Hey everybody, lets give a warm welcome to Mixerman our newest (mystery) RO moderator

Like most of us here I have been building my gear arsinal for some time. I now have a really fine collection of mics, preamps, compressors, equalization, and a/d/a conversion. So the time has come to get rid of the weakest link in the chain, that wink leak being the mixing console.

With DAWs making their stake in the industry do you think Neve, SSL, Euphonics, or any of the other high end large frame console manufacturers will begin making 24, 16 or even 8 channel mixers for DAWs. I would love to have 8 Neve channel strips sitting in front of my Pro Tools at home. The Control24 is a perfect example but will it inspire the other console companies?

I am currently using a Yamaha 4416 but am thinking of purchasing the Alesis HD24 when it comes out, just so I can go back to an analog mixer (man do I miss knobs). Is this bad to go from Digital to analog than back to Digital for CD? Will my sound be much worse than using the 4416, that I am currently using?

Hi there,

I have a TDM8000 desk which I love and am running the automation software on a PC which works great. My question is...do you know if anyone at all, anywhere in the world is writing any software updates for this? The PC version seems to have less features than the Mac version and it would be cool to get an update :) I have version 1.1

Many Thanks

Scaper

Mixerman, (and others too),
I remember a while ago on RAP that you posted about an upcoming mix that you were going to do on 1/4" tape instead of your normal 1/2". I never saw the follow up and was wondering if you might sum up your observations here as well. :roll:

Bonjour tout le monde,

What does everyone think about the Manley 16 ch mixers as a main mixdown console to use for direct D/A from Protools? I will be purchasing the line in only version (2 of them linked for 32 channels) and will be using outboard pres to Pro Tools (from and to 2xAD8000SE and 2xDigi D/A).

Originally posted by Mixerman:

BTW: The experiment is simple. There can be no rides internally within Pro Tools. The moment you do rides you f**k the sound. You can experiment with that too if you like. But here's the curent proposed experiment:

Harvey seems to be running out of steam here. Of course he lasted 4 tips more than I would have. A tip a day, that's a little rough. A tip a week is more like it. Anyway, I thought I'd give Harv a little hand here. Let's start with Mixerman's 10 Steps To Better Mixing.