Thanks for your help. I have a question. So when mixing, which input button
should be pressed, the sum button or the DAW button? I'm still a little
confused. I've heard three different answers, do you know?
A little bit about why we at www.littlefishaudio.com LOVE the Dangerous D-Box. It is the best solution that we have found, to tie our studio together, in one central ...
Fab Dupont, Producer/Mixer explains how you can integrate a Dangerous Music D-Box with your current audio interface, in this case a Digi003 (but just about ...
So, if you are using an external summing setup such as this, you can't use
offline bouncing anymore, can you? I'm assuming the summing print would
have to be cut in real time.
That is correct- mixes will be printed in real time because they are leaving the digital domain and going into the analog domain (if only we could offline bounce in the analog world!)
They're exactly the same. Dangerous Music states in their FAQ on their website that they never skimp on quality, only lessen or add features which determine the price.
That's because Fab customized his I/O. If you left click on the output of your track, it will give you the option to rename that I/O path. Fab just chose to name his Print and Main. You can do this with any Input or Output.
Analog Summing: Is It Worth It?
Hear the difference between audio stems summed digitally and through a Dangerous Music D Box analog summing box.
Thought that the analog summing blew it out of the water, and it wasn't
even close; but that's only if you know what you're listening for. Although
I found it superior, the differences are still subtle and I wouldn't expect
somebody listening on stock computer speakers without any idea as to what
properties may have a discernible difference to be all that impressed.
Improving your sound is a game of inches, and it takes a lot of investment
to get enough of an edge to sound noticeably better than the potential of
what the average home studio can achieve.
On another note, hopefully you've treated your room since filming this
because no amount of gear is enough to overcome those acoustics! I'm sure
you know that though.
Listening back trough my apollo 8 quad trough my yamaha hs80ms the red
sounded warmer yet the blue sounded more round and brighter with a little
better clarity.
+Ken Florence Yeah I have Yamaha ns10s that sound a lot like yours. I hear the same thing and I think the warmer feel of the digital track is from a pronounced midrange.
ANALOG SUMMING IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. ABSOLUTELY USELESS. MONEY
MAKING SCAM. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING THAT IS RECORDED SO
CLEARLY DIGITALLY. NICE PIECE OF MUSIC THOUGH!!!
+Dave Rodrigues I wouldn't be so extreme for that matter. Sound needs to be glued together in a two buss mix in a non linear way (voltages are better than bits). If you use "character" plugins you get close, but analog summing is a neat way to do that. Waste of money ?I wouldn't think so. If you can take the time and the trouble to put all gains and faders to zero (input=output) it works with cheap soundcraft or mackie mixers as well.
Yeah I can hear some difference but nothing it wouldn't be achieved with
and EQ and some widening. It's definitely not 1500$ difference :) Thanks
for the example.
+Vanja Kapetanovic Yeah if you can get your hands on one first, that would be great. I really am glad I got one, and I was surprised by how much the non-summing features helped me. Going off the video alone is a little unfair to the overall value of a D-box because I've found that while mixing through the sum bus, I react and mix differently than I would have ITB. So while the summing alone makes a nominal difference, the new workflow I've adopted has made a more noticeable improvement, which for me personally, has definitely made it worth it. Good luck man!
+Sean Daniel Thanks for reply. Yeah I would love to invest in it if I feel my home studio would benefit from it since its DAW based and completely in the box. But I cant hear a major difference. In D- Box's defense I feel like if you were to run fully mixed track through it with all the panning and effects I would have felt it in details in top end and midrange as well as low end impact. Plus there is always YouTube compression. I will try it myself one day and see what it does. Will give it a try.