OK, it's been a couple of years since I had to deal with a Yamaha mixing desk, but this latest one I had to use at church takes the cake for the most irritating missing feature on a board.

Model # MC-32 http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,6373,CNTID%253D2216%2526CTID%253D228100,00.html

Issue: There is no light for the 'on' button for the channels. No visible indication except the small 1/8" difference of whether or not the button is pushed in.

I don't like that Yamaha call the mute button the 'on' button. But the fact that I'm supposed to manage about 20 of the 32 channels on this board without a light and have to do it by 'braille', is just ridiculous.

At least other Yammie desks will actually light the entire button. It still should be the reverse, lit red when off, but I can deal with it being 'on' instead of mute.

I found myself unmuting the 'pfl' buttons a couple times last weekend, which are just below the 'on' button on each channel strip! Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!

The person who spec'ed this board for our church doesn't attend there any longer. We hold church in a nice high school auditorium and the lights are kept pretty low, so helper idiot lights are appreciated. I trade mix duties with about 3 other folks, so I haven't gotten used to this lack of a basic feature, and I'm not sure that I ever will. I'm a visual person.

Also, the surface of the board is printed in a rather glossy metallic gray, with white text on them. Try reading that in those lighting conditions. Gimme an old Peavey or Mackie, or Allen & Heath (except they make the mistake of only labelling channel # at the fader end of the strip).

End of rant.

-Scott

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