Summit Concept Art Part 2

Here's another cool exclusive.  Everybody bask in its awesomness.

At this point we were calling Summit the iD-something-something.  There was going to be a number after the two letters, which hadn't yet been decided on.  We had decided to change up the inputs and outputs a bit at this point.  This was a while before we eventually settled on 16 mic/line, with the ability to pair them up for stereo inputs.

Again, we tried to pack too much into too small a design, and the end result was a bit 'wishy-washy' and not very intuitive.   If you look at the back panel, though, you can see the final design start to take shape.

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Summit Concept Art Part 1

I've got a very cool exclusive for anybody reading this blog.  Below you can find a very early concept art for the Summit digital mixer, circa 2008.  This is just one of hundreds of designs that we rejected for obvious aesthetic reasons.  I remember the name that was being thrown around at the time was i72DMC.  I still have absolutely no idea what that was supposed to mean.

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