I can pick up both of these for just €350. The artist mixes discontinued. And unsupportedyou need to register the device with avid to get the most recent driver. Anyone know if that is likely to be a problem? Is anybody out there using the artist mix on Sierra/high Sierra?
Also, the MC mix (which is still supported)as one oled not working.
Would I be mad? I have a Mackie control, but have lusted after The artist control series for years. They are so shiny! I actually hate myself for still wanting them, despite the fact that many users said they were Buggy as hell...
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I have both and am running them under Sierra. I got mine before the Avid takeover so they are registered already. I use them with Logic and they are fairly bulletproof. We’ve discussed them round here before and they seem happier if their networking is configured manually - I’ve once or twice had to update the driver, but otherwise they have been flawless. If that’s the price for both, I’d still bite the sellers hand off!
Agree with everything Dave says, I use with Sierra and latest drivers from avid, works better now than when I first got it. Agree you need to set DHCP manually, but it's easy. I think setting up account for it with Avid was straightforward to get latest updates.
Thanks a lot guys. I use both logic and ProTools, and I'm currently on Sierra. I have to check with the seller about registration. He is giving a week money back guarantee, and is a trusted seller. He is also selling an avid Artist transport. Is it a useful device? I am quite new to using a Control surface and I'm finding it really great. You have two hands, but only one mouse… I think I'm working much faster…
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I don't use the transport myself, for me it didn't seem to add more than I can easily do with the transport buttons and markers shortcuts. But if there was a good deal on one.......
Just another point of view : whilst I love the Control unit, I find that the thing that I use most is the transport controls. It's very convenient to have them under your hand. The touchscreen is great - and can be used for so much - but I find that my workflow is a combination of the MCs and the mouse rather than trying to do everything on the MC. So, if I were to pay good money up front again, I would probably get a Mix and a Transport. This would also have a smaller footprint.
But if everything is at a good price, then it makes sense to get the best unit you can.
It does not appear that I will able to get The previous owner to sign over ownership (avid have a process which needs both the new and old owners signature… )... this means it may not be able to register the units without Avid.
Can anybody tell me, what does having the units registered give you access to?
Is Euconrol 3.6.1 a One-size-fits-all Application protocol that works for the S3, iPad app, and artist series? (I know all unit get firmware upgrades through Eucontrol)
Or do you need to have your device registered with Avid in order to get a specific version for your hardware?
Bit of a palaver, eh... not the old Mackie. Plug Ina midi cable and off you go....
niallharp wrote:Would I be mad? I have a Mackie control, but have lusted after The artist control series for years. They are so shiny! I actually hate myself for still wanting them, despite the fact that many users said they were Buggy as hell...
Yes, you'd be mad. They certainly look nice: my Artist Control makes for a lovely shiny door wedge...
But the Mackie units are so much more practical and more reliable — and I say that having owned both Mackie and Avid/Euphonix units, as well as a number of other controllers. The Mackie protocol isn't going anywhere and will work over MIDI if needs be. Whereas I wouldn't trust Avid to retain driver support, even if things weren't so buggy already, (particularly on Windows).
how do I set the DHCP manually? Where do I insert and get the numbers from? Sorry I am a noob.
IAA wrote:Agree with everything Dave says, I use with Sierra and latest drivers from avid, works better now than when I first got it. Agree you need to set DHCP manually, but it's easy. I think setting up account for it with Avid was straightforward to get latest updates.
I'm not familiar with the Euphonix kit, so this is just from my knowledge of DHCP, which stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, if you were wondering.
Everything on your network has an IP address. You either set that address for each thing manually if you're a bit strange (like me) or you let your router do it for you. If you tell your piece of kit to use DHCP to get the IP address it needs to connect to the network then whenever it starts up it will ask your router for an IP address. The router will obligingly issue it with one and all is sweetness and light.
Usually the setup pages for your kit will have an option, a tick box or something like that, to use DHCP. It will also ask for the IP address of your DHCP server, which as I say is normally your router and will be something like 192.168.1.1.
As I say, I normally set IP addresses manually because I like that level of control, but from what the others are saying bugs in the Euphonix control software make that undesirable, so you have to let it get its address via DHCP as described.
Hope that's useful.
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That document says DHCP is set up automatically, i.e. the Artist Mix goes looking for the DHCP server on the network and you need to configure nothing manually. I think I'll just stick with my MCU. It just works.
I actually hate myself for still wanting them, despite the fact that many users said they were Buggy as hell...
