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@@secondchancerising3025 that might be possible. But you could sign up on DITcommunity.com and watch the replay. I believe it will be available Thursday.

I don't know about genius, but I'm driven and slightly obsessive. ;-) Once I get an idea in my head I either have to act on it or come up with a better idea.

What did support say about your disconnect issues?

I have never experienced this issue.

Thank you. But even more importantly it sounds beautiful. ;-)

Thanks. I did a three part series on my obsession with building the studio. It's more of a slideshow, but still shows the design and build process.

Thanks. I'm incredibly happy with how everything turned out.

Thanks. I really enjoyed learning more about shooting for video while making it. Looking forward to doing multishot productions and local bands.

First place I go every morning.

I got them on Amazon. I basically just looked for the skinniest side tables I could find. www.amazon.ca/Yusong-Industrail-Magazine-Storage-Assemble/dp/B08GKR4NM6?th=1

Well I had the faderport before the board, so that probably influenced my decision to have one. The board obviously has faders, and basic transport controls (rew, stop, play, rec). But the Faderport puts the controls right beside my keyboard, which is a much easier reach. With the keyboard tray in front of the mixer, the transport controls are just far enough that I have to lean forward to use them. But also the Faderport has a scroll wheel. I ususally have it in "Scroll" mode for moving around a project. It has previous/next buttons for jumping between markers, you can turn the track automation settings to Write, Read, or Touch with the push of a button. Also there are dedicated buttons for click on/off and loop on/off. So overall the Faderport makes Studio One navigation faster. I rarely move multiple faders at once when mixing, because that's what automation is for. So for me the mixer is basically a glorified tracking control surface and I rarely use it in DAW mode.

@@EdgetoneStudios A few people have said they rarely use it in DAW mode. I’ll be starting with a FP 16, dropping dime on the actual board may not be necessary…

I do not have a breadth of console experience to draw on for comparison, but based on everything I learned and seeing how well constructed this board is, I don't think I was overstating my click-bait title. ;-)

@@EdgetoneStudios Not at all and I am impressed with what you did. I only have experience removing consoles so I’ve never actually installed a large format desk.

Apparently those John Hardy pres are very nice, but from the little time I had on it, the Sony pres seemed great as well.

@@EdgetoneStudios Absolutely, and they made 4 different kinds.

You're welcome.

Thanks. I'm really excited about featuring some bands. I was supposed to start in February, but the two bands I had lined up both suddenly got really busy.

Absolutely. Give me a call or text if you ever are over. It's easy enough to find my website and number.

That's because I hate tame fantastic things.

Thanks. The Poly Evolver is awesome.

You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

Glad you found it useful. But I will note that I moved away from the Burl B2 because after months of listening, I found that the difference in clarity (which was slight) wasn't worth the price of the DAC and the fact that I couldn't solo channels while tracking if listening to the Burl.

I love the Everest C100A on vocals, and have mostly used the FET compressor on drums and Brit Comp on the drum bus.

You're welcome. I hope you're able to get one.

Part 2 and Part 3 are both available.

Thank you.

I was in IT, specifically managing networks and server environments. I happened to start my career just as most businesses were ramping up Local Area Networks, and just at the start of the rapid rise of Internet connectivity. The first web browser, Mosaic, came out during my first job. At that time Compuserve was the king of online services (modems, bulletin boards, etc). Most people still didn't know what email was. I started as a Network Communications Specialist in 1991 (soon after my first child was born), and retired as an IT Manager in 2017 (two years before my planned retirement and pension kicked in). But of course that was primarily due to us taking advantage of the value of our house in Victoria at the time. My wife also had a good paying government job as a Policy Analyst. The coolest part is, I quit music in 1990 to prepare for the birth of my daughter and get a "real job" to support a family. And now, that same daugther and I have just released our first album together as Waveform Mountain (recorded and mixed here in the studio). Check it out here: waveformmountain.com/processing Sorry for the long answer, but I felt verbose this morning. ;-)

Thank you. It was definitely worth the time and effort.

Cool. I hadn't really dug into LFO1 as a third oscillator yet.

@@EdgetoneStudios basically Turns it into a Polymoog at that point!

@@EdgetoneStudios Sorry, I meant MEMORYMOOG rather

Thanks. I had the Super 6 and didn't think I needed a Gemini. But then I found out it has polyphonic aftertouch and was so lucky to find that a shop in Vancouver had one coming in the next day. So I pulled the trigger and had it in a week. Will likely stay my all time favourite synth for decades.

@@EdgetoneStudios I can recall not so long ago thinking, ‘I would NEVER consider this Super 6 synth, good as it sounds because you’d forever be NOT ABLE TO remember what you just tweaked 10 minutes before!’ That was just plain WRONG ; I was looking at it 180 degrees backwards. What do I do with synth screens now?? Mostly check to see what preset I’m playing. I’ll have to learn to play and design with intention! I’ll have to actually try to Master the instrument.

Well the Studio Live don't have ADAT, so they can't be used as an expansion for the X4. If I was sticking with an X4, I would add a Cranborne 500ADAT and fill it with nice 500 series preamps. But there are lots of other options too. MOTU makes some nice gear like the 8Pre, which would be a nice 8 channel expansion.

With Studio One, the DAW mode give contol surface integration for faders, mutes, pans and integrates with Fat Channel plugins. With other DAWs it presents as an MCU protocol device. So you get fader, mute, pan and of course the transport controls. When in DAW mode, you can still use all the line and mic ins, but you have to switch out of DAW mode to adjust the local mix on the mixer. None have MIDI and none have ADAT expansion. Both of which are a shame.

@@EdgetoneStudios Thank you very much for that info!

@@EdgetoneStudios If no MIDI, how do they communicate in MCU protocol?

@@artysanmobile No problem at all.

@@artysanmobile I suppose they only implemented it for HUI/MCU over USB. But it does support it. support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/360055704452-StudioLive-Series-III-DAW-Mode-Setup-Troubleshooting-Guide

It sounded great. But the size of it was just a bit too much for my space, and in the long run I realized I would be happier with my hybrid digital mixer/analogue outboard gear setup.

Well if you want to buy my Super Six instead... ;-) This is my main MIDI keyboard now for composing. I expect for my next album the Super G will take centre stage on most of the songs. I've also set up a Tempest and a K.O. II as a jamming setup with it. I've been too busy with album promotion to do any yet however. waveformmountain.com/processing

Yes. The StudioLive has the Fat Channel DSP on every channel. It's a selection of compressor and EQ models with a gate and limiter. Studio One can sync it's Fat Channel plugin settings with the Studio Live (or they can be used independently). So you can record while listening to FXs, with no effects applied to the recorded audio, but then the Studio One plugins apply the same effects on playback. In this way you can record with FX on, but then alter the FXs when it comes to mixdown (and still retain the unprocessed audio if needed).

@@EdgetoneStudios You should do a video on Fat Channel plugin I havn't heard of it before even after researching DSP plugin interfaces like Antelope Audio Synergy and UA's UAD-2 architecuture. I will look into this more.

@@EdgetoneStudios Does FatChannel only work in Studio One or will it work in other daws like FL Studio and Ableton live?

@@WilliamAshleyOnline Good idea. When I get back to making videos I'll add this to the list.

Thanks for watching. It really is easy to desire an analogue beast such as these when you have memories and nostalgia and have the space. But I think for most of us, a really nice interface, or a digital console, or a modern analogue console are all we really need. I think if I had the opportunity to get a smaller analog board with enough inputs at a cost I could afford I might still do it. But for now I'll stick with digital.

In order to directly send out Mix 7/8, you need to put the mixer into "Interface Mode". Press "Home", then "System" on the touch screen. There should be an "Interface Mode" showing as "Off". Press that to turn it on. If you don't see the Interface Mode option then you will have to update the firmware. Note that when you are in Interface Mode, you can't send to the Mix Outs from the mixer directly, only from software. Let me know if that helps.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

Well, the room sounds great to me so they seem to be doing their job. We just released our debut album and the first project I fully mixed and recorded in the studio. You can check out the results here: waveformmountain.com/processing As for more info, in the video description there is a link to the plans by John L. Sayers. There may be more info about them on his old online forums: johnlsayersarchive.com/ Thanks for watching.

Yup.

Glad it was interesting.

That's a cool way to do it and another example of how flexible these StudioLive boards are.

Indeed. I'm really of the opinion now that any mid-range price gear will sound amazing and low priced gear will sound great. So just choose the budget and format that works best for you.

Thanks. New tour coming soon.

I ran a 28 channel snake cable to the back of the room from the desk (24 ch + 4 returns). So I do have all the audio stereo connected "most of the time". Because the StudioLive is a 32 input console, I've set up my patchbay such that I have 12 external mic pres going to Line ins, and I patch in 8 of the synths to those mic pres (the ones beside my desk and in the tracking room). The synths at the back of th room are all wired direct to the desk XLR ins. When I want to use all 12 mic pres for tracking, I just unpatch the synths.

@@EdgetoneStudios Thanks for sharing those details!

Ah. So they do the modulated pitch bend tails? I still haven't checked them out.

@@EdgetoneStudios I’m not sure if there reverbs do but there Freq Echo plug-in does and it’s almost a reverb anyway. You could use plugins to bend the pitch of the tails.. Valhalla verbs are incredible though try there supermassive one it’s free! And all the others are set price of 50 dollars. Incredible value.

@@nagchumpalot Awesome. Thanks for the info.

I think I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a clean Apollo Unison preamp and the Presonus XMAX preamps. The big difference in design is that the Apollo Unison preamps alter the input impedance when you use one of the UAD plugins (such as a 1073 or SSL, etc.) It would be really interesting to hear the difference between using one of those preamp emulation plugins with the Unison preamps vs. another preamp such as the XMAX.

Although I could capture a few specific settings, the unique thing about the Mercury 7 is the ability to have the reverberated sound both pitch bend and modulate as it trails off. Of course the type of of pitch bend and amount of modulation needed is very source dependent, so it really wouldn't be able to be captured in an impulse response (as far as I know).

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