Recent content by NeilW

Another vote for anything by XTA! The DP224 and 226 are great, and the newer 4 series is simply stunning. 4 In, 8 Outs in a 1U rackmount, analogue or digital I/O as standard. 28 band graphics on every input, along with 8 filters on every input and output. Fully routable, means you can send any...

That order is pretty much what i always use with a full band, although possibly with the percussion inputs straight after the drums. However, if im doing a much smaller gig, without the drums miced up, i tend to put the vocals first, then follow the usual order of bass, guitars, keys, fx...

As Andy said, the LS9 follows the same bus structure as most of the other yamaha consoles. From the LS9 manual: The sixteen MIX buses provided on the LS9 can be assigned either as VARI or FIXED types in pairs of adjacent odd-numbered/even-numbered buses. They can also be switched between...

After some further thought, i think the VCA function on digital mixers is perhaps even more useful than on analogue desks, especially on some of the larger console offerings such as the Yamaha PM5D and the DiGiCo D5 and D1. Whilst not such an issue on the LS9 and M7, where there is a fader per...

Thanks Andy, thats what i was trying to get at but you explained it far better than I could! Neil

The UHF-R series is such an improvement over the previous UHF premier series from Shure, it is so much quicker to setup and program the receivers and packs, and the overall sound quality is great too. We have had much success at the hire company I work for with large systems (24+ channels), all...

I can't find any reference to DCA's in the user manual or brochure I have for the LS9. I guess that this is probably one of the ways that Yamaha has reduced the functions on the LS9 compared to a 32 channel M7. Also, I wonder how many people in the target market for the LS9 are familiar with VCA...

The other thing that hasnt been mentioned is what it actually sounds like (which is probably the most important thing)! There isnt any information in the brochure about whether the preamps are of the same variety as the M7CL or any of the smaller yamaha desks. I guess this is the type of thing...

Ahh, if you want it global then it does what you need! It certainly seems to look ideal for the market between 01V and M7CL, particularly as it is a purpose designed live desk, rather than say, a DM200, which whilst workable, wasnt ever really ideal for live work. I think if you have used a...

Yes you can! This is the sends on faders function. To the left hand side of the screen are 16 keys representing each of the 16 busses available in the console. If you double click one of these, the whole bank of faders below change into the channel sends to this buss. So, for example, you have a...

I got to see it at PLASA 2006, and it certainly looks like a great little desk. I had a quick demo on it and it certainly seems to have many likenesses with the bigger yamaha desks in terms of operating style, although with the obvious reduction in physical controls from something like the M7CL...

The aux/bus structure on a Heritage 3000 is really flexible. You have 24 busses which can be switched in pairs between either 2 audio groups, 2 mono auxes or a single stereo aux. This switching takes place at the top of each bus master section in the middle of the console, on what midas call the...

There are two ways of running the automation on the H3K. In "real fader" mode, the actual physical faders control the signal levels, and the automation provides prompts next to each fader. You then manually move each fader until the green light goes out. In "virtual fader" mode, the automation...