Features 16 premium channel strip modules 8 mix busses with outputs Direct outs on every channel Inline monitoring for every input channel strip Additional 8 monitor returns in group section Description Product Description The Toft ATB 16 is a small-format analog console, with 16 premium channels and EQ taken directly from the legendary Trident Series 80 recording console. The ATB's EQ section is regarded as one of the best sounding Equalizers on the market today! But that's not the only thing that makes the ATB such an incredible deal. With a Toft ATB console, you re not only inheriting a sonic lineage that spans from Queen to Radiohead, but thanks to the advantages of overseas manufacturing, Toft can offer the ATB at an astoundingly low price while retaining all the quality and sound that Trident is famous for. Otherwise, if manufactured in England, you d pay anywhere from $25,000 to $35,000 for an ATB console. The birth of the ATB Though a few engineers mix entirely in the box (computer), most agree that getting your sound out of the box into an analog system improves sound quality. As a result, a number of manufacturers began to build analog summing mixers for DAWs. And while many sound quite good, they are limited in terms of I/O and routing. With that in mind, Malcolm Toft began to research the concept of building a summing mixer to bring the famous Trident sound to DAW mixing. During the process, Toft realized that the best approach was to simply go back to making consoles the way he used to, but with some added features to accommodate modern recording gear. The result is the ATB console, which combines the best of analog sound with forward-thinking featu...