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fleetfootmike) wrote2008-01-14 03:01 pm
fleetfootmike) wrote2008-01-14 03:01 pm
WIDTW
...well, the achievement bit.
Our local church (St. Johns, Werrington) has a somewhat old sound system, of which the primary components that matter to this story are an 8/2 Allen and Heath desk of dubious vintage and a 8/4 way multicore. The 4 'return' ways of the multicore are wired with unbalanced jacks, and three of them are used to send mic signals the other way to a little micromixer that hooks up to one channel of the desk - needless to say, these are prone to noise, hum and picking up the hearing aid induction loop :)
This weekend, it finally got replaced by a Soundcraft LX7ii mixer. It took A and S (from church) and I most of Friday evening, Saturday morning and Saturday evening to dismantle the woodwork, remove the old mixer, and troubleshoot the installation of the new one. For example: the old desk had had XLR sockets fitted on the main outputs. Whoever had done it hadn't used the standard pin-outs, so when we unplugged those cables and plugged them into the LX7ii? No sound.
Still, 'tis done, and it works, and we're feeling very pleased with ourselves. We also bought a Brother PT-80 Label Maker and labelled the LOT, so no more peering at pencil scribbles to figure out where the piano mic is!
Our local church (St. Johns, Werrington) has a somewhat old sound system, of which the primary components that matter to this story are an 8/2 Allen and Heath desk of dubious vintage and a 8/4 way multicore. The 4 'return' ways of the multicore are wired with unbalanced jacks, and three of them are used to send mic signals the other way to a little micromixer that hooks up to one channel of the desk - needless to say, these are prone to noise, hum and picking up the hearing aid induction loop :)
This weekend, it finally got replaced by a Soundcraft LX7ii mixer. It took A and S (from church) and I most of Friday evening, Saturday morning and Saturday evening to dismantle the woodwork, remove the old mixer, and troubleshoot the installation of the new one. For example: the old desk had had XLR sockets fitted on the main outputs. Whoever had done it hadn't used the standard pin-outs, so when we unplugged those cables and plugged them into the LX7ii? No sound.
Still, 'tis done, and it works, and we're feeling very pleased with ourselves. We also bought a Brother PT-80 Label Maker and labelled the LOT, so no more peering at pencil scribbles to figure out where the piano mic is!
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I wish I could come listen in ;)
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Congrats on the successful install!
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Nice. I particularly like having 6 independent aux settings per channel (pity that two are still post only) instead of the usual switched 3/4 or 5/6. Good for mixing Phoenix *g*. And switchable DO between pre and post for recording. And the mono output. (I admit I went straight to the block diagram to find out the capabilities!)