Not a dumb controller, but the Elektron Analog Keys is excellent as a controller, and the aftertouch is nice and smooth.

I can help you with TotalMix (which is actually simpler than it looks), but not any of the rest.

If space is top of your priority list I could spec you 32 line inputs and outputs in 2u of rack space, but... 1. It isn't 'cheap' (though cost-effective) 2. It would involve 'layers' to use a hardware control surface 3. It contains a brand you have a dislike for ...but if you reach the stage where ...

There are many ways to skin this gooseberry. But each way will be a compromise from where you are now.

I'd say your first job is to create a list of your requirements, and then order them from most to least important. Somewhere down that list will be the point where the compromises begin.

I agree with the above - vocal needs a spot of help to keep it audible.

Bob Bickerton wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 1:56 am Without reading the manual (you'll like that approach Tony) but having watched this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG0gcDi0u5E, I had a doodle this morning and produced this in about 20 minutes:

https://on.soundcloud.com/aofEok4uR1HLT2NXBA

Like that!

wavetable wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 12:11 pm

The Elf wrote: ↑Fri Sep 12, 2025 11:25 am That should have read "It's like trying to wallpaper your hall through the letterbox". Even the originator is corrupting his famous phrase!!

I'm just waiting for the author of the joke to turn up now.

Now that I don't recall!

That should have read "It's like trying to wallpaper your hall through the letterbox". Even the originator is corrupting his famous phrase!!

..like trying to paint your hallway by poking a paintbrush through the letterbox. Ooh! A bold unattributed quote in SOS. Wasn't that Gordon Reid in the review of some TG module? I loved that line; it so perfectly described the experience of programming those modules. [EDIT] No - *I'm ...

I'd love to hear that ajay (or even try it out on my own Hydrasynth keyboard) 8-) I have no idea how you can share things via the forum, unfortunately. We don't host user content on the forums ajay, but I'll send you a PM with my email address, as a Hydrasynth preset could easily be attached to an ...

It sounds like you are really going to have to get to grips with TotalMix. The good news is that it's really not as complicated as it first appears. The top row represents all of the physical inputs of your RME interface. The middle row represents the outputs that your software/DAW sees. The bottom ...

A simple I/O designation example from a studio I helped to set up:


Here you can see the inputs from the studio wall box normalised to the RME Fireface's inputs, and the outputs from the Fireface normalised to speaker and control room headphone amps.

Having a single device's outputs and inputs above each other on the bay, for the most part, is not the way to do it - especially if you are normalising them. 'Normalising' a patchbay is about designating your inputs and outputs such that you can work 'normally' with no patch cables in the front of ...

If you have an iPad, or even iPhone, then Cubasis might be a good option - just using the built-in mic for your voice. It pains me that Apple have seen fit to rid us of the headphone jack, but you can get a dongle to fix that.

Ingenious. I'll take four!

As a writer for and a reader of I've been a devotee from Day One. I kinda miss writing for you...

It's all about integrity, and SOS has it in spades. That's why it can always be trusted.

Wonder if it includes software authorisations. I used some migration software way back when, I think it was Acronis, but not 100% sure about that, anyway, it didn't include authorizations and in some case I lost one of my '3 strikes and you're out' authorizations. In that case I contacted the ...

Wonder if it includes software authorisations.

Almost any half-decent analogue-alike polysynth could get you that.

Surge XT is a perennial favourite. If you can't get something close with that it I would be surprised (assuming you have some basic synth skills).

Earthed: Laptop A Korg Sigma PA mixer Not earthed: Laptop B LiveTrak mixer Rest of gear The whole noise problem is now cured by powering the FX pedal (Zoom MS-70CDR) from a mains-plug PSU (or from batteries), instead of from Laptop B, or it's USB hub. Taking USB power from Laptop A, or irs hub, also ...

I've found myself coming back to these time and again. Pure joy.

The Youlean loudness meter is a good free option.

Discontinued or not it's a VST3, so should remain compatible for a few years at least. I bought it on a previous sale offer and, much like Rich, I don't use it much, but it's a useful spanner for the toolbox.

Just want to report back that the cheap little Lekato IEM system is working perfectly. There's no discernible latency between my IEMs and a PA 8 feet away from me. TBH I don't stray far to put the transmitter/receiver pairing under much stress, but I can say I've had no dropouts or strange noises ...

USB cables carry data - lots of ones and zeros. They don't care what that data is. There's no such thing as a USB cable for audio or MIDI.

Just use good quality USB cables where it's important to you and you'll be fine.