1 re-work of the scenes screen including moving up/down of scenes
2 route mixes to LR
3 HPF on mixes
4 LPF on inputs and mixes
5 sidechain for gate and compressor
6 audio interrogate
7 linking of stereo channels
8 transport controls in the Qu-Pad
9 selection of more than one channel for synchronized fader movement
10 better use of status bar to display useful values
11 values of mix master faders readable somewhere
12 last “current scene” loaded after restart
13 splitting inputs
14 name and date of show files easier readable so it can be recognized easier in a backup
15 simultaneous stereo playback and multitrack recording
16 simultaneous multitrack plackback and stereo recording
17 start/stop recording (stereo and multitrack) with one softkey button (not working properly)
18 auto display focus when working on the channel strip
19 adjustable decay time in the RTA screen
20 color changing of channels in Qu-Pad
21 better readable RTA screen (wider columns, more contrast)
22 consequent use of “select” and “cancel” buttons, for example in the softkey function assignment screen
Yes - FX control from the iPad would be rather useful.
First gig with pure iPad control last week, and the FX control is the one thing I really missed (although we didn’t do the song where I normally ride the reverb decay time as much as the soloists faders)
My only available solution at the moment is to run a “long” and a “short” FX unit, but I’m not sure how that will sound…
Unfortunately only Mix Masters can be added to the custom layer, not mix sends. Makes the custom layer less useful when sending whole instruments to dedicated auxes.
OK. Are you looking to change the levels of individual inputs in ALL mixes? I don’t see any advantage to placing your sends on a custom layer rather than selecting a mix and using the regular sends-on-faders.
Either way you have to make a selection: custom layer or mix.
As it is now you can address the level of any individual channel to the various mixes by selecting the channel, going to the “routing” screen and using the rotary encoder to change send level.
If you’re " stuck" working from an iPad, then perhaps you could use something on a custom layer, but I personally do not see any advantage to placing the function differently. There are problems attending using something other than the Mix tabs.
If you need a single voice raised in ALL mixes, I suggest merely raising the input trim on that channel.
Or perhaps I’m missing the particular use which you require. Right now I cannot imagine a case where your proposal would be a necessity.
It’s just as a wrote: mix sends on custom layer.
For example: ch1’s send to mix3 in custom layer slot 1. If ch1 is a base drum and mix3 is the aux for its dedicated sub then you don’t have to leave he custom layer to change the level of the base drum. Standard functionality in the Soundcraft Expression, for example.
OK, I understand what you want… but not why you want it. Individual levels in individual mixes are not a tier one priority for me and I venture for most live sound mixers. I use the custom layers for things which need adjusting in the live mix. Anything for onstage individual mixes would be second tier and as such can be accessed fine as is.
Placing control of what should be a pre-fader send in with active post fader sends turns on a red light for me. Too easy to inadvertently change the mix ratio by accident. I am not one to spend a lot of time actively mixing monitors when mixing a show. If you are doing just monitors, then yes, your primary duty is to keep the levels adjusted for the players. But if doing both FOH and monitors I want the controls/tasks to be separate.
So GH, are you saying fader one controls channel one (the kick) to mix 3, fader 2 could be channel 4 (bass) to mix 7/8 (Drummer’s in ears) at the same time? What if I then want to send more kick to the Drummer’s monitor on mix 7/8 - do I then have to leave the custom layer for that?
Sounds like it could get very confusing very quickly to me. Does the Soundcraft really do that? I’ve never seen it set up that way and a quick look at their manual can’t find it. But I could be missing something.
If you are on the custom layer, you just press the mix 3 button on the right to get access to the level for that from all the (relevant) channels in the custom layer. So you don’t leave the custom layer.
What some desks (including the Soundcraft one) do, is have a mode where all the mix sends of any single channel are shown (and controlled) by the faders. So, on a Qu, we may have EX1 & 2 on the first 2 faders, mix 1-4 & 5/6 - 9/10 on 3 through 9, then groups & matrix (for the larger desks) beyond this. This is a nice feature, which I’d like to see, but I’m not sure how it could be implemented well without a dedicated button and LED indication - nothing worse than finding you’re not in the mode/layer you thought you were!
You are right, one doesn’t have to leave the custom layer but to change the mix. I see it would get confusing because having faders of mix3 when LR or another mix could be selected.
I’ll re-check that it can be done with the SiEx, unfortunately I don’t have it here anymore.
Thx for your thoughts!
