DIY Modified Sends on API 8200 Summing Mixer (pics)

[karas]

Good job.

[tubehead]

Reviving this post (an oldie, but a goodie)... Jeff, thanks for this very helpful.

I saw somewhere where a studio had created panes with pre/post switches for sends 1/2, 3/4 too.

[krheatman]

I have a 7800 with 3-8200's that are done like this also.I am running it into a Mytek 8 x 192.

Next best thing to mixing thru a console.It is great having the option of multiple busses out also,and the busses,sends and main stereo buss have the same 2520 and trannies as a $100k Legacy console.

[tubehead]

Originally Posted by krheatman

I have a 7800 with 3-8200's that are done like this also.I am running it into a Mytek 8 x 192.

Next best thing to mixing thru a console.It is great having the option of multiple busses out also,and the busses,sends and main stereo buss have the same 2520 and trannies as a $100k Legacy console.

Where do you return your busses and extra sends?

[krheatman]

Originally Posted by tubehead

Where do you return your busses and extra sends?

The Mytek is also an analog summing unit,along with the 8 a/d d/a.So I have 2 stereo sends and 1 stereo buss,as well as the main stereo out going to 1 and 2 on the Mytek.

So I run out of my DAW #1 thru my Midas f32 which has great eq's,thru the direct outs to a patchbay.I can hit analog compression,buss or mono,there,or put buss compression on any of the sends or busses out of the 7800.I can also add a buss compressor on the main stereo buss thru the API patchbay as well.

I capture with a 2nd DAW on another machine at 96k,but I don't have to.I can also capture the busses separate from the main buss and remix them ITB,or just the main stereo buss.

I could return the sends and busses to the 8200's if I didn't have the Mytek though as well.Lots of options with this setup.

[tubehead]

Originally Posted by krheatman

The Mytek is also an analog summing unit,along with the 8 a/d d/a.So I have 2 stereo sends and 1 stereo buss,as well as the main stereo out going to 1 and 2 on the Mytek.

So I run out of my DAW #1 thru my Midas f32 which has great eq's,thru the direct outs to a patchbay.I can hit analog compression,buss or mono,there,or put buss compression on any of the sends or busses out of the 7800.I can also add a buss compressor on the main stereo buss thru the API patchbay as well.

I capture with a 2nd DAW on another machine at 96k,but I don't have to.I can also capture the busses separate from the main buss and remix them ITB,or just the main stereo buss.

I could return the sends and busses to the 8200's if I didn't have the Mytek though as well.Lots of options with this setup.

That's my issue, where to return the other sends & busses... I use a RADAR, and my DSM is a 16 channel setup (with meter bridge & patch bay). I wish the system had the send & buss returns built into the 7800 module so you don't loose input on the 8200's.

[krheatman]

Originally Posted by tubehead

That's my issue, where to return the other sends & busses... I use a RADAR, and my DSM is a 16 channel setup (with meter bridge & patch bay). I wish the system had the send & buss returns built into the 7800 module so you don't loose input on the 8200's.

You need a 2nd and possibly 3rd 8200.Then you could return to the
to the main mix with the busses


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[tubehead]

Originally Posted by krheatman

You need a 2nd and possibly 3rd 8200.Then you could return to the
to the main mix with the busses


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I want to add a Chandler Limited Mini Rack Mixer to the system. The system does have the 4x4 unit... But that doesn't help much.

[krheatman]

Originally Posted by tubehead

I want to add a Chandler Limited Mini Rack Mixer to the system. The system does have the 4x4 unit... But that doesn't help much.

Doesn't that Chandler add a lot of color also?Which radar do you have?I used to have a V,and I could D/A out of it to a mixer and then go back into 23 and 24.Only a problem is if you have over 22 tracks.That and if you want to do anything in a DAW.But if you have the I/O on the radar,you can go to a DAW,do your thing,then mix back out to stems,thru analog outboard and then capture on the radar or what ever.

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[tubehead]

Originally Posted by krheatman

Doesn't that Chandler add a lot of color also?Which radar do you have?I used to have a V,and I could D/A out of it to a mixer and then go back into 23 and 24.Only a problem is if you have over 22 tracks.That and if you want to do anything in a DAW.But if you have the I/O on the radar,you can go to a DAW,do your thing,then mix back out to stems,thru analog outboard and then capture on the radar or what ever.

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Yah, I can do that with the Radar. I haven't tried the Mini Rack Mixer yet, though from what I understand it really depends how you push it. Obviously it would have have that TG2 vibe going on since the channels are based off that. However... how you drive those channels is all about taste.