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Integrated DAW‑control facilities include a comprehensive set of transport functions, two MIDI faders, 12 rotary knobs (these are conventional pots rather than endless data encoders) and 14 other configurable data buttons (including a set of navigation cursors) - plus, of course, the motorised channel faders in the GSR24M version and the manual MIDI channel and mono faders in the GSR24. The monitoring is comprehensive too, with two independent studio cue outputs, and a 5.1 surround-sound control-room monitoring facility.

There are six aux buses, four groups, and independent stereo and mono main output buses. In addition to the 24 mono input channels, the desks also incorporate two valve‑based channels, to offer some added sound colour options, and four stereo line channels - so there are 34 inputs available for mixdown, or 38 if you also throw in the group insert returns. Given the additional hardware, the GSR24M is a couple of kilograms heavier than its sibling. Both versions can send MIDI data from the channel faders, although only the GSR24M's faders can respond to MIDI data from a DAW, and provide touch‑sensitive automation control. The GSR24M is fitted with motorised channel faders, whereas the less expensive GSR24 has standard manual faders. Mixing can be performed using either the console's analogue mix buses (and EQ, if required), or 'in the box' using the console's MIDI‑capable channel faders to control the DAW. The desk also features an integral, full‑width meter‑bridge, and the channel and monitoring signal paths can be configured in a variety of ways (the manual lists nine distinct configurations) to enable direct multitrack recording or mixdown to and from a DAW, with latency‑free monitoring of live sources. The latter can be used to interface and integrate a computer DAW very neatly and flexibly with the console. There are currently two interface card options, one analogue and the other a Firewire/ADAT module. In essence, the GSR24 is a 24‑channel analogue recording console, and installing an optional interface card brings integrated MIDI and DAW control facilities, and comprehensive interfacing and routing. It's no surprise, then, that the new consoles are, in many ways, enhanced versions of the ZED R16: they combine an analogue console with an audio interface and comprehensive DAW controller. The success of the innovative ZED R16 recording console (reviewed in SOS November 2008), and the extensive user feedback gained from that product, are what encouraged Allen & Heath to expand the recording console line further. With the all‑new GSR24 and GSR24M, the GS console is back - and what a comeback! Overview The company have wanted to resurrect the GS line for quite a while - and they've been constantly asked to re‑make the GS3000 since it was taken out of production.

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The GS series has long been associated with serious recording mixers, whereas the company's more recent ZED series has been all about offering multi‑function professional features and build quality, but at an affordable price. While Allen & Heath have, in recent years, concentrated their design and marketing efforts mostly on consoles and related products for live sound, the company have a strong pedigree in recording console design, with well‑regarded past products like the System 8, the Saber and especially the GS3000.

Achieving the perfect balance of analogue mixer and control surface in one product used to mean getting a mortgage on a high‑end SSL or reducing your analogue channel count.