Yamaha N12

[bob[_5_]]

So it looks like I've finally settled on this mixer for my little
studio, but I guess I'm wondering if i should be worried about it
being, I guess, nearly 5 years old... I haven't been able to find any
info about stopping support or drivers or newer models or
what-have-you. Obviously there are processors and boards and all that
crazy stuff inside? Is this a concern? Like how the space shuttle
still runs on atari or whetever, but could be way faster if the money
was spent? ;-) Anyone with good knowledge about this thing
specifically or Yamaha in general so I can order the thing after
reading about this stuff for what seems like 17 years... the price has
been steady at around 1199 for almost 3 years too, which seems a bit
odd for interface type digital gear, no?

[Peter Larsen[_2_]]

bob wrote:

> So it looks like I've finally settled on this mixer for my little
> studio, but I guess I'm wondering if i should be worried about it
> being, I guess, nearly 5 years old... I haven't been able to find any
> info about stopping support or drivers or newer models or
> what-have-you. Obviously there are processors and boards and all that
> crazy stuff inside? Is this a concern? Like how the space shuttle
> still runs on atari

Ah, that's why the stopped it, their Atari is broke or sumthing?

> or whetever, but could be way faster if the money
> was spent? ;-) Anyone with good knowledge about this thing
> specifically or Yamaha in general so I can order the thing after
> reading about this stuff for what seems like 17 years... the price has
> been steady at around 1199 for almost 3 years too, which seems a bit
> odd for interface type digital gear, no?

Just read the part about compatible firewire chips, with 7 use legacy
driver, that's the one that still works for video cameras, the fancy new
driver doesn't.

No warranty, extrapolating from troubleshooting a video transer issue.

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

[Sean Conolly]

"Peter Larsen" > wrote in message
...
> bob wrote:
>
>> So it looks like I've finally settled on this mixer for my little
>> studio, but I guess I'm wondering if i should be worried about it
>> being, I guess, nearly 5 years old... I haven't been able to find any
>> info about stopping support or drivers or newer models or
>> what-have-you. Obviously there are processors and boards and all that
>> crazy stuff inside? Is this a concern? Like how the space shuttle
>> still runs on atari
>
> Ah, that's why the stopped it, their Atari is broke or sumthing?

There's an old saying that Better is the enemy of Good Enough - if you can
do the job with what you have, using something 'better' just adds cost and
uncertainty. 99% of the cost is in testing the new component to the
standards of the original, which in some applications like spacecraft can
run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. It's interesting to note that
that the first fly-by-wire prototype (fitted to an A8 IIRC) used the
computer module from the Apollo Lunar Module, since it was capable of doing
the job and had been through years of testing.

Sean

[bob[_5_]]

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:05:47 -0400, "Sean Conolly"
> wrote:
>>> So it looks like I've finally settled on this mixer for my little
>>> studio, but I guess I'm wondering if i should be worried about it
>>> being, I guess, nearly 5 years old... I haven't been able to find any
>>> info about stopping support or drivers or newer models or
>>> what-have-you. Obviously there are processors and boards and all that
>>> crazy stuff inside? Is this a concern? Like how the space shuttle
>>> still runs on atari
>>
>> Ah, that's why the stopped it, their Atari is broke or sumthing?
>
>There's an old saying that Better is the enemy of Good Enough - if you can
>do the job with what you have, using something 'better' just adds cost and
>uncertainty. 99% of the cost is in testing the new component to the
>standards of the original, which in some applications like spacecraft can
>run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. It's interesting to note that
>that the first fly-by-wire prototype (fitted to an A8 IIRC) used the
>computer module from the Apollo Lunar Module, since it was capable of doing
>the job and had been through years of testing.

thanks for the responses. not entirely sure what they mean, but at
least no one said, "DON'T BUY IT!"