The A>D conversion takes time so adds latency. Whether that happens in the desk or 100m away in a stage box should make no difference.

So any difference will be to do with what’s in the box itself.

The A>D conversion takes time so adds latency. Whether that happens in the desk or 100m away in a stage box should make no difference.

Don’t have desk with me, and don’t own a ME so couldn’t test this anyway.

However, take a look at p38 of the manual “Global Direct Output Settings”, which is where the signal to the ME comes from IIRC.

Looks as if among the options here, there’s a button for these to “Follow Mute”

Does this do what you want?

Think it may make more sense to go the other way:

L&R Out > RMX > St2 Input > 9&10 Out (don’t send to L&R) > Speakers.
So that you’re using the “main” faders to mix & thus all other Mix & FX can work post fade if required. DCA will also function properly this way.

Think it may make more sense to go the other way:

L&R Out > RMX > St2 Input > 9&10 Out (and NOT to L&R).
So that you’re using the “main” faders to mix & thus all other Mix & FX can work post fade if required. DCA will also function properly this way.

Too much latency to be useful.

I sometimes play interval or walk on music over wifi from my phone – the delay can easily be as much as 1/4 a second, though that does not matter much for this.

You know that the Pan for L&R does not alter the Pan of 6&7 etc? Each stereo Mix has its own independent Pan.

The only problems are with the 3 Stereo Inputs, which have a Balance control, rather than Pan.

Not for the signal no.

But remember that adaptors always hide, just when you need them the most! If the cables are never to be used for lighting again, I’d just change the ends. It’s probably only single pair cable anyway.

I’d agree. 110 ohm cable is fine to use for line, or even mic, level audio.

A lot of the time, “ordinary” mic leads will work for DMX too, but can cause problems if you’re getting close to the limits of the spec, so best avoided.

No way at the moment will any system that’s not 100,000s of £$€¥ to send multi track audio over WiFi. Just not the bandwidth needed available.

One of the options for the Alt Out, is 2 x mono. Called L+R I think.

In my experience, that’s far mor cautious than necessary. Although I have an iPad for audio only, that’s still got a lot on it, like apps for other desks, Go Button, lots of music, and several audio tools apps (and it’s only a 16g iPad 2). Never had a problem.

I also sometimes use my “home” iPad, which has many dozens of apps, and gets connected…[Read more]

The 4 pole jack plugs into the iPad.

Do new iPads have jack sockets, or have they gone like on the new iPhones?

Yes, the select buttons can be assigned as you want.

Yes, Qu-Control is probably a better way of doing it, as you can then lock to that screen & avoid any “unwanted” functions being available.

“Tops are separate RL. Subs are on Aux 10 only with Y cable from Amp Ch 1-2 into Mix 10. Will try Ch 1 into mix 10 and Ch 2 into mix 9.”

Out of Mix 10 to the amp I assume. May seem pedantic, but if you’re thinking clearly about the signal flow, it helps enormously when fault finding.

As mentioned above, Mix 9&10 are permanently linked as stereo…[Read more]

So Subs are driven from different output(s) to the tops?

Test with just tops first:

If swapping the desk outputs leaves the same speaker quieter, then try swapping at the BBE outputs (rather than bypassing) to start with. This will narrow down the location of the problem. You could carry on down the chain by swapping amp output too if the fault…[Read more]

Think you meant Block everything except the Input Patch Alex 😉

Think you meant Input Patch Alex 😉

You can do this, and there are several ways of going about it.

What are you actually recording – is it just the L&R mix in stereo?
What’s feeding the house monitors – is that also the L&R mix?

You’ll need to change one of these, if both are the same.

The simplest example may be using Mix 9&10 as the recording source, set post fade from all…[Read more]

…. and after you’ve done that, check that the balance control for L&R master strip is set in the centre.

Do the desk’s meters show the same level at the output?