Members Mr. Botch Posted February 24, 2006 Members Share Posted February 24, 2006 Started reading this month's Keyboard magazine last night, and in his monthly column Mike McKnight was describing the soundchecks he went through for back-to-back short performances by Maria Carey, Sting, and Madonna (think I've heard of them). He said both the monitor and the FOH sound guys were given watches that had tiny hard drives in them, that had everyone's in-ear mix recorded for emergency backup! Damn, that's something I haven't heard of yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted February 24, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 24, 2006 I want to understand this... Are you saying they saved the mix data, as in routing, levels, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ViLo Posted February 24, 2006 Members Share Posted February 24, 2006 Originally posted by Mr. Botch Started reading this month's Keyboard magazine last night, and in his monthly column Mike McKnight was describing the soundchecks he went through for back-to-back short performances by Maria Carey, Sting, and Madonna (think I've heard of them). He said both the monitor and the FOH sound guys were given watches that had tiny hard drives in them, that had everyone's in-ear mix recorded for emergency backup! Damn, that's something I haven't heard of yet! Links?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted February 24, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2006 Lee, if I understood it correctly, yes, all the level for everyone's in ears were saved (both the FOH and monitor mixers were some all-digital things I've never heard of either.Vilo, the new Keyboard isn't up on their website yet, but I poked around and it didn't look like Mike McKnight's columns were there. It should be on the newstand anytime now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MortenDK Posted February 25, 2006 Members Share Posted February 25, 2006 Hi I know im new here!, but I think hes talking about the Digico console!!, I few of my collegues were on a trip to london for introduction to the digico console and were given the these watchs.....Digico watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted February 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 25, 2006 Thanks and welcome, MortenDK! Yes, Digico was the name of the mixers, and I reread the article, the hard drives in the watches held the various scene mixes, etc. Pretty cool, and thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ViLo Posted February 25, 2006 Members Share Posted February 25, 2006 Impressive!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MortenDK Posted February 25, 2006 Members Share Posted February 25, 2006 Thx np, as you can see(with my reg. date)ive been lurking for awhile , but now im out the closet ...ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted February 25, 2006 Members Share Posted February 25, 2006 I'm quite certain the mix data for every artist was saved to a couple of sources, since nothing is backed up until it's backed up twice. Saving mix settings on a Digico or any digital console is a quick and simply process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted February 25, 2006 Members Share Posted February 25, 2006 Note to self: Must purchase cool techno watch. Why use hard drives? I would think flashram would make much more sense for the amount of data they probably have to save. Easier on batteries and more durable as well, I'd bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted February 25, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 25, 2006 Originally posted by Super 8 Note to self: Must purchase cool techno watch.Why use hard drives? I would think flashram would make much more sense for the amount of data they probably have to save. Easier on batteries and more durable as well, I'd bet. Despite what the blurb says, no one would build a 64MB hard drive to put in a watch. I'm sure they meant the standard USB flash drive. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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