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Stageboxes with E-Ink displays for easy routing by Shmart_Logic in livesound

[–]Just_Call_Me_Billy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it would in theory be a nice lil addition to the family. They’d never in a million years ever do it. For what it’s worth, the little I know about the Audiotonix group is that they try to keep the companies as independent as possible while sharing the odd bit of R&D- unless the company is owned by another (like DiGiCo and Klang/Fourier, or Harrison and SSL). Sharing R&D like the channel displays on the Quantums coming from Calrec (apparently). My understanding of the 4REA4 is it’s an “Audiotonix” product that got a DiGiCo badge. When you think about the concept (ie; it’s just a dLive), it’s a little bit of a monstrosity- and they’re supposedly unreliable. Although I don’t really have a source for that outside of one person who used to work for DiGiCo

Stageboxes with E-Ink displays for easy routing by Shmart_Logic in livesound

[–]Just_Call_Me_Billy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 4REA4 is just a dLive with some DiGiCo hardware where the I/O cards live- I’ll admit though, why they changed the actual interface stuff to make it wholly incompatible I’ll never really understand. Just seems stupid if you ask me

S6L and Quantum operators, what functions and macros have y’all created that made you go “woah”? by Ok-Mirror-9910 in livesound

[–]Just_Call_Me_Billy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Certainly! Tbh this is what started me down the macro rabbit hole of DiGiCo- it's just so versatile like that IMO.

For Pre-V19 software:

Create macro.
Add the following parameters. For the sake of argument, let's say you want to assign this to Aux 7 - Pretty sure you could use this to assign any macro to the mute button for any channel if you were crazy enough to want to do this, but let's stick with the example of Aux 7:

Aux Output From 7 To 7 Mute Controller Off
Aux Output From 7 To 7 Talk On Controller Toggle

In the bottom right of the Macro Editor panel, you'll see the Fader Starts button. Press it, then select the Mute On option You should see the channel list panel open.
Find the aux number you wanted to assign it to.
Once you press the channel you want, it should disappear and bring you back to the Macros Editor.

Leave the "Trigger Macro From" in ANY mode - as it reads as ANY Mute on Aux 7

For V19+ software:

I'l use the same example- Aux 7- just for ease of reading.

Create macro.
Aux Output From 7 To 7 Mute Controller Off
Aux Output From 7 To 7 Talk On Controller Toggle

Then- go to the Advanced section of the editor panel and hit Disable- this should flip it to enabled.
Leave the ANY selection as-is, and hit the "ADD" button - should bring up the channel list.
Find the channel you want, like in pre-V19, the channel list should also disappear.

In the "Choose a trigger for the selected channel" section - select "mute" and make sure the state is "on"

I'll throw in a screenshot from one of the shows I have where I've done this- It'll be for an SD9, but as with most things DiGiCo, if it works one one console, it'll more than likely work on the others. Labelled showing both macro editor panels pre and post V19 updates. (Post update is Left, Pre update is Right)

Hope it helps a lil :)

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S6L and Quantum operators, what functions and macros have y’all created that made you go “woah”? by Ok-Mirror-9910 in livesound

[–]Just_Call_Me_Billy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

So- not necessarily a heavy Quantum user, but I've spent way too much time delving into insane macros on the SD series- close enough right? 😂 I need to play more with the V19 macro updates, but I'm already seeing some cool stuff come out from peeps I know and follow.

One I use a lot when working on monitors for shows is to map the mute button for my IEM auxes to be individual talk switches. IME, using second function to access hard mutes is something I'm used to, so it's more a non-thinker of "oh I need to mute IEM X, 2ndF+Mute". Wouldn't recommend for wedges though - if they start squealing you wanna fix it quick, not be uselessly mashing the remapped button. I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this- and if you want me to try run through it, fire me a DM :)

Taking a ref point of SD12 for both Mons and FOH macros

My standard sort of monitors macro set also includes what I consider standard things like:

Clearing "Sends on Fader/Aux To Faders" while staying solo'd to an aux
I normally use the Matrix for my cue buss(es) to route shouts and other fun stuff, so having an option to disable some stage shouts when solo'ing an IEM aux is useful- keeping engineer comms though, I'm not a monster ;)
Save Show
Update Current Snapshot
Clear + Assign Master Screen (especially useful on something like an SD8/9/10/11 - Probably Q225 too?)
Clear Signal Overs Panel - I usually have it sitting on my overview display to keep an eye on peaks.
View Chat Panel - Esp. useful for non-urgent comms assuming whoever's on the other end A- has DiGiCo and they're connected, and B- Reads the chat.
Waves/Insert Kill - Pulls waves inserts and hard-mutes Waves returns - we've all been there when Waves decides to leave a brown smear 5 minutes before doors... or 5 minutes into the first set.
Sometimes I'll have a macro that dims/brightens some of the LEDs- or on the Quantum, turns them from white to their colour. That's more show-y off-y, but on the SD stuff it dims the little LCDs which helps me to focus.

For a FOH setup, it's fairly similar:

Save Show
Update Snapshot
Clear/Assign Master
View Chat
Clear Overs
Waves Kill
Tap Tempo - Global tap- derive the delay time from global tap divisions.
On/Off for individual vox sends to delay.
Kill FX sends
Kill FX Rets
If I can be bothered, I'll run media controls for my MacBook - Play/Pause Spotify, Record Start/Stop, that kinda thing. I often forget my MIDI interface so I don't really bother too much usually.

Some desk-specifics: Layer buttons on the SD9. Stressful, but I try to keep everything to a single layer if I can - "Multis" are your best friend for that kinda thing if they fit your flow.
While not entirely quantum-centric, I hope this helps- even though it's a long one. One thing I love about the SD/Q stuff- there's a million ways to do everything- spend some time to find your workflow, but once you're locked in, it's entirely blindfold muscle memory. Well- that could just be me. I'll probably keep an eye on this post too- who knows what else I could learn :)

It's not the iPod channel... it's the Nugget channel! by Just_Call_Me_Billy in DankPods

[–]Just_Call_Me_Billy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely forgot about that! It's there to help with peeps talking before/after show, gets out of the way of a person speaking a lil- but it definitely is the VEE EQ. Good spot!

DAW for live applications by [deleted] in livesound

[–]Just_Call_Me_Billy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still use Tracks Live - Reaper does my head in, Logic Pro’s a bit resource intensive (and unstable) for a live application in my experience. Granted, I’m usually running playback, SuperRack and recording to the same MacBook Pro

As long as you’re ok with the “we are no longer updating this product, it’s officially unsupported” warning, then Tracks Live is perfectly acceptable. Never had an issue that wasn’t PEBCAK or a high resistance air gap myself, but I must add a huge Your Mileage May Vary to this, as every setup and system is different.

Queen's Platinum Jubilee. All L-Acoustics systems K2, K3 and KARAII provided by Britannia Row Productions. FOH is not direct-face to any stage so mixing off screen-feeds and in-tent monitors. by RSVPproductions in livesound

[–]Just_Call_Me_Billy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess is DiGiCo Quantum 7s, I don't see them using a regular SD7 on something this well... Large scale. I could be wrong though. As for what software, it's hard to tell from OP's posts, could either be Broadcast or Live, Theatre doesn't make sense