We need to be able to select any two input sources for the inputs of a stereo input. Right now, they have to be from the same physical source and they have to be sequential starting with an odd number.
This is fine about 75% of the time. However, I’ve run into situations where I end up using two mono IPs (or inserts) because its just not possible to get two sockets in order. For example, I did a show recently with a DX box on stage left and the DM rack on stage right. I had an audience mic connected to each one, but I couldn’t make them a stereo pair. I did work around this with tie lines but it burned both an input and output socket on the DM rack. Another recent issue was I had stereo tracks coming to the desk over Dante. However, the dante patch had stated the stereo channels on an even number. I couldn’t create stereo IPs and I didn’t have access to the Dante controller for that network.
My request would be to allow any two inputs to make up a stereo pair.
I completely agree. I’ve been able to stereo pair any channels on the Avid consoles forever. The limitation of only odd/even pairs is a bummer. I’d even be happy still being forced to adjacent only pairs if even/odd was allowed.
While it is not the same thing as creating a stereo channel, don’t forget that you can gang channels together (and therefore gang certain settings and/or audio processing together). There aren’t the same restrictions in assigning channel to gangs like there are to create a stereo pair.
Yeah until/unless the AFAICT arbitrary restrictions on which sockets can be assigned to a stereo channel is lifted, gangs are probably the least bad answer here. There are only 16 gangs, though, and I use a bunch of them for other things.
Yea, the correct answer here is definitely for A&H to allow more flexibility within the stereo channel system. But gangs can get you out of a jam sometimes.
Just a firendly reminder that gangs are dual mono. Meaning that if you use any dynamic processing your stereo image will be affected.
Even/odd channel stereos should be possible, and obviously that the ‘input source’ for these ‘channels’ should be irrelevant to whether or not you can stereo the ‘channels’. (I understand that there can be limitations with preamp gain matching if sources are different, but hopefully that can be worked out or left up to the user)
This is one of the things that drives me nuts, and why I have a silly “house/festival” patch, with things not actually where I want them so it all lines up correctly for stereo pairs.
Let anything be part of a pair.
And let the existing preamp settings stored in a scene/showfile remain when the input socket is changed. I understand why us changes, but it’s stupid. If today my channel 12 bass di is on a different rack and number from last venue that’s fine, just change the patch, don’t loose my settings. You keep everything else, why bugger this up.