Wow, i shot out the onyx with my chandler tg 2, and an api 512. I picked the onyx. punchier, and had a better sound for synths and drums machines. Super high fi and clean. But analog, the eqs are amazing. i mean as good as the neve on my neve clone for the work i do. This is amazing. and for the money, the best mixer out there, i like it more than the midas stuff too. Better than any software, better than saw, better than samplitude, cubase, logic or any of them. If you want stuff to sound good, get out of the box. digital summing is the pits. and with these onyx boards, wow, you can get a bigger sound that is musical, not crunchy and ear screeching like digital, that usually kills your high end and punch. Don’t listen to the idiots on gear sluts. Also, as to where the old vlz pro mixers has this aggressive mid range, the onyx is more hi fi and open and huge and less pinched sounding. They compliment each other amazingly well, and is why i own and use both now.