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| 2430.1 | | QUIVER::PICKETT | David - Will someone in Mass. please vote Republican for me? | Tue Sep 04 1990 13:53 | 5 |
| Hmmm. I seems to remeber that JLC hypped the MixMate as having ultra
high qulity VCAs!! I think thay were by dbx or Valley People. Someone
help me on this. There must be an old ad copy out there.
dp
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| 2430.2 | is THIS a waste of disk space | KEYS::MOELLER | corporation penguin | Tue Sep 04 1990 15:05 | 18 |
| > <<< Note 2430.0 by CURIE::LICHTENSTEIN >>>
> -< VCA to MIDI >-
>I was in the market for a device from JL Cooper called the MixMate. It
>was supposed to patch into a mixing board effectively replacing 8 faders
>with the hardware (VCA to MIDI faders) that were in the box.
If this is the same piece of gear - it had 8 faders and not much else,
a few buttons. I believe you have a misunderstanding of what this unit
did/does. The faders generate MIDI continuous controller data, the
most obvious application being cc7 (MIDI Volume) on up to 8 MIDI
channels at once. So while yes, it does help your mixdown because the
CC info can also be recorded on your sequencer for automated mixdown,
it did not work directly on the audio signal.
Unless Cooper came out with two very similar-looking units, one for
MIDI only, one MIDI - to - VCA... which I don't recall at all !
karl
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| 2430.3 | MIDIfader | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | len, EMA, LKG2-2/W10, DTN 226-7556 | Tue Sep 04 1990 16:44 | 9 |
| re .0 - I think the thing you're thinking of is the MIDIfader. I think
it's still available. It is an 8 channel MIDI controlled audio volume
control. It lists for about $500. It got generally good reviews,
except that in one mode it made "zipper" noise when changing volume.
There was another way to use it that didn't make the noise.
I forget who made it.
len.
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| 2430.4 | Cheaper than an Neve!! | JUPITR::BREEN | | Wed Sep 05 1990 13:49 | 15 |
| I do remember seeing the unit your talking about. It looks much like
the MIDI Fader but patches into the audio line (or something like
that). I also seem to remember there being two models, one may have
been to interface with a PC with a software package. I was very
interested in this type of "budget automation" but MY budget said NO.
I think it would remember your fader moves and play them back. You
could edit your moves by adjusting the faders during playback...I
think.
I'll look tonite to see if I kept the flier. I do know that the flier
came with one about the MIDI Fader and I believe the name was MIDI Mix.
kpb
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| 2430.5 | uh-oh | MILKWY::JANZEN | | Wed Sep 05 1990 14:02 | 12 |
| Gee. Ghost tapes are no longer necessary. Subotnik or some creative
composer would record control voltages on an audio tape as FM-encoded
voltages. During a performance he would play the tapes into
frequency-to-voltage convertors, and the voltages would control not
oscllators but voltage-controlled amplifiers and other audio
processors. Then the music played live through mics through the
processors would be modified differently for each of several speakers.
Now you would just make a sequence of MIDI control signals and play
them from a sequencer. Hm. In fact, they could randomly affect your
playing, for example you could have random patches played. In fact, I
will do that.
Tom
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| 2430.6 | beep, bluurp, squak...wakka wakka boing | LEDDEV::ROSS | shiver me timbres.... | Wed Sep 05 1990 15:21 | 7 |
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sheesh......it's the 90's Tom.
Buy a sequencer, huh?
rr
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