Master Fader V2.0 Wants and Speculation

[robbocurry]

+1 to that

[Colognist]

Yesterday I´ve been to PL&S in Frankfurt.

I talked to a colleague of BenO who´s been there too.

He only "confirmed" for 1.5:
- stereo pairing
- Clean UI (no show for unused channels)

Maybe he wasn´t allowed to say more but maybe that´s it.

iPhone-version still tested by apple.

Best regards from Germany

[RoadRanger]

Yesterday I´ve been to PL&S in Frankfurt. I talked to a colleague of BenO who´s been there too. He only "confirmed" for 1.5:
- stereo pairing
- Clean UI (no show for unused channels)

I hope they do stereo pairing on both inputs and outputs. The hiding unused channels thing I'm not keen on unless they also let you rearrange the channels - that would be of more use to me!

[Colognist]

And I really hope that you can freeze most important channels e.g. FX-channels & main voc so that they are visible all the time.

[Mikeboltz111]

I want,
-prefade nodsp auxes.
-2 verbs if want.
-an automixer function (think yamaha dugan http://www.yamahacommercialaudiosystems.com/product_detail.php?prodID=1128)
-stereo linking
-record function for every channel.
-internal crossover.

I don't expect to get all of these but the auxes definitely need to be fixed!

[migsomig]

I you all.
This is my first post, but have been reading the fórum for some months (before the release of the Dl abençoado still was Mackie Fórum).

For me the essencial features missing are:

- Linking channels and aux's
- Some kind of groups and/or dca's (so we can have control of everything in one 8 faders page, and in the case of subgroups,we would have the post dsp aux sends solved)
- Choice to use two reverbs

It would be great of we also could have:

- Delay on all outputs (don't know the memory capacity of the Dl for this)
- Select the two outputs that send audio to de ipad when docked (This would open lots of new possibilities like, use external fx from ipad, diferent mix for record, use of fft transfer function aplications, etc...)
- The crossover idea would be great
- Aux sends pre post dsp selectable (I hardly ever abuse to much of compression, so not a big deal for me. But looks a big issue for lots of people)
- At least, play and pause controls for ipad music
- It would be perfect if the dl could send and recive audio through wifi
- The rta on the gráphic eq's would also be good

And finaly
- Better reverbs (they are workable but not that great)

All this would be perfec, but at least the first 3 or 4 are essencial.

Forgot two more things, one of trem very important:

- One masters page (extreamly important)

- it would be great to have a page with the 16 channel faders

[robbocurry]

Just back from a great little gig but needed to get this off my chest before I hit my bed.
Probably mentioned before several times:
Please, please have different coloured backgrounds for the different fader screens.
Main: black
A1: red
A2: yellow etc, etc
I've done it countless times where I've left the desk, come back and a change of faders has no effect.
Make it obvious (colour behind or around the faders, or surround or whatever) which page you are on.
Not two poxy digits above the master fader.
Pretty please Mackie
Rant over.

[sam.spoons]

Just back from a great little gig but needed to get this off my chest before I hit my bed.
Probably mentioned before several times:
Please, please have different coloured backgrounds for the different fader screens.
Main: black
A1: red
A2: yellow etc, etc
I've done it countless times where I've left the desk, come back and a change of faders has no effect.
Make it obvious (colour behind or around the faders, or surround or whatever) which page you are on.
Not two poxy digits above the master fader.
Pretty please Mackie
Rant over.

+1

[robbocurry]

Updates become a little addictive, I was glad to see v1.4 for the few things it added. Now that I'm using the DL a little more often, the many suggested additions to Master Fader become more and more desirable. If they were "knees deep" in v1.5 when the bugs in v1.4 were being sorted out, could we dare hope for v1.5 anytime soon?

[abzurd]

So after using the DL twice 2 things I'd like to see, and I don't think have been mentioned, are:


1 - larger output selectors (the vertical strip to the right of the master fader).


2 - Partial name of the auxes in that same list. Like use the first 3 characters that you named the aux. Currently it's just trial and error as you don't see the label until you've made your selection... OK that's not it, I'll try another.  I have a hard enough time remembering the 5 auxes of my own band I mix every week. If you're doing multiple bands I could see it being a real PITA.


Oh, and a bonus one..... I've mentioned this elsewhere, but give me output metering at the channel level! This is critical for mixing from stage where your eyes are your ears. I'd bet 1/2 the people using this thing are in that category.

[RoadRanger]

1 - larger output selectors (the vertical strip to the right of the master fader).

If you "touch and hold" on that strip it gets bigger, then you can slide to the one you want and release. I didn't know that until someone told me myself.

[nottooloud]

I'd like my snapshots and presets to show up in the Master Fader folder in iTunes, same as the recordings do. I see no way to transfer settings from one iPad to another. I envision my iPad 1 spending the rest of its life docked while my iPad Mini or whatever roams. Either one will be my master controller, and both should have all my saves.

Here's where to vote for that one. It's sort of been suggested on uservoice several times, but has nil for votes.

https://mackie.uservoice.com/forums/97035-dl1608/suggestions/3601974-save-and-import-export-snapshots-presets-etc-#comments

[RoadRanger]

I see no way to transfer settings from one iPad to another. I envision my iPad 1 spending the rest of its life docked while my iPad Mini or whatever roams. Either one will be my master controller, and both should have all my saves.

With the latest firmware that happens automagically .

[nottooloud]

I'm running Master Fader 1.4.1. My iPad 1 updated the board firmware on first connect. I'm not seeing my EQ or reverb presets on the iPad Mini. It syncs the current status of the board, but that's it. Do you see something else?

[RoadRanger]

User presets only exist in the iPad where you saved them . The present show and the snapshots it contains are sync'd between all iDevices connected to the DL1608, wired or wireless .