[A6] Re: OT: mixers

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on 18-09-2003 10:55, Chris Pickett at chris.pickett at mail.mcgill.ca wrote:

Roberts soundprogramming skills are SO good that he can make BIG sounds,
using just one voice. No kidding.

Boele

> 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?
> 
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