weight to tracks. I'd use one if I could afford it.

Not 100% on topic, I know, but a couple years ago our church replaced a DDA CS3 32 channel console with a behringer X32. If anyone wants a used but fully functional very nice desk for cheap, pm me. Local pickup in SW Ohio only, I'm afraid. This thing is not small. FWIW, I would never go back now that I've lived with digital for a couple years.

"FWIW, I would never go back now that I've lived with digital for a couple years." Well Kevin that would be true you would have lost a few bits by now and would not be able to find your way back again! Just joking.. Grinder

Never had an analogue console, but I have two digital consoles, one to control reaper, one to control Pro Tools. Love the feel and touch of the physical sliders and buttons.

REAPER is just a record and playback machine for me I do everything else in analog; Console, signal processing etc. The Console workflow for tracking with FX or without is unbeatable. For mixing, I do not like the workflow of a DAW and plugins.I find there are too many distractions both visual and conceptual that just kill the flow for me So I have no plans to ever go without a console YMMV

My big desk died irrevocably a few years back, which is when I finally went ITB. YES I miss the immediacy and tactile aspects of the desk, up and recrding in seconds to my 2 hard disk recorders, but I have since filled the empty space in the ROOM with so much stuff (double bass, e-kit) that I couldnt make room for before, I couldnt and wouldnt go back. On the other hand if that DDA was in the UK, Kevin.....

I haven't quit using my analog mixers because I haven't quit using my hardware gear either. Maybe if it would be just couple of instruments and mics to plug into an interface, I could manage without. But having an independent full hardware setup patched into a mixer anyway, I don't even need the computer always. It's easier for me to route from mixer to PC when needed rather than plugging and unplugging things constantly. I also route some of my monitoring through the mixer, I like having physical controls for all the levels going in and out. I don't do it for the sound but for practical reasons. If I would happen to get some good analog qualities along with that (minus the noise), great. While possible with my setup, I don't do any hybrid mixing though.