Although my response is somewhat delayed, I must commend you on your thorough analysis, which I wholeheartedly agree with. I have repeatedly packed and unpacked the product, and as an ardent fan of Mackie, I find it both perplexing and cumbersome. Nonetheless, I have decided to retain it for the time being.
Thank you for not letting me rush away and buy this haha. It's really still not there. The level of tinkering needed is too much even for a seasoned gadget freak like me. That screen and the intuitiveness of use is amazing, but it also feels as if the unit was worked on by teams on different "levels". Great great walkthrough, thanks for the video!
Thanks for the great video. In relation to the automix. How would it work if you were a few people (using the bigger device with 4 XLR)? Should it not just prioritise mics where the people are talking? If there’s crosstalk then sure the priority makes sense. But I wouldn’t want the priority 4 person to get less signal when they are the only one talking. Cheers.
On the bigger device you’d have 3 different priorities: low, medium and high. I did not have the chance yet to test it with the new firmware, but it is for sure not that sensitive or quick to allocate all gain to the speaker(s) - there are devices capable of this (the “Dugan”-automixers), but they cost several thousands. This one really is effective in case of cross-talk, and also not to pick up that much noise from the anyway less active participant(s), like breathing noises, etc.
Although my response is somewhat delayed, I must commend you on your thorough analysis, which I wholeheartedly agree with. I have repeatedly packed and unpacked the product, and as an ardent fan of Mackie, I find it both perplexing and cumbersome. Nonetheless, I have decided to retain it for the time being.
Nice review 👌 thankyou
Thank you for not letting me rush away and buy this haha. It's really still not there. The level of tinkering needed is too much even for a seasoned gadget freak like me. That screen and the intuitiveness of use is amazing, but it also feels as if the unit was worked on by teams on different "levels". Great great walkthrough, thanks for the video!
Thank you!
Are there any latency issues with these digital mixers?
Thanks for the great video. In relation to the automix. How would it work if you were a few people (using the bigger device with 4 XLR)? Should it not just prioritise mics where the people are talking? If there’s crosstalk then sure the priority makes sense. But I wouldn’t want the priority 4 person to get less signal when they are the only one talking. Cheers.
On the bigger device you’d have 3 different priorities: low, medium and high. I did not have the chance yet to test it with the new firmware, but it is for sure not that sensitive or quick to allocate all gain to the speaker(s) - there are devices capable of this (the “Dugan”-automixers), but they cost several thousands. This one really is effective in case of cross-talk, and also not to pick up that much noise from the anyway less active participant(s), like breathing noises, etc.