I am ready to bite the bullet and buy a new sound system. It's time to retire my still working Mackie 6 channel powered mixer that I bought used for $200 over 20 years ago! Most of our gigs provide sound but I do run sound on a few shows a year, and probably more in the future. I have a mostly acoustic Western Swing trio comprised of me on acoustic archtop guitar with an AKG C409 clip on mic, fiddle that is miced, upright bass that sometimes we run thru the PA, and 3 vocal mics. Occasionally we go 4 piece with my buddy Redd on Telecaster and another vocal mic. I am considering QSC 10.2 for my mains, QSC 8.2 for monitors (but would welcome a less expensive monitor option), and trying to figure out a user friendly digital mixer option with about 8 channels. I am comfortable with my old Mackie and other antique analog mixers but am a little intimidated by the thought of a digital mixer! I love sliders and knobs, but I think it may be wise to go digital if I can find a mixer that is fairly simple and intuitive. I have looked at the QSC TouchMix-8, Presonus AR8c and AR16c, and a confusing sea of other mixers. I checked out a couple older threads but would love to hear from any of you folks who have personal experience with these options - and am very open to other options and suggestions. Thanks!
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