I recently visited a friends newly remodled Studio to help with a CD Mix and got to use the Tascam DM-4800.  What a treat!!!

Now, this mixer is not for the casual user.  It does take some time to learn to access all the available functions, but once you do, you'll realize it wasn't wasted time.

When I began my years as a Recording Engineer the latest thing in mixing was early "Automation" for mixing.  That was handy in the fact that all fader gains in the mix were stored on one track of the multi-track (called "Striping").

For example, you could build a Drum mix on a song and record the data on...