Bennett Prescott wrote on Fri, 26 September 2008 06:26 |
Speaking of channel scribble strips and sort of washing out... when you adjust a fader, the label above it indicates its position in dB. That's great and all, but it indicates it right over the channel label, and it stays there for a second or two as well. Bump a few faders in a hurry and then you have to wait to find out exactly which one you want to adjust some more. The display is two lines, the top line only ever tells you what the whole bank of faders is doing... that could get lost for all I can while I'm pushing faders so that I can still see what the heck I'm adjusting. |
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...and no gate action metering on every channel, only selected channels |
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stereo linking channels? Drops all audio? Who thought that was acceptable? |
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When bank switching, if the console encounters any resistance whatsoever on any fader, it leaves that fader there and changes it in the mix accordingly. |
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An undo feature would be nice. |
Bill Forbes wrote on Mon, 29 September 2008 18:01 |
I had inputs across 2 layers on the console and found it a little annoying and sometimes confusing going between layers. I guess that is the norm with most digital ( I wish I could have kept some of my layer 2 inputs on layer 1. Is there a way to do this? ) |
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I was also really looking for a simple and flexible insert and move channel function, but all I could figure out was it just wasn't possible. |
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I'd have to adjust my eyes to finding the frequency - the type is really small (or maybe I need to use a larger monitor!) |
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Speaking of Aux Sends... is there a quick way to change a post fader send to pre fader and vice versa without clicking the PRE button on the display? |
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I tried using the Bank Safe feature to keep channels 41-48 on that right bank of channels, but I found that I lost channels 17-24 in the process. |
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I could use a nice, full featured parametric on the outputs, too. |
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If I can't get ahold of an HD rig to play the show back with, is it possible to use this feature with a 3rd party multi-track playback system and assumedly come straight into the preamps? (I'm guessing no) |
Adam Robinson wrote on Mon, 29 September 2008 06:09 |
Speaking of Aux Sends... is there a quick way to change a post fader send to pre fader and vice versa without clicking the PRE button on the display? |
Adam Robinson wrote on Mon, 29 September 2008 06:09 |
One of the layout schemes that I've always really enjoyed with Digico consoles is the ability to change banks on one section of faders without affecting others. I always like to have the same 8 channels under my right hand (vocals and a couple extras) and then use the other banks for the rest of my channels. I tried using the Bank Safe feature to keep channels 41-48 on that right bank of channels, but I found that I lost channels 17-24 in the process. |
Adam Robinson wrote on Mon, 29 September 2008 06:09 |
I could use a nice, full featured parametric on the outputs, too. |
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To move channels on the console, simply select the channel(s) to be moved, then right-click on screen where you want to move them to and choose “Move Selected Strips Here”. Note that the console needs to be in Config mode in order to do this, and there will be a brief interruption of audio while the re-shuffling takes place (similar to a Make Stereo operation). |
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Whenever a parameter is adjusted its value is shown in a few places: on the control surface itself, on its associated on screen control, and in big blue letters/numbers at the bottom of the screen (which is what I find to be the most useful). |
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On a VENUE D-Show surface yes, but not on Profile surface. This can be a pain when you need to toggle pre/post state on a bunch of channels, which is where the multi-select feature comes in really handy: simply multi-select the channels to be changed, then toggle the pre/post button on any one of the channels to set the parameter for the entire group. |
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Bank Safe does override channels on the lower layers; in order to bring those channels back onto the console simply insert blank strips to lay the console out as you desire. To insert blank strips right click on the faders on screen and choose “Insert Blank Strip”. |
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Yep, that’d be a nice addition. In the meantime it’s possible to put any number of PEQ plug-ins on the outputs. Some popular plug-ins for this are the Sony Oxfords, Massenburg and Serato plug-ins. |
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Any system could be patched straight to the preamps, but the channel gains would need to be reset for the playback tracks as opposed to the live mics. The real beauty of virtual soundcheck using VENUE’s Pro Tools HD option is that it injects the digital audio after the preamp, where it then passes through the channel at exactly the same "effective" gain setting as the microphone. This makes the whole process really transparent and easy to use. |
Robert Scovill wrote on Mon, 29 September 2008 20:47 |
See image in the next post -- |
Robert Scovill wrote on Mon, 29 September 2008 20:47 |
See image in the subsequent post -- |
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One way to mult-iselect large numbers of channels, is to simply select an entire bank of channels by left clicking on the on-screen numbers 1-8, 9-16 etc. and you will notice all faders on the screen are then highlighted in blue. |
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This functionality is not available to the Profile surface because of the lack of a second set of bank assignment switches. All 24 faders operate on one bank. |
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I would strongly suggest either the EQIII Plug in by Digidesign http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=22&langid=100& amp; amp; amp;itemid=4562 or the Serato Parametric by RANE. http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=22&langid=100& amp; amp; amp;itemid=4821 |
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For instance, right now in the offline editor, I attempted to move my drum trigger channel from 17 to 25. When I clicked "Move Selected Strips Here" on channel 25, the drum trigger ended up on channel 24! I then tried pushing it a few past channel 25, which pushed my original channel 25 to channel 24... |
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On the Digico, I change the send to my external FX unit (on my vocal channels) from pre to post and back by using a macro. Is there a similar feature on the Profile that I can use? |
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Even though the Profile with Mix Rack will only run with 48 channels, if I insert 8 blank channels will I gain access to bank "C"? |
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Know anyone in Chicago with a Profile / HD setup? |
Sheldon Radford wrote on Sun, 28 September 2008 18:28 | ||
The selected channel gives a detailed view of the gate action, but there's also a single LED on each channel that indicates gate open/hold/closed action via the normal green/yellow/red indication. |
Robert Scovill wrote on Mon, 29 September 2008 12:47 |
...or the Serato Parametric by RANE. http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=22&langid=100& amp; amp; amp; amp;itemid=4821 |
Bennett Prescott wrote on Mon, 15 December 2008 15:03 |
The Profile MixRack is the least expensive surface/rack combo that Digi offers. If you want the features you're talking about, you need to step up. |
Duncan McLennan wrote on Mon, 15 December 2008 20:27 |
If the FOH rack has to be deployed with the control surface, what's the point of separating it into a different physical chassis? And with the mix rack system, why not just integrate the whole thing into the control surface (which would basically make it a 5D) since you're going to have to have an analog snake anyway |