mixing in the box vs console..ssl j series etc
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Posted on Jan 28, 2009 12:24 pm
mrmorpheus711
Member Since: Jan 27, 2009
mixing in the box or with a console? can you obtain the same sound, depth etc?
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Jan 28, 2009 05:32 pm I've been at a "shootout" or two... One I can recall was a (16-channel?) Neve summing unit utilizing 8 stereo stems (with an Apogee conversion unit if I recall). Pretty much everyone guessed which and preferred the analog mixes for the most part (although there were a few here and there that varied).
Another was with a Crane Song Spider - 8 channels, 4 stereo stems, 100% correct on A/B, 100% preference of the analog mixes. Of course, the conversion was provided by 4 Crane Song HEDD's...
Personal preference? Analog summing. I certainly love analog mixing, but the trade-off of simplicity and dead-perfect recall of digital is hard to pass up. But with the right conversion and a good summing mixer, it's hard to beat - and still ridiculously simple to implement (there's rarely a reason to deviate from unity, so recall isn't an issue).
Mar 09, 2009 11:39 pm listen..i have a question,, i just purchased a motu 2408 mk3 now i already have a motu 1010 , thinking of changing,, caught it for a low price ( motu) anyway...my set up is soundcard, to my amek scorpion console ( analog summing) then,//stereo out to my (2) x logic alpha channels out of there to my g-series compressor, to apogee (rosetta 200) then to master link disk recorder,,, is my chain right? or should i go sound card to converter etc....ughhhhhhhhhhhhh
Mar 10, 2009 02:03 am Are you actually summing in the Tac or are you running the stereo out of your sound card (?) to the Tac, then to the strips (can't figure out what those are actually doing there) then the G-comp, then the Rosetta?
Only you know if the chain is right. But it seems a little odd.
Mar 10, 2009 03:57 pm sound card to tac..then to dual channel strips etc
Mar 10, 2009 04:12 pm Why not sound card to comp to Rosetta and keep all that other stuff out of the chain?
And what's the sound card - Are you actually summing using the mixer?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 11, 2009 09:49 pm MOTU made a 1010??????
My head spins round and round, round and round.
Deron, welcome to HRC. We aren't really sure what he is doing. He has a spendy little console we are trying to figure out
what exactly he is doing with his chain and it.
Apr 07, 2009 11:55 pm I have 2 MCI mixing consoles, i hope that tells you something hehehehe
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Apr 08, 2009 09:53 pm Hey Dual, haven't seen ya in a bit.
Apr 10, 2009 03:50 am Hi noize nice to be back, yeah i've been kinda busy, a lot of work thank god, these are hard times but i try to keep up, whats new man?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Apr 10, 2009 10:20 pm Slowing down here a bit. Lots of little clients with little projects that actually take up more time.
Between that and being here at HRC that is about the extent of it.
