Great information Don!
We got through the 2014 National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival with flying colors thanks to the innovations of Line 6.
The engineers we hired were old-school analog folks and were pretty sceptical at first. When they saw what was available under the hood and how fast it was to tweak settings we had instant converts to the world of digital mixing.
One of the bands we mixed (Chicken Dinner Road) requires 16 inputs for a 5-piece bluegrass band. They were so impressed with their sound that they are planning to buy a system for their self-mixed gigs.
Our little town now has a year-round sound reinforcement solution available. We did sound at an outdoor wedding two weekends ago and next week we're hosting the Idaho Sawtooth Bluegrass Association's annual bash at Slocum Hall and the Heritage Center. Our new sound systems helped seal the deal!