A mixerless studio would be like going to a dentist and he has everything a normal dentist would have - except for a chair. "Oh, there's a new movement to do away with chairs. They're so expensive, and after all, you can just stand there and I can fix your teeth just as easily. I know it's a drag for you, but it saved me the cost of having to buy a chair!"
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Audiophile: "A gate IS a compressor, A Fader is a MANUAL compressor." Pure comedy.