Talk:Mixing console
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Is a mixing console the same as a soundboard (as used in live concerts to balance sound from mikes and instruments--this might be an Americanism, I'm not sure.) [[User:CatherineMunro|Catherine\talk]] 18:21, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Work in process
Hey folks. I'm doing some pretty major work on this entry over at Mixing console/Test, comments there are welcome of course. Zachlipton 06:21, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] A soundboard is also part of an accoustic instrument
I'm working on the entry for gayageum at the moment, and was wanting to link sound board. The sound board of an accoustic instrument is the surface that vibrates and projects the sound from the instrument. For example the top of a guitar (the piece of wood with the circular hole <grin>) is a sound board, the top of a violin, and relevant to me, the top surface of a gayageum.
Perhaps two entries and disambiguation is needed here (I'm a newbie, so I don't know that much).
--postmoderncore 16:30, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Disambiguation of "Sound board"/Soundboard"
I think I have straightened out all the links which had pointed here (via "soundboard" redirects) when they shouldn't have. Not sure if the first italicized line should now be removed, or changed to "For other meanings of "soundboard" or "sound board", see Soundboard.", or something. Any thoughts? --Lph 20:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
Went ahead and deleted the line. Soundboard is now a disambiguation page, instead of a redirect to Mixing console, so any new links from acoustic-instrument pages should be able to find their way to Sounding board. --Lph 18:46, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mixing console
How to mix effects with all the inputs with aux send/return
Uh..Please elaborate on this! Do you seek instructions/descriptions of the various ways to operate aux and effect sends/returns on an analog console?
The following is clumsy: the signal produced by the mixer will usually be sent directly to an amplifier, unless that particular mixer is “powered” or it is being connected to powered speakers.
Functionally, the mixer output is always sent to an amplifier and the amplifier output to speakers. If the amplifier happens to be physically part of the mixer (a powered mixer) or the speakers (powered speakers) then so be it.
[edit] A seperate article for Control Surfaces is needed!
I feel that there should be a seperate article for Control Surfaces, or even a stub. There isn't even a decent description, IMHO. Your thoughts?
**EDIT** That was me, Homtail, who originally posted the above suggestion **/EDIT**
**UPDATE** - For my first ever article, I am taking editing the control surface article (which redirects to flight controls, in which the term "control surface" hardly relates to said article. However, rest assured, pilots, as I will leave a link on the updated page pointing to the flight controls article). It will focus on digital control surfaces for audio applications. Please help me 'keep the ball rolling' on that page. Thank you! **/UPDATE** Homtail 02:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Terminology?
If a mixer is described as a "32x24" mixer, what do those numbers refer to? Thanks :) TheHYPO 20:02, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
It's more likely 32x4x2 or something: Means 32 input channels, 4 busses (groups or aux') and 2 master output channels (stereo).64.116.221.168 18:39, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- Appreciate the reply, but I found the terms in two places- the equipment list for number 9 studios which lists an "Amek Angela 36x24 mixing console", and Arlyn studios which has an "API 2343 32 x 24 Mixing Console".
The latter is the studio where an album I was reading about was recorded which says that the album was recorded "on a mere 24 tracks" at Arlyn. I thought this could mean that the studio had only a 24-track mixer, or it could mean that the producer only used 24 of the mixer's tracks. The album is from '98, so the mixer could also have been replaced by now. I was just wondering what teh 32x24 meant; which was the number of tracks, and what the other number meant :) TheHYPO 08:20, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mixing in things
I'm sorry, but what on earth (or under it) does that New Zealand stuff have to do with anything?
[edit] AFD on manufacturer Alice Soundtech
There's an AFD on Alice Soundtech, a leading UK supplier of studio and transmission equipment for RSL radio stations, from mixing consoles to AM/FM transmitters, based in Surrey. People in the biz or in the know can chime in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alice Soundtech. -- 62.147.86.249 16:51, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
