[A6] Re: OT: mixers

[Chris Pickett]

Robert van der Kamp wrote:

>On Thursday 18 September 2003 10:38, Chris Pickett wrote:
>  
>
>>What's the point in having the individual voice outs on
>>the A6?  Is there a point?
>>
>>For me, when I've recorded anything, I've done it one
>>patch at a time through the main stereo out ... 16 voices
>>really isn't enough to do more than that if you're
>>recording tracks.
>>
>>So, um, my real question is ... is there a real benefit
>>from having 16 inputs available for your A6 on your
>>mixer?
>>    
>>
>
>When creating a song, I stay as long as possible in MIDI, 
>using a Mix on the andro with several sounds. My current 
>song uses 8 different sounds coming from the andro, many of 
>them via the single outputs routed into my (32 chan) mixer. 
>This allows me to add verb and/or delay to some of the 
>sounds, while others stay dry. 
>
>The single outs on the andro also have a slightly better 
>quality, so I'm told.
>

Okay, I understand that.  But I find that unless the sounds are 
monophonic, voices get consumed *very* quickly, especially if I'm 
playing lots of chords or pads.  Just look at the little voice meter in 
the display.  Don't you guys find this?  Don't dropped voices lead to a 
weaker sound?

If you're using more than one patch at a time, it makes sense, of course 
... but are you getting the best out of your A6 if you're recording more 
than one patch at a time and also losing voices?