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Originally Posted by wolfhound Ed,
I'm working in tv and movies too, and have always thought a mixer would actually make switching between cues/projects harder....could you explain a bit more how you find it easier with the Sony?
thanks,
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hey wolfie,
Essentially, most of the other guys have covered it. I'll add by stating the DMX is a wonderfully designed ergonomic pleasure, so flipping screens and the like is really simple and light years nicer than a D8b.
Here's how I'm set up:
All my hardware synths are normalled through a patchbay into 16 line ins. I can simply break the normal to access any of these channels.
Continuing along the analog layer, I've got a snake with sends and returns for accessing the mic pres and one pair of the aux sends/returns (the other six sends and returns are hardwired to my effects). When I need to set up a mic, mic one goes into channel one of the snake, flip to the B channel on the Sony, engage phantom (if necessary), assign it to a bus and you're done.
My outboard tube pre's, compressors and SPL vitalizer are wired into the (optional) insert board, and this is where it gets nifty; anything patched into the insert board can be monitored in PT by use of the "input" function (in PT), so, when I need to take bass direct, I go right into the front panel of my summit mpc 100A and I can monitor in PT, no patching necessary, I just press the little "I" in PT's channel selector.
Protools is hardwired via ADAT into the first 16 digital inputs and outs (on layer 2) using the 192 dig I/O, the remaining 8 channels on this layer is TDIF for bringing in something in that format (currently unused on my board).
Layer three has the 8 MTR busses, 8 sends and 8 returns.
Mixing is back into PT either as stems through the MTR's, direct out, or two track into the AES/EBU out of the sony into the AES/EBU input of the 192.
The board's ergonomics are a breeze and everything is only a button push or two away. In a daw, setting up routing and patching is a pain, I think, especially when I'm getting fatigued, which is often.
I've got all kinds of schemes set up in the Sony via its snapshot function, so most of my tracking set-ups take literally a few seconds.
Ed