Live mixing with DAW

hanuman · 19th December 2010

Hi, what is the latest news on live mixing with a DAW. A few years ago I thought it would be great to be able to use studio plugins. What are do's and don'ts? Is there a maximum of channels, other waus of routing? Who has experiences with this. In Logic? PT?

Adlen · 19th December 2010

You'd need a powerful system so that you could run very low latency without the system fudging up.

Latency in a live situation is an immense pain. The band's monitors will be very distracting, it will probably result in timing issues, the FOH probably wouldn't be as much of an issue since it's recommended that you put a delay on your main L and R anyway to create the illusion that the sound is coming from the stage.

Ozpeter · 19th December 2010

Searching the forums for "Liveprofessor" brings up some previous discussions.

fifthcircle · 19th December 2010

You can already do it... It is called a Digidesign Venue Console. Basically Pro Tools in a live sound package.

--Ben

hanuman · 19th December 2010

I read this: RME Artists and tat was hope giving. I do not need that many channels. in many cases (Indian classical) 4 is enough.... I thought of giving monitor with Protools zero-latency monitoring. And then some reat EQ and reverb plugs for FOH.

hanuman · 19th December 2010

Hi Benjamin. I was thinking about max 10 channels......

trompetfreak · 25th December 2010

Hi,
I'm using my MIO as pre-amps and channelstrips a lot live! Works great, no problems so far.

hanuman · 25th December 2010

MIO?
What do you use for mixing then?
DAW software?
INternal soundcard level software?
(The idea is to use some plugins FOH.)

David Spearritt · 25th December 2010

Solid State Logic | Music | Nucleus

trompetfreak · 28th December 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by hanuman

MIO?
What do you use for mixing then?
DAW software?
INternal soundcard level software?
(The idea is to use some plugins FOH.)

Maybe I'm misunderstanding. Are we talking about using a DAW for FOH-mixing or live to 2-track mixing? or something else.

I use my setup with Cubase5 to make live to 2-track mixes on my macbook 13", having a bunch of plugins running and recording the multitrack aswell with no problems.
For FOH gigs I like inserting the MIO on channels to have some nice channelstrips.

hanuman · 2nd January 2011

@David Spearrit.
Happ[y New year!

Yes, yes, yes, i know.......
Jost want to see if I can get the in the box processing to stage. Preferably with a compuer and sound card as mixer. (for up to max 10 ch...)

19th December 2010	#1
hanuman Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 900 Thread Starter	Live mixing with DAW Hi, what is the latest news on live mixing with a DAW. A few years ago I thought it would be great to be able to use studio plugins. What are do's and don'ts? Is there a maximum of channels, other waus of routing? Who has experiences with this. In Logic? PT?

19th December 2010	#2
Adlen Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2009 Location: Liverpool Posts: 3,093 2 Reviews written	You'd need a powerful system so that you could run very low latency without the system fudging up. Latency in a live situation is an immense pain. The band's monitors will be very distracting, it will probably result in timing issues, the FOH probably wouldn't be as much of an issue since it's recommended that you put a delay on your main L and R anyway to create the illusion that the sound is coming from the stage. __________________ Liam Adlen ShadowplayStudios

19th December 2010	#4
fifthcircle Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,323	You can already do it... It is called a Digidesign Venue Console. Basically Pro Tools in a live sound package. --Ben __________________ Benjamin Maas Fifth Circle Audio Long Beach, CA http://www.fifthcircle.com

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