jkg@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Greenlee) (06/02/91)
I'm looking for information on MIDI-controllable mixers, preferably rack mount units. I've seen ads for the 7s by Mark of the Unicorn. I have no direct experience with their products - are they any good? Would anybody care to recommend another product for me to look at? Jim Greenlee -- Jim Greenlee (jkg@cc.gatech.edu) Just who is this "Buster Move" Instructor, College of Computing fellow, anyway, and why are all Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332 these people singing about him?
kg1a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kevin Michael Goldsmith) (06/04/91)
I work for the Information Technology Group at Carnegie Mellon University's multimedia group (wow, never typed the whole thing out before now I know why). Anyway, we just set up a full MIDI lab, and for our mixer, we got a Yamaha DMP-7, it's a really nice 8 channel full MIDI implementation mixer. It might be really pricey though, it was here before I started working, so I'm not sure of the price. It's got three effects sends, but it also has onboard effects, so two of the sends don't even go out! They go to the onboard effect processors (which are very nice) so that it never comes out of digital. Oh, did I mention that the DMP-7 is digital? It is. Another nice thing about the DMP-7 is that the faders move by themselves, we have set up some funny sequences with the faders alone. That is just a toy-feature I know, but it is really cool. I haven't seen the MOTU 7s, so I can't compare it, but if you have some money to spend, I would rec the DMP-7 Kevin Goldsmith The opinions presented above are mine and my own and do not reflect the opinions of Carnegie Mellon University, the ITC, IBM, Mikhail Gorbachev or Linton Kwesi Johnson-Reggae Great, but I am pretty sure they do represent the views of Andy Van Slyke of the Pirates and half the Chicago Cubs (the other half of the Cubs prefer Roland)
scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) (06/05/91)
In article <0cGuPQ600VsS81elAo@andrew.cmu.edu> kg1a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kevin Michael Goldsmith) writes: > ....we got a Yamaha DMP-7, it's a really nice 8 channel full MIDI >implementation mixer. It might be really pricey though, it was here >before I started working, so I'm not sure of the price. I believe it's around $3999 list. There is a cheaper version of it without motorized sliders that probably will do just as well. > I haven't seen the MOTU 7s, so I can't compare it, but if >you have some money to spend, I would rec the DMP-7 The MOTU 7s got me excited until I read a review on it. This mixer is completly midi controlled with very few manual controls on the front panel. It is obviously intended to be used in conjunction with special software from MOTU. This might be useful in a studio situation but it seems rather limited for live or spontaneous work. -- Scott Amspoker | Touch the peripheral convex of every Basis International, Albuquerque, NM | kind, then various kinds of blaming (505) 345-5232 | sound can be sent forth. unmvax.cs.unm.edu!bbx!bbxsda!scott | - Instructions for a little box that | blurts out obscenities.
house@capitol.com (Andy House) (06/06/91)
Are there any MIDI-controllable mixers (8-16 tracks) which permit multiple,
channel independent, MIDI-controlled fx sends, in addition to volume and
panning control?
And for other MIDI-controllable mixers, are the fx send, volume, etc. levels
controlled by MIDI system & control change messages or what?
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In article <1986@bbxsda.UUCP> scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) writes: >The MOTU 7s got me excited until I read a review on it. This mixer is >completly midi controlled with very few manual controls on the front panel. At least it *has* controls on the front - the only other MIDI-controlled mixer I've found in that price range (the Niche ACM, which lists for $479) has *no* controls on the front. If you want to add manual control, then you need a Fadermaster to go with it (or the equivalent). I was looking for something that I could put in a rack that would give me some local control over the mix before it went to the sound board (either by using the sliders on my MIDI controller, or by dumping stuff to it from a sequencer). I'm looking at controlling voices in a purely "relative" way. I don't want to have to fiddle with knobs during a gig - I'd rather "set it and forget it" to the extent that I can. >It is obviously intended to be used in conjunction with special software >from MOTU. This might be useful in a studio situation but it seems >rather limited for live or spontaneous work. There is software for the Mac (and probably for the Atari and PC by now) that allows you to control things in real-time, but that's not what I'm interested in doing. To me, "live" and "spontaneous" are very distinct. While I'm not much of a proponent of sequencing *everything* (I still like to do *some* things myself :-), it is handy to be able to step through a set of pre-configured setups for specific songs. I figure that the fewer things I have to worry about, the better off I'll be. BTW, I don't own a 7s, so I'm not trying to defend it. I'm just trying to decide if it will meet my requirements for a specific, well-defined (I hope :-) task. Jim Greenlee -- Jim Greenlee (jkg@cc.gatech.edu) Just who is this "Buster Move" Instructor, College of Computing fellow, anyway, and why are all Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332 these people singing about him?
ogata@leviathan.cs.umd.edu (Jefferson Ogata) (06/12/91)
In article <0cGuPQ600VsS81elAo@andrew.cmu.edu>, kg1a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kevin Michael Goldsmith) writes: |> Another nice thing about the DMP-7 is |> that the faders move by themselves, we have set up some funny sequences |> with the faders alone. That is just a toy-feature I know, but it is |> really cool. Flying faders are definitely *not* a toy feature! Many good studio boards record the fader moves on a track while you're mastering. With flying faders you can get back to where you were on your mixer and make accurate twiddles. If your unit can transmit the fader moves over midi as well as move the faders in response, you've got a hot number there. I'll bet the funny fader sequences are really funny though! -- Jefferson Ogata University of Maryland Computer Science Department "Animals without backbones hid from each other or fell down. Clamasaurs and oysterettes appeared as appetizers. Then came the sponges, which sucked up about ten percent of all life."