The master section of my Allen heath is definitely colorful, but so are the group buss. A signal out of a direct out, a group out, and the master bus do sound a little different. Not sure bypassing the master and using some other summing mixer would be worth it. If I were to do something like that I'd want something like the 32ch heritage summer with groups and I'd come out of channel direct outs into it. Seems like a way to use a sidecar that doesn't have master section to mix.llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2024 11:19 pm I was looking up hybrid mixer setups and some guy recommended using a live sound mixer’s bus outs into a nicer summing mixer for sort of a fake master section upgrade for mixing. A console cheat, if you will.
I like the idea but I’m not really going to mess with all that. What are the chances it would actually work as intended, ie - an economical and tactile control layout with an improved sound? Or with the live sound desk at that stage still be doing its thing?
I’m sure its splitting hairs to a certain extent either way, but I’m wondering how much the master section of a mixer has to do with whatever sound its imparts vs the earlier stages.
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2212I bought an electret stereo mic for a friend’s birthday. It was cheap and nothing too fancy, but it’s never been used and dates from 1980!
It runs off of a 1.5V battery. Should I be worried that unintentionally applied phantom power could damage the mic? It came with a 2 jack connectors cable but I replaced those with XLR connectors.
It runs off of a 1.5V battery. Should I be worried that unintentionally applied phantom power could damage the mic? It came with a 2 jack connectors cable but I replaced those with XLR connectors.
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2213What is the name of that horn thing that comes on in stereotyped Africa-sounding music on TV? You know, tooooot, and then nanana lalala, you know?
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2214Generically, you're probably thinking of a "flute;" but obviously Africa is huge and diverse and there a lot of different kinds of flutes from different parts of the continent with different names and different tunings etc etc.
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2215you are thinking of the Vuvuzela. You're welcome. Thank you. I'll see myself out.kokorodoko wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:42 am What is the name of that horn thing that comes on in stereotyped Africa-sounding music on TV? You know, tooooot, and then nanana lalala, you know?
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2216Is it worth giving a shit about XLR quality for AES/EBU connections? I haven't done much with digital xlr and I'd rather use my neutrik connectors for analog connections if they won't make a significant difference for the digital stuff.
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2217Connectors shouldn't matter too much for AES/EBU. Cable characteristic impedance is much more important. You want 110 ohm cable for this.
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2218For really short runs I've never been picky, but yeah generally I'd try to get a genuine 110 ohm cable for anything over 15 to 20 feet. All of ours are orange so we can tell them apart from regular mic cable.Nate Dort wrote: Sun Nov 17, 2024 4:01 pm Connectors shouldn't matter too much for AES/EBU. Cable characteristic impedance is much more important. You want 110 ohm cable for this.
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2219Thanks. I got a box of 110ohm wire a while back so I'm set there. I've already wired up the db25 side of 3, 10-foot snakes I'll order some knock off xlrs and finish them off.
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2220Just kind of spitballing here but if I want to split two line level channels from a mic preamp to four different outs without a patchbay what would you recommend?
Radial stuff looks tight but of course two lx-2s is like $500.
Basically I am wanting to take two outs from a mic preamp to go to a mixer for monitoring and the recorder for recording.
I currently have my Midas Venice desk rigged to do this without latency but I’m not really sure what the mixer is doing to the external preamp sound.
Radial stuff looks tight but of course two lx-2s is like $500.
Basically I am wanting to take two outs from a mic preamp to go to a mixer for monitoring and the recorder for recording.
I currently have my Midas Venice desk rigged to do this without latency but I’m not really sure what the mixer is doing to the external preamp sound.