After having a period of 3 years without a console, I couldn't imagine tracking bands without one! Headphones, and just the simple act of seeing all your basic tracks in front of you on faders is so much more natural...nice work as usual!

I received my new 4816 a week ago. It is even better than I anticipated. Very high quality in every aspect.

Best recording/studio channel on KZfaq!! Fantastic work, please keep on going!

Great rundown, also fantastic job with the song! You are a wonderful engineer and musician and it's always pleasure watch your reviews and hear your thought's about the gear you are using. Informative and top quality stuff! Keep up the good work!

This thing sounds deep and smooth wow. It’s worth every penny.

Plus when a studio has a console it creates that vibe, and it's hard to put a dollar figure on that. I remember the first time I recorded in a commercial studio and seeing a console full of a thousand knobs I was impressed and it put me in a let's-get-down-to-business mindset.

We're always on the way to improve our workflow. Happy for you finding ideal equipment to work with. Congrats, Alec!

I loved your Neve OPX review and was happy to see your lovely audient console! Love Audient!

We have an 8024, amazing how similar the console is, they really haven't fixed basically any of the problems you mention in your conclusion though, I have the same gripes!

Thanks for this video, is the most in depth and straightforward about this console! Congrats

I'm late, but this is a great video Alec! Great music as well!

Very good video - well organized - articulate I just ordered a new version of the 4816SE, to arrive next week

I came up using consoles and tape in the 90's and early 2000s but I was ultimately won over by the modularity of a piecemeal setup. I completely understand the freedoms and workflow efficiencies you're describing and yet I felt a great deal of resistance watching this and imagining myself going back to a console, myself.

Great run down. Love the song as well.

Great! Thank you for the insight! And may I say...great musician!

Amazing content, and awesome tunes every time! Thank you!

Great video! Thanks for sharing 🙂👍

Another great video. Really enjoying your holistic approach and hearing the impact different things are having with each upload. I would love to hear a side by side comparison of a song tracked with all Audient Pres on one take, and all API on a separate take. Mainly to see how a higher end pre like the API can impact the final outcome of a mix. Even better if you took it a step further and included Audient EQ on the Audient track and API EQ on the API track.

I'm drifting toward wanting one of these. Ideally I'd get an MCI JH-536, because transformers, more vibe, single channel modules, and more inputs for use with a tape machine as well - but they are so hard to find and every one of them is a big project to maintain. This seems to make sense from a modern reliability end, and the price is right... but I really would be sold if there were 8 more channels (16 more inputs), and if it was known for having a little more vibe to the sound. Plus a built in patchbay would be great, although I can wire up one from this of course and build a larger desk around it for that.

Alec I have an Audient 4816SE. Out of curiosity I spent a few hours comparing the SSL Origin16 ($36,000) to the 4816. A few observations. Overall the specific control layout varies a fair amount, but the underlying functions are pretty similar. Overall, the Origin have some nice additional functions but it is quite a bit more expensive. The Origin does have 0 dB unity switches for all short and long faders. The Origin has an insert switch for the master bus insert. The Origin has two headphone jacks. The Origin has 70 dB gain for the mic input. The Origin used sub D 25 connectors for almost all inputs and outputs, which I do not like. Both have 2 cues, but the Origin has only 4 auxes, instead of six. The Origin does not have the linking function. Each has 4 stereo returns with almost identical controls. The studio/live room functions are comparable. The Origin has no separate trim controls for the 2 aux monitors. The are very similar in size. The EQ's are very similar. The bus compressors are very similar. Both have an internal PSU. Faders are the same size Origin has a solo clear function. Other solo functions are similar. The Origin's knobs have less play. The Origin does not have the terrific overlay that that Audient uses. The faders are similar and the same size.

great video! thanks

Great video. You are a talented fellow. Sound great on every instrument including vocals.

Looks amazing

It would be interesting if you would do a video showing you cabling in detail. Thx

congrats!!

Alec, related to your comment about the control room monitors out put not having a separate gain control (separate from the main volume control), you can connect your monitor to one of the Alt monitor outputs instead of the main monitor output. That would give you what you want.

I was hooked as soon as I heard the first word and the sound was good... on an audio channel.. figure that.

I keep coming back to this- I wanna work up to having an inline console like this one day. One thing I'd love to know is if you've thought about creative uses for conversion and I/O? It crossed my mind that with proper cabling, you could use daisy-chained Apollo x16s and/or an x8 to make yourself a virtual patchbay and use the UAD console to processing during tracking and mixdown. It'd make recall a breeze, too, since you'd just have to set the console and open up a daw session!

Hello Alex, thanks for this great video, If I understood properly your Stereo return patching explained at 7min of your video, you're using 8 I/O for Hardware insert then insetting this insert on different Aux Bus in your Daw then you need another 8 unused analog out channel to enter in your 4 Stereo analog Return ? So basically it needs 8 IN + 16 OUT ? :) Also I imagine you're automating each Aux bus fader ? thanks a lot

nice man ! you sound pro

Came here for the review, but gotta say nice track!

Great video! would love to have one of these in the future. Do you have any videos of you using the console live during tracking or mixing? Just curious to see your work flow and the console in action.

Absolutely love your content Alec, I have been thinking about getting a Audient 4816 for my home studio... I want to invest "once off" and get the best 16 Channel (+ a few more) console and never look back, I record mostly singer songwriter music with percussion, shakers etc. using a variety of top notch microphones, I have a office on the lower level of my home (lets call it the control room for now)… recording happens on the 2nd floor (actually my lounge) that has been acoustically treated... the room sounds amazing, so I basically run a 50 foot snake cable with 16 x XLR's up the stairs from my current set up , I could do much the same when connecting my microphones to the 4816... I was wondering, what Audio Interface do you use when connecting your 4816 to your DAW? I use Pro-Tools... the cabling a connecting aspect does seems QUITE THE TASK, or would this be quite simple for my setup? I live in South Africa (Johannesburg) people with deep knowledge on this is few and far between 🙃 besides my mate in Cape Town (Theo Crous) who is a AWARD WNNING Record Producer / Engineer

About that quite signal, Some analog consoles do need more hotter signal on the way in. But perhaps it’s about time to re-calibrate or do some inspection on each channel?

Congrats! Could you make a video about the table the console is standing on? I can see wooden sides, but would love to se more!

I don't know how many times I've watched this video of yours about this console. Truth be told I'm kind of obsessed on getting my hands on one of these consoles, specially now that Audient's decided to upgrade it with the Heritage Edition features. I know a console investment is high cause the cabling is often overlooked but since you got the console, in what aspects have you noticed an improvement in workflow? Also, I'd love to someday watch a video of yours on how do you setup the console for tracking and mixing within your DAW. I personally give myself an idea of how that should be done but I'm such a visual person that I need that reference in front of me. Great video Alec! Regards from sunny Spain!

Hello! Congratulations on your great KZfaq channel. I have a question for you: could you make a video on how you do the automations in your daw having a console? From what I understand you do everything pre eq pre comp. In that case, what you alter is your level entering the compressor. Correct? Thank you! Greetings from Argentina.

Alec, would be great if you made a demo of the audient EQs if you ever have the time. How do you like the EQ?

Hi!! I´m wondering if you could, by some way, compare the work in this console, versus a high gama digital console, for example, a A&H SQ7. Not just the work flow, but the final audio results. Have you experienced something like that?

Alec Brits - Nice job, Alec. I read an 'ancient' 2012 review by SOS magazine which basically said it's perfect. At that time, the DAW input was an option. Is it now built in to the models shipping in 2021? Thx.

Alec, do I correctly understand that you have each of the sixteen channels go to each of the headphone amplifier for each artist so that an artist can control how much of all sixteen channels he or she hears? How many headphone amps do you have? What brand/model is it?

Alec…now that you’ve had this console for a bit. What are your thoughts now? I’ve got my eyes on the Heritage Edition of this console. Are the preamps Neve-ish? How happy are you with this now that you’ve done a few projects on it?

since this video, have you had a chance to try out the ASP8024-HE?

Alec is your music or the music you produce available on Digital Services like Amazon Music?

Gorgeous console. The knobs look like SSL 👍🏼 But why not save up for the 8424 and build the ultimate Neve hybrid lol

Just bought a BiG SiX, but already preparing the future, thinking about getting a console, the 4816-HE perhaps. If I understand well the 4816 does *not* have direct outs. One would use the insert sends to overcome this hurdle. But you're using them for your headphone mix system. So, my question is simple: how do you track the individual channels? I'm left puzzled... ;-)

Hey Alec! I recently got a really good deal for a used ASP4816 in mint condition and I'm currently trying to set it up. I'm having issues with patching the inserts and returns of the Group channels and the Master L&R. The way I have them patched is to a patchbay in "Non-Normalled" mode and this works fine for the channels, but when sending things to one of the 4 stereo Group buses, the bus does not receive any sound and the Master works only in solo mode or if I insert external processors to it. I'm assuming that the inserts & returns on the Groups and Master have a different configuration internally in the ASP4816 than the channels, since I disconnected the cables going to the Inserts & Returns and the groups and master now work fine. Would you happen to have any experience on this topic? Thanks in advance and, of course, suscribed for a long time now :) Santi

could it be that the temperature variations between how things were the previous day and how things are first thing in the morning has caused the components to change their spec?

And now they have a Heritage Edition which does add the colour you were looking for. I'm not sure that it adressed your other concerns. I moved from an Apollo X8p and X16 setup to a Presonus StudioLive 32s to have a full mixer with all the routing possibilities and complete recall. But after discovering that this console exists the other day, I'm seriously considering selling as much as I can and going to Audient. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, it's useful to see what decisions others have made. And your comment about selling all your gear to get one rings true. I'm sure they end up being even more expensive in Canada due to shipping from Europe. Did you ever consider a full digital mixer like the 32s when making this decision? I wonder what made you choose Analogue Mixer/Audio Interface combo over a fully digital mixer solution. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to figure out how to afford changing my setup, and I'm wondering if I'm idealizing a fully analogue console when I already have a full 32 mic pres and more. Any thoughts you have on these considerations would be appreciated.

When you use the compresseur to glue the mix do you use that on bus or on the master ? ( can I use in parallels with many bus ? ) Thanks you

Alex what is a unity switch?

Hai Alec, many thanks to your explanation.. how do you get compression on the separate channels? Can you use the internal ASP compression ?

Please tell me If one 8x interface will be enough to do the job? Connected to 8 sub group faders on the right side on the console? I must record on console preamps only synths, guitars, vocal, no drums. Great channel. Thank you very much for your work.

Great video. I have been using a QU-24 for my studio work. Lately I am drooling over an analog console. Is the 4816 fully compatible with mixing in the box? I mean would it have channel banks if the mix is having more than 16 channels or do you need to sum the stems to 16? TIA

Alec are you a native Liverpudlian? I am trying to place your accent.

Where did you get the mixer furniture from? Looks really nice!

I've been thinking about getting an ASP4816 as well, so it's great to see your videos about it. Have you looked at the FaderMate system to replace the faders on the board with motorized faders? Being able to mix down on the board with any compression I'd like, while still being able to automate the level into the mix bus is very attractive to me. I'm just not yet sure if it's attractive enough to add another several thousand dollars/pounds to the setup... Thanks, and please keep the videos coming!

Can you add automated faders function?

yo bro can i write you email to give me some tips on audient 2802 ? about summing..printing..conections..Thanks a lot !

Hi Alec, do you record with hardware compression on the way in??

Alec ,Would you buy it again?

Hey Alec! I hope you don't mind. I used your song to demo my PI-3141 compressor. I think it sounds great! Check it out on the stereo mix video on my channel! Cheers.

I’m assuming this is a 15,000$ console ?

What do you use for ad/da convertors? Does the console connect to the daw by way of usb?