I hit a budgetary pothole and need to patch it at expense of dumping some of my gear. I currently have a Yamaha 01v96 v2 mixer but never had it working as DAW controll surface. I figure between a promise of Virus TI being able to act as a control surface and even stand-alone surfaces now being dirt-cheap, I'm wondering if I should dump my mixer.

I never used it to full extent - e.g. built in effects, optical interfaces, multiple busses routing, etc. So, I figure aside from giving me "on the fly" volume control, it's been largely underused.

What do you think - should I keep it or will I be able to get by without it?

I only have 5 or 6 pieces of kit that can currently be plugged in directly into my HD interface or if I run out of jacks, patched through patchbay.

So, any advise?

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