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Unofficial Mackie User Forums => DL1608/DL806/DL32R/ProDX Mixers => Topic started by: Tbranella on May 21, 2014, 01:25:45 PM
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Ok...
So I agreed to help a band out last Saturday night and mix sound, they had a DL1608 (all their cabinets and their "soundman's" outboard gear)
they had the DL1608 going through a 31 band EQ AND a compressor... aside from also using gate AND compression on EVERY channel and the graphic EQ on the DL1608..
I know I should have removed the 31 band EQ and the external compressor from the chain but I didn't have time.. but holy crap that made for an interesting mix! LOL!
anyone else have any horror stories when filling in for another soundman?
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Couldn't you just press the bypass button on the comp and manually flatten the hardware GEQ?
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Most outboard EQs have a bypass button as well.
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Yea... I should have just bypassed the outboard gear... I just didn't think of it at the time... I was too consumed with trying to fix the problems AND mix the band at the same time.
I was afraid of changing too many things while they were playing..
plus I second guessed myself as to why he would hook everything up that way.. I figured it worked that way the night before without any problems so It should sound the same that night.. I was way WRONG! and I'll never second guess myself again.
If I ever have the opportunity to mix them again I'll do things the way I know they should be done. :)
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by contrast, I mixed a different band last night using my DL1608 and their PA equipment... sounded GREAT! had absolutely NO issues and everyone was very happy!