Well, that's the plug pulled on next month's planned 'what you need to know about stereo pan law' article... thanks Hugh!

I disagree here Matt. We'll agree to disagree. You can do all that with other controllers — yet still have more encoders available for other things without having to bank or switch :headbang: Studio One Pro is equally powerful when it comes to writing Macros and assigning to your keys of choice, as ...

James Perrett wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:54 pm

Forum Admin wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:01 pm Genuine question: what is a HID? Never seen that acronym before.

Human Interface Device (I think).

Yes. This. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interface_device

It kinda depends what, other than the faders, you want to be able to do sans mouse. Eg mixing with channel strip plug-ins, with one knob per function, or perhaps detailed audio editing work where you need to scan across the timeline and make complex edits with minimum user input... or all that and ...

Also on panning... (1) note that some consoles with mono groups have pan pots on the group channels, while some don't. If they do, and you wish to work in stereo, you can wide pan things on the channels if you really want to, and then use the subgroup pan pots to narrow the stereo image to taste. (2 ...

Forum Admin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 26, 2025 4:57 pm Aren't most of this type of 'purchase' taken either on HP or Lease Finance, thus spreading the cost?

Does this mean you're mulling over getting one for SOS?

If it doesn't need to collapse to fit in your vehicle, I might go for something more robust, with bigger wheels (better in mud/gravel) and axles front and rear (which makes wheels buckling on uneven ground less likely). Eg. something along these lines: https://www.theworkplacedepot.co.uk/turntable ...

Yes, I think we've been over this one before, James. My main point here was that there are significant differences other than channel count between different models in the range. Personally, I valued the recorder side of things more than the mixer side. Which is why I ended up with the StudioBridge ...

I will look at the more $$ sensible alternatives suggested: RME w/ Totalmix, the SSL Big 6, and the Tascams. If the mixer side of things appeals, do bear in mind that you can use a control surface with Totalmix. Also that not all of the interfaces have the DSP effects (eg my MADIFace USB doesn't ...

I definitely preferred using the LANDR plug-in to the online version. Btw, on the subject of loudness, another nugget that I took from that Ian Shepherd interview was the notion that LUFS-I isn't necessarily a great indicator of how loud a music track is... which in turn makes it not a great thing ...

Spotify Loud is a user-controlled setting that basically just raises the loudness limit in the app so that songs that have been mastered louder can actually be louder. I may well not be up to speed on this — I last looked into it when interviewing Ian Shepherd a few years ago — but IIRC the keys thi ...

Happy to attempt to offer advice, but this is probably a bigger question than you think... 1. before I spend a buncha loot... This bit is important. What sort of budget are we talking about here? Are we focusing on used consoles and if so does the budget need to cover any initial repair and ...

my AKG K712 Pro's ... sit a damn sight more comfortably on my head & ears for hours at a time And just to prove my point about different strokes for different folks... I didn't have a problem with the sound of the AKGs (well, a similar but earlier model), but they didn't fit me physically at all ...

Yeah, HD25s are decent but not comfortable for long periods. I had HD650s for many years. Did lots of good work on them. I'm now using Audeze LCD-X. A little heavier physically, but better quality (if a tad polite in the mid range — nothing you can't correct for) and incredibly comfortable. But d ...

I've done a reasonable job of soundproofing my double-garage conversion without quite going to the expense of building a floating structure or using posh plasterboard! The garage is mostly single-skin brick with a flat wall, but it shares a cavity wall (brick either side with rockwool in the cavity ...

As for RME, software is ... complicated I guess different people have different preferences, but I couldn't agree less! :headbang: The Matrix view for routing is about as simple as it could possibly be — inputs on one axis, outputs on the other, click to create/break the routing. The three-mixer v ...

It's a combi socket if its got a hole in the middle of it. And if it's got one there won't be a separate jack socket for a guitar input. Depends on the device. Some gear has combos for mic (XLR) and line (jack) on the rear, and dedicated high-impedance instrument inputs on the front. Eg I think ...

That's almost worth recreating and filming for SOS, just for the YT and TikTok views that would follow

One addendum to the above: while the XLR and jack components of combo connectors are physically separate, and should be treated as such, designers can choose to wire them up in parallel, such that the jack (not just the XLR) carries phantom power when it's switched on. I've seen that on more than ...

Just to chip in... I'd also agree with the advice given above. About five years ago I bought an RME MADIFace USB and have just never had to think about it since I first plugged it in. My previous interface was an RME Fireface 800 (Mk1). I retired that largely because of the inconvenience of getting ...

You can add distortion to anything very cheaply, you don’t have to spend thousands, it’d be interesting to build a really vintage looking box, big meters, knobs, all the ingredients that prepare us for a certain type of sound, but there's nothing inside, it just lights up, demonstrate it with a 24/9 ...

Obvious question, not answered in your plans... Why the requirement for AVB? ^ Yeah, this! Do you need to use the PreSonus mixer or will the Megas perform all those functions for you bar the interfacing? If the latter, I'd personally choose to sell the PreSonus, and decide on an interfacing option ...

I don't see why not! Right? Coming from you, Technical Editor... And technically, the advice is correct: if you wish to perform analogue summing, then you can do that with any analogue mixer and audio interface that have with sufficient analogue inputs and outputs. But I did not read that as a ...

The first application you install a year down the line that requires "x" update, will cause you large amounts of frustration as you try and figure out which update that was. ^ This. I froze the last Windows 10 studio machine I had built five years ago, thinking along the same lines as suggested ...