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    Mixer for first sound cart?

    Hi all, first post here, but have been reading for some time now. Have been working freelance in studio and on sets doing long features, tv series and commercials for about 5 years and now want to finally build a more advanced mobile recording setup for myself as work seems to be coming in regularly. I know a Sonosax would be the perfect way to go as the center of my sound cart, but had another idea in mind and would like to get some of your expert advice on this. I love Crane Song gear, I use it in my studio (Flamingo and Avocet), so i thought about purchasing a Spider and using that as the front end on a sound cart along with my 788T. Searched around for some info but it seems like it is used primarily for music, however the combination of very high quality preamps and AD converters, along with some controllable "character" option sounded very appealing to me, and for 8000 dollars. I thought if I add a CL9 for the mixing part as well, that should also give me all the mixer/fader/coms options that the Spider lacks. This would total to about 10K, which is not that bad compared to a fully equipped 8 track Sonosax mixer/recorder. I believe that would cost double. Now, is this a horrible idea? First issue is the fact that I have not had much experience with a sound cart that would require powering gear of this voltage with portable batteries. Always been a "over the shoulder" recorder so far. Im not even sure if its possible, but I have seen people use rack gear on sound carts that are powered with car batteries, plus I have found gear by PSC for power inverting and distribution, which seems like it is meant for this purpose (i might be very wrong also). So my other question is, can I run it with a battery? Obviously my real aim here is to improve the sound quality of my recordings, so having a high end preamp/AD converter attached to my current 788T through AES for multitrack recording and maybe even a better clock, should definitely give me some improvements. I have worked along with more experienced mixers who hate the "clean" 788T preamps and prefere more expensive gear such as the Cantar or Sonosax which appear to have a more "film sound" character. I am assuming this is due to the analog circuitry, which the Spider can replicate in a controllable manner or it can be totally clean. I also have the option of tape simulation which can add more "warmth" for a fuller sound if i wished. So final question is, is it all really worth it? I am eager to get on a nice cart, I have been saving for some time, but also can wait longer for a Sonosax, which I know is meant for this purpose, it can run off battery, can have EQ on every channel, is a recorder its self, and has almost everything a production mixer would need, all wonderfully packed into a decent sized box. But it is just so dam expensive So what to do? Sorry for the long post, and thank you if you have read this far...
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