sidecar... familiar to some, new to me.

nathanvacha · 21st March 2006

Something just crossed my mind recently... How does one normally incoporate a sidecar mixer? Is it something as simple as eating a channel on your main board and running stereo out of your sidecar through a channel strip and thus piggybacking it? I have seen these all over, but never even gave it a second thought?

What's common practice?

allencollins · 21st March 2006

Some consoles have auxillary inputs to the mains
My old allen and heath had a pair. I used to slave the A&H and a soundtracs board together for large mixes. I used to use the A&H for the tracks and the soundtracs for effects returns. It worked great

There are other ways to use it. You could eat up a couple faders
If you don't have auxillary to your mains

Though neither of my boards were considered 'sidecars' the principals would apply
Id love to get my hands on a neve side car. I see them around. The dealers
gouge the prices really bad on those though

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nathanvacha Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,231 Thread Starter	sidecar... familiar to some, new to me. Something just crossed my mind recently... How does one normally incoporate a sidecar mixer? Is it something as simple as eating a channel on your main board and running stereo out of your sidecar through a channel strip and thus piggybacking it? I have seen these all over, but never even gave it a second thought? What's common practice?

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21st March 2006	#2
allencollins 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rosedale Cemetery Singing Beach, MA Posts: 4,873	Some consoles have auxillary inputs to the mains My old allen and heath had a pair. I used to slave the A&H and a soundtracs board together for large mixes. I used to use the A&H for the tracks and the soundtracs for effects returns. It worked great There are other ways to use it. You could eat up a couple faders If you don't have auxillary to your mains Though neither of my boards were considered 'sidecars' the principals would apply Id love to get my hands on a neve side car. I see them around. The dealers gouge the prices really bad on those though