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<blockquote data-quote="kristianjohnsen" data-source="post: 105139" data-attributes="member: 441">Re: Emergency/panic mute?I mentioned this in my post, snarkypants.The dream of the &quot;one device mixing system&quot; that was hoped for when digital consoles showed up seems ever-elusive, always another piece of gear that would be cool to have!With analog, FOH was a bunch of racks anyways, and the ability to mute the various outputs from outside the console was a nice feature to have.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Edit:&nbsp;&nbsp; Silas, I see now you meant a mixbus matrix, not a hardware matrix unit.&nbsp; I almost always use a mix matrix as my final output bus, but it quickly eats up matrices if one is to dedicate one to each aux monitor send, also.&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides, one can still screw up the matrix routing.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s nice to be able to AFL the very final output of the mixer during changeover.&nbsp; Those old graphics made that easy.Silas:&nbsp; I tried to edit my post yesterday, but it didn&#039;t &quot;stick&quot;.&nbsp; This forum as some serious Internet Explorer-issues...Anyway, sorry for my snarkiness.&nbsp; I see now that you meant a matrixmixbus, not a hardware matrix unit.&nbsp; I usually use a matrix bus as my final output stage from the mixer.&nbsp; However, matrix routing and inserts can still be screwed up, so for a absolutely foolproof check that everything is good to go during changeover, it was a nice feature of the analog graphics to be able to mute all the mains and monitors really quickly, and just AFL the outputs in headphones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kristianjohnsen, post: 105139, member: 441"] Re: Emergency/panic mute? I mentioned this in my post, snarkypants. The dream of the "one device mixing system" that was hoped for when digital consoles showed up seems ever-elusive, always another piece of gear that would be cool to have! With analog, FOH was a bunch of racks anyways, and the ability to mute the various outputs from outside the console was a nice feature to have. Edit: Silas, I see now you meant a mixbus matrix, not a hardware matrix unit. I almost always use a mix matrix as my final output bus, but it quickly eats up matrices if one is to dedicate one to each aux monitor send, also. Besides, one can still screw up the matrix routing. I think it's nice to be able to AFL the very final output of the mixer during changeover. Those old graphics made that easy. Silas: I tried to edit my post yesterday, but it didn't "stick". This forum as some serious Internet Explorer-issues... Anyway, sorry for my snarkiness. I see now that you meant a matrixmixbus, not a hardware matrix unit. I usually use a matrix bus as my final output stage from the mixer. However, matrix routing and inserts can still be screwed up, so for a absolutely foolproof check that everything is good to go during changeover, it was a nice feature of the analog graphics to be able to mute all the mains and monitors really quickly, and just AFL the outputs in headphones. [/QUOTE]

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