hands-free mixing

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:05 am

If you could rig yourself up like Doc Ock, you'd be set.

Kapt.Krunch Wink

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:31 am

Boswell: the midi solution is probably the closest to what I had in mind. I'll have to investigate in this direction. I never worked with MIDI before, so I'm not very much aware of what it would take to have a good setup.
Your answers also show me that to take enlightened decisions in this area, I should have *much* more knowledge about sound engineering...
This is probably not the place to ask for details, but does someone know about a book/web site/... that would provide a good introduction to all this? e.g., I'd need to understand what buffered amps are; why it is not the same to feed the output of the pedals to another channel instead of the return of the same channel; why the output of my preamps would have to be unbalanced; how to convert between dBu and V; why a potentiometer pedal would be better than a VCA one in my case; and many, many other things...

Before I'm Doc Ock, no doubt I've got some homework to do...

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:06 am

Flutemix - don't get me wrong. The solution using simple low-impedance volume control pedals on the mixer insert jacks will work perfectly well. It's just that it's not the ultimate in terms of flexibility and sound quality. I guess that like most of the serious posters on this forum, I tend to strive for the ultimate solution where possible.

I suggest you try to get hold of a volume control pedal with TRS jack connection if you can find one that is not more than about 10K Ohm impedance. If you have or can borrow an analogue mixer that has inserts on its microphone channels, give it a go and see if it gives you the sort of effect that you are after. It may be that it does what you want adequately and you have to look no further. Alternatively, it may give you a flavour of the the sort of things that are possible and make you want to explore the range of controls further.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:34 am

Boswell, I understand your position very well. I posted my question on this forum precisely because I was looking for the ultimate solution!
Now I think that I need to know a little bit more precisely what I'm looking for before I can find the best solution.
As you suggest, I will probably experiment a little bit with a simple setup to clarify my needs; then I'll come back to my initial question.

Thanks to all for your help and ideas,

flutemix

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