Post by: Scott Hofmann on March 08, 2024, 04:05:05 PM
Post by: Milt Hathaway on March 08, 2024, 05:33:34 PM
Post by: Mike Caldwell on March 08, 2024, 11:16:01 PM
Considering for about the same cost or a little less you can get a UI24, QU SB, QU Pac or a CQ 20 with more features and a far better auto mix function.
Post by: Kevin Maxwell on March 09, 2024, 08:55:49 AM
For as expensive as those are I never felt the auto mix function worked that well.
Considering for about the same cost or a little less you can get a UI24, QU SB, QU Pac or a CQ 20 with more features and a far better auto mix function.
I have used the SCM810 automixers a lot and have had very good results when using them. I was going to copy and paste some of what I have written about that but it was more information than I felt was necessary to make my point. And that is not what the OP was asking. If you are using the SCM810 for the automixing I have found it works best if you engage the Last Mic Lock on feature. It is much smother that way. I mostly used them with a console using the post fader direct outputs of the console to feed the SCM810.
WAY MORE information available on request. BTW I really like the Dugan Method (gain sharing) of Automixing But there have been times that I liked the comparator circuit in the SCM810 and missed it when using the gain sharing method. I also encountered a mixer with built-in automixing that didn’t work as it should and I even spoke to Dan Dugan about it. And he agreed that the behavior I described to him was not how it should have been working.
Post by: Scott Hofmann on March 09, 2024, 09:26:24 PM
It was an eBay purchase so did not spend the big bucks for a new one.
Post by: Jordan Wolf on March 20, 2024, 09:34:08 PM
I have used the SCM810 automixers a lot and have had very good results when using them…Me, too.
I prefer them in a reinforcement situation over a gain-sharing type AM as the audible phasing of closely-positioned mics is very reduced or eliminated. On record/broadcast/stream, gain-sharing works nicely.
I wonder how the SCM820 works in comparison…maybe I’ll rent one to try out on a corpy gig.
(Years ago, I needed a console that could handle over 48ch. of XLRs and the local rental houses only had a Yamaha PM3k…a stack of six linked SCM810s, along with some creative patching & routing, and I had a stable & intelligible setup.
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