Members modulusman Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 Looks like mackie is trying to compete with the Presonus studiolive boards. http://www.mackie.com/products/dl1608/about-the-dl1608/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tsaldana3 Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 everyone is on the ipad/ digital mixer bandwagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sbrett Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 Now THAT looks pretty slick. So not only can everyone manage their own mix from an iPad, but you can also run your sequenced tracks directly to the mixer from an iPad without taking up any additional channels? Lots of great ideas coming out in the mixer arena. I think Presonus deserves a lot of credit for what's happening. It's good for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Wish it was from Allen & Heath instead of Mackie, great idea! Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marko Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Damn, my {censored} feels so outdated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Now THAT looks pretty slick. So not only can everyone manage their own mix from an iPad, but you can also run your sequenced tracks directly to the mixer from an iPad without taking up any additional channels? Lots of great ideas coming out in the mixer arena. I think Presonus deserves a lot of credit for what's happening. It's good for everyone Yep. Things are getting fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reson8tor Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Gawd, what a horrible web site. Okay, so this is an iPad-controlled mixer, and it's 100% dependent on the iPad as the UI, is that right? That's very cool in one respect -- it should lower the cost, because you're not paying for the display and (some) of the processing. Integration with additional iPads is cool. On the other hand... I have an iPad2. I assume it works on this mixer. What happens when the iPad3 comes out in a few months? I've heard it has the same form factor, so it's probably not an issue, but Oy!.... this means you not only have to hope your digital mixer is still supported, but that the UI device can still talk to your mixer a couple of years down the road. And yeah... I wish Allen & Heath or Soundcraft were getting into this space, but maybe there's something to be said for this "use the current popular tablet as the graphic UI" approach. Hey, no big deal to toss out your hardware and upgrade every 24 months, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W. M. Hellinger Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Damn, my {censored} feels so outdated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pro Sound Guy Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Looks like mackie is trying to compete with the Presonus studiolive boards. http://www.mackie.com/products/dl1608/about-the-dl1608/ I still am leary of low cost DA/AD converters andstill love my trusty Soundcraft Delta mixers. I dumped the Driverack PA andwent back to the analog EAW xover/processor cause although I had everythingset right on the Driverack PA just doesnt cut it. Not to get to far off the main subjectbut the low end digital still aint there yet. Does anyone know what this Mackieunit costs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sbrett Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Eventually someone is going to come along and implement all the great features and innovations of boards like this, the new Line 6 board, the Studiolive, AH and Soundcraft boards, etc.at a reasonable price, and it's going to take over. I don't think it's a good idea to completely bypass an actual control surface for the latest gadget, but I also see being able to do playback through the iPad without using up channels as being huge. The monitoring capability also cuts into Aviom and other such systems. The iPad/wireless control 'almost' gets rid of the need for a snake. All these little things are adding up to some really cool and convenient solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marko Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Well... if it's any consolation... my pickup wasn't running quite right today while hauling some firewood... adjusting the points seems to have gotten it out of it's funk (while I was wearing some socks that Liz darned). Well, I think I remember how to set points, but a few months ago when my '91 Boneville with 235,000 miles it started running bad, I wasn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philw44 Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Great vid! [video=youtube;ACo3VgXijlU] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Art Flood Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Looks interesting. Wonder what the price will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 yea that was a cool video to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members modulusman Posted January 20, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 yea that was a cool video to watch Are they advertising the board or magic mushrooms with that video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philw44 Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Are they advertising the board or magic mushrooms with that video? I wish i worked with bands like that. After putting the bass guitar way up in the mix, messing with the delay on the main outs and washing his face down the toilet half way through the set.. the band still congratulated him on a great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 Went to take a loook at the QSC console... still appears to be vaporware. Looked at the A&H, and while interesting I don;t think they hit the mark. Have not seen the "B", the "M", or the "6" yet and haven't made nit over to "Y" as we got our proverbial asses kicked from the time doors opened till closing time. Did get to visit with some forumites, nice break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dookietwo Posted January 20, 2012 Members Share Posted January 20, 2012 I wish i worked with bands like that. After putting the bass guitar way up in the mix, messing with the delay on the main outs and washing his face down the toilet half way through the set.. the band still congratulated him on a great job. Yup. Everything was solved by turning up more. I think his mix went down the toilet as well. Hard to take a product as good when even the company seems to act like its a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sibyrnes Posted January 21, 2012 Members Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hard to take a product as good when even the company seems to act like its a joke. It's never a good idea to judge a product based on B.S. from the marketing boys. I'm looking forward to more technical info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 21, 2012 Members Share Posted January 21, 2012 The Mackie idea is interesting and might suit some folks but 16 channels is probably all you could manage off of an IPAD. Too much scrolling for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scodiddly Posted January 21, 2012 Members Share Posted January 21, 2012 On the other hand... I have an iPad2. I assume it works on this mixer. What happens when the iPad3 comes out in a few months? I've heard it has the same form factor, so it's probably not an issue, but Oy!.... this means you not only have to hope your digital mixer is still supported, but that the UI device can still talk to your mixer a couple of years down the road. Glad I'm not the only one worried about this. Shiny today, very possibly unsupported trash 5 or 10 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted January 21, 2012 Members Share Posted January 21, 2012 I love the chaos possibilities of 5 hands on the monitor mixes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sbrett Posted January 21, 2012 Members Share Posted January 21, 2012 I love the chaos possibilities of 5 hands on the monitor mixes. If its anything like qMix for the studiolive then you can 'lock down' who has access to which monitor mixes. In other words an individual can't jack with everyone else's mix (or they can)--depending on how you choose to set it up. I like the idea of basically a snake that can be controlled by multiple wireless devices without the need for an actual board. I don't necessarily like the fact that it's solely built around an ipad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fdew Posted January 21, 2012 Members Share Posted January 21, 2012 There are now at least 3 Vapor mixers that we can't buy. I think they run on Phantom Power. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gspointer Posted January 21, 2012 Members Share Posted January 21, 2012 Looks interesting. Wonder what the price will be? Looks like about 1,000.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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