Seems like a lot of work no matter what. What's wrong with getting a Mackie? A 12 channel Neotek does not seem to be the righ board for the application.
M On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Matt Syson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > The answer is in your last couple of lines in that you need a switch to > change over between 2 (or could be more) 'sources'. > A 2 pole 'toggle' switch per channel would do it or you could get more fancy > solutions. If you have a patchfield available you could 'normal' one > instrument and 'overpatch' when you want the second. you can only really > have 1 source into each channel input at a time. Patching has an advantage > that you can pick your 'alternate' sources without restriction, but the > switch method would be quicker. > There would be other 'custom mods' you could do to your desk but this gets > very much more involved. > Matt S > > Mike Thompson wrote: >> >> I'll try to explain this the best I can - the studio we have is a tracking >> studio with keyboards instruments. The idea is to use the console as a >> mixer for everything we own and have it all plugged in and live, and when we >> want to record to disk, we have the 8 subs plugged into a quality computer >> interface (which we don't own yet, but I've been able to replicate this idea >> with a Firepod as a test). the idea should work, however we have at least >> 20+ keyboard instruments in the studio and only 12 channels on the Neotek. >> Now, not all of the instruments will need to be plugged into the console, >> but most will. Enough to pass the limit of 12 channels. I did a test >> involving an old patchbay and basically tying two of the jacks together and >> running the cable to 1 input on the ADC patch panel. It worked, but when >> the second instrument was plugged in, I saw a drop in volume overall. I >> figure this is not the correct way to do what I want, and I'm sure there >> must be a way to have everything plugged into the board at once and just >> switch to what we want live at the time, if not everything during a jam >> session, etc... Forgive me if this sounds ridiculous; I'm just not that >> familiar with the Neotek yet! >> > ------ > > View the list online at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > You can unsubscribe at anytime by sending an email to > mailto:[email protected] with "unsubscribe neotek" in the message > body. If you have any difficulties, or questions --please send an email to > mailto:[email protected]. > > The Neotek list is lovingly hosted by Catapult Web. Remember that any > message or reply sent to the list will be automatically forwarded to all > subscribers. > > Vive Le Neotek! > > Thanks. > ------ View the list online at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] You can unsubscribe at anytime by sending an email to mailto:[email protected] with "unsubscribe neotek" in the message body. If you have any difficulties, or questions --please send an email to mailto:[email protected]. The Neotek list is lovingly hosted by Catapult Web. Remember that any message or reply sent to the list will be automatically forwarded to all subscribers. Vive Le Neotek! Thanks.
