Analog Mixing No Automation 

Thank you! 🙏.

Thx Bud!!

ty! 🙏

👍 Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you! 🙏

ty! 🙏

lol! awesome! you know I'm busy when there's no new content for a little while. I have some stuff in mind I just need the free time to do it.

😂

🙏🔥 Ty!

nice! not cheap but: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/1073DPX--ams-neve-1073dpx-2-channel-microphone-preamp-and-eq nice piece

Ty! 🙏

loving it!

Ty! 🙏The auditronics looks great! at the end of the day, the vibe and workflow from a great console makes such a difference. best of luck to you as well!

nice! i've since bought 2x 527 500 series comps that have output pots.... we'll see. I might use the ones built in on the board in the channels and put the 500 series on the mix bus. Although, I'm actually starting to appreciate the fact that not having output gain on the mixer compressor forces me to use safe gain staging lol 🤷🏼‍♂️

compressors more than equalizers it really work better analog. I think it's fab filter that has a video about over sampling and how much more important it is with compression. it's just a bigger lift digitally and you can avoid all of that by just doing it analog. Oh, I will generally set up my channel kind of backwards. I'll start with doing everything I can analog and then if I still need to, do something more I'll start looking at plug-ins, but with very minimal use. once I really started mixing with all premium analog components, I was very surprised at how poorly even good plug-ins stood up against them. I have to be very careful that any given plug-in isn't actually making the signal feel smaller. I think I haven't found the right words yet, but it's a bit similar to what I was trying to say about the freedom and size of using the analog faders. plug-ins can exert more control in a certain way, but there's less dimension. And it's funny I have more control-obsessed clients who have specifically opted for plug-ins. A big three-dimensional analog sound can be a little unruly. It's a little like riding a tiger. You need excellent monitoring that you fully trust to make the most out of what analog has to offer and you really do need high-quality analog gear. It's surprises me how reluctant I've become to reach for plug-ins these days and I have tons of them because that's the way I used to work. to really embrace analog mixing, I had to let go of the need for absolute digital control/recall. I had to stop obsessing about what could be recalled perfectly, and just worry about what sounds best. My approach to recall now is obviously everything in the computer is saved but in terms of the analog equipment, if I have to put up a mix again I just perform it again. And I'm very clear with my clients that that's my process. If I do end up having to set up a mix again, I know the tracks so much better the second time, it's like going someplace you've already been, and the mix usually just gets better. This approach obviously won't work with everybody, and that's fine. If a given client is too obsessed with control we'll just mix in the box and use the analog stuff for summing. But it will be their loss.

yes I'm using this gear on my mix buss. although i keep levels safe when mixing and i wait until after its captured to do brickwall limiting

well... it aint cheap lol. I started by buying a few pieces, particularly stuff for the mix bus so you can be mixing in the box but run the mix out to some nice analog gear. you can also focus on having one really great "A" channel for vocals / overdubs. If you can afford it, 2 is better so you have stereo. It's well worth the money to spend on that one great channel. D.W. Fearn / Hazelrigg... etc. a distressor is probably the most flexible compressor you can buy. My vocal chain is DW FEARN pres, BAE 73 EQ, distrssor, audioscape Opto (GREAT value!) - altogether it's a lot of money, but it will never go out of style, it will never be obsolete, it'll last forever, it'll always sound great on everybody. That's worth the investment. I didn't go this way, but the easiest thing is probably to get a good full console. You also need a lot of channels of conversion to support it. in some cases, certain consoles have converters built in, like the SSL big six I believe. Honestly that unit looks like a really good deal. Something like 18 inputs and it actually has some EQ and compression that's worth using and it has the USB connection. The most important part is that a mixer has analog inserts, then it can grow with you as you pick up more gear. Audient mixers are very high-quality for a good price. Good luck!

I have an API Box 1, my suggestion would be start with a Louder Than Liftoff Silver Bullet.

@@georgewoolf6300 Thats an interesting piece.

lol! idk. i built it up over years.

the longer i do it the less i use

Lynx Aurora N (32 channels)