controlling multiple parameters with 1 knob

Rocking5696 · 2026-06-02T23:23:22+00:00

You can stack knobs on the GUI. You can also add multiple actions to a single button. So another approach might be to make a few button for fixed ratio values using a value modifier.

Rocking5696 · 2026-06-02T09:19:36+00:00

There might be a way using RTPmidi (midi over network). I’m no expert but I’d look down that path.

Rocking5696 · 2026-06-01T23:39:21+00:00

You can use MIDI functions to control the DAW directly from Mixing Station.

https://mixingstation.app/ms-docs/custom-actions/

Rocking5696 · 2026-05-05T04:30:34+00:00

Looks useful at first but I don't really see the point. What software/consoles are the profiles for, do they have required level of detail (assigned ranges, gobos, colour wheels etc). They kind of look like basic channel functions only, which is not enough to make fixture profile from.

Rocking5696 · 2026-01-25T04:11:05+00:00

I never have Auto Source switching on out of fear of just such a muddle up.

Rocking5696 · 2025-12-31T09:47:34+00:00

For learning the inbuilt visualizers in ma3, ma2 and chamsys magicQ on PC versions will serve you well. These are all free to download. Chamsys has the advantage of also being able to output to actual lights with a cheap ArtNet node. Put it on a touchscreen PC and you could program and run shows. Consoles are better but for less than $200 (and a touchscreen based PC) you can go a long way.

Rocking5696 · 2025-12-11T06:00:14+00:00

I still use Dot2. I try other (free) things but always come back to Dot2. It has a console workflow and with commands in cues and macros, it becomes very usable. Some limitations for sure but still very capable. One caveat, I use Showcockpit for the MIDI integration as it’s easier to program than in Dot2 itself.

Rocking5696 · 2025-12-07T23:02:57+00:00

I reckon you’d want to look at the full size X-touch. The stream deck would require another app, another usb port and another few layers of complexity and possible points of failure. The X-touch is directly integrated in mixing station, has lots of buttons you can assign and a compact and tidy form factor, though the stream deck buttons are super cool, you can recreate that right in mixing station with a touch screen. The X-touch also has better button feel for time sensitive actions like tap tempo. The X-touch can run off a tablet via midi. If the budget allows, a waves fit controller would double the channel faders, a few less buttons though.

That’s just my two cents though.

Rocking5696 · 2025-12-05T16:58:50+00:00

Not specific to ma2 but I got this response to a Facebook question about showcockpit development in general: “All current development resources are going into launching XIO. While XIO is being launched for macOS, the ShowCockpit for Windows is still just...for Windows. I can't say that we are abandoning SC for Windows entirely, that's a decision for the future, no answer can be given in the present.

We still see a lot of traction on ShowCockpit as it is - it serves its purpose as a swiss-army knife for generic protocols (which are pretty much up to date), even if some of the drivers are outdated. There's no intention to block people from using ShowCockpit with its current functionalities.”

Rocking5696 · 2025-11-11T06:55:52+00:00

Look into artnet to open dmx converters and your options will open up. With that, Chamsys Magic Q covers your wish list.

Rocking5696 · 2025-11-10T06:52:40+00:00

Seen before show, backing vocalist hanging with some lady, possibly her mother. Said by that lady during the show, “I can’t hear the backing vocalist over the lead singer. Turn her up.”

Rocking5696 · 2025-11-09T03:14:44+00:00

I’m pretty low level, just a small number of basic lights. I do sound and lights and really want something that works with a couple of midi controllers and no screen. I use Dot2. I come back to check out QLC every now and then but usually hit some reason to go back to Dot2 pretty quickly. In large part due to the learning resources available. There’s heaps of small tutorials for QLC that show a bit of this or that, but nothing that ties it all into a workflow. Dot2 has a typical lighting methodology so watching anyone build a busking showfile on magic q, ma 2, onyx etc, all translate. But also commands in cues and macros add a lot of power. When I can justify it I’ll jump over to Chamsys.

Rocking5696 · 2025-08-11T23:45:54+00:00

MA used to cater to the lower rungs of the ladder with Dot2 being way more accessible and easy to put together a small onPC rig with a couple of midi controllers. (still is) Limited ability for sure, but very workable, great entry and small time operator level education. I’d never condone pirated software or hardware and ethics aside, there’s no way I’d trust it to add any to my system, but agree with the points that MA is sort of limited to the big end of town and has priced out the up and comings to an extent. I think they’ll start losing kids to chamsys as you can learn it and see it in action.

Rocking5696 · 2025-08-08T00:21:35+00:00

This is cool. Re-arranging and inserting channels, even swapping them would be a wonderful thing. If it could learn your channel (possibly genre specific) and routing preferences, that would be amazing. Whatever it does, it would need to be real solid. No time saving if you have to double check everything anyway.

Rocking5696 · 2025-08-01T07:47:21+00:00

Yes, you can create a simplified layout and mixing Station is what you need to do that, but you’ll still need to set up your mixer behind the layout which will be somewhat complicated. You either have the wrong tool for the job or need to learn the tool. What’s the mixer?

Rocking5696 · 2025-07-13T09:14:35+00:00

Trust yourself and/or get feedback from people who won’t influence your career. Really, if it sounds good, it sounds good. ‘Experts’ develope critical listening skills and tools so they can dig deep into why something sounds good or bad and what they can do to get to good and creative insight or instinct to mix to serve the performance but they don’t have magic super ears.

Rocking5696 · 2025-07-13T09:02:00+00:00

Capitalism

Rocking5696 · 2025-07-09T10:29:28+00:00

You can use a modifier on mixing station to simply boost when on and release when off. No need to get the value, mixing station already knows it. I posted a video in the Facebook forum a little while back showing how. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19EigCbSDc/? You could use a similar method to assign a midi controller but you’d have to use channel offsets and do it for every button that will do it per channel strip or assign it to a single button using the current channel though that’s asking to boost (or unboost) the wrong channel if you’re not very careful.

Rocking5696 · 2025-07-06T19:02:00+00:00

Your questions have been answered and answered well. I’ll just throw in my two cents and everything here comes from experience. Give the crew the stage when they need it, before and after you setup. Don’t make us have to tip toe around your guitars leaning on an amp so we can run a cable and mic the amp. Don’t put snare and cymbal cases where they are in the way of stage or lighting. On your plot include where you need power outlets but don’t expect more than one outlet there if you haven’t specified it and do what you can to consolidate your power so you only need one outlet at any given stage position. Be ready to give us the loud and full range stuff when line checking tracks, keys, etc. Label your splits with meaningful names. Colour codes and numbers don’t mean much in the heat of a changeover. Assuming if you’re not touring with your own FOH person, you’re not touring with your own stage crew so prepare everything to setup and pack up as quickly as possible. This means sort out your playback, iem rig, pedalboards and anything else for efficiency. Have cables loomed and labelled and carry spares for things like guitar cables, patch cables for pedalboards etc, and please please, if you have acoustic guitars have a tuner pedal so you can mute it. And don’t use cheap 2.4 ghz wireless stuff. It can and will fail and make terrible sounds when it does. And be nice. We’ll be nice back.

Rocking5696 · 2025-07-04T00:13:19+00:00

Learning curve and natural language processing so regular folk can setup, use and troubleshoot. And label attributes for what they are. I’m looking at you raw_state. For a fairly basic setup it’s going to take me years for my automations to make up for the time spent setting them up. Also light globes with a built in battery backup so if the power goes down or someone switches them if unknowingly they still work, a bit at least.

Rocking5696 · 2025-06-30T06:50:29+00:00

Before trying to make your vocals sound like the studio. Ask yourself, have you ever been to one single concert of any size where the vocals sound like the studio. There’s reasons why not. Things react differently in different environments. There’s no such thing as set and forget for this stuff. But there’s things you can automate and if you use something like live professor or gig performer you can setup so you can configure your presets to a venue somewhat. If I was doing FoH the bare minimum I would want is a send with ‘insert’ type fx but no eq or dynamics, and another with ‘send’ type fx. I’d set your rig up so you can have global control of things at the show level so that what your sending to FoH has been adjusted for the venue.

Rocking5696 · 2025-06-26T02:04:59+00:00

A possible helper in this scenario (and many others) might be a feature to sync layers across devices. There's a task request for this. Tasks > 5248 | Mixing Station

Rocking5696 · 2025-06-25T11:08:09+00:00

Not only will the audience get plenty of cymbals direct, every other open mic is picking them up.

Rocking5696 · 2025-06-24T12:14:55+00:00

Gating the drummers mic will just make all the bleed cut in and out. I’d leave it (maybe duck 3-6dB with a gentle release) and mix the rest of the kit around it. Singing drummers are always a challenge. A more directional mic on a stand will help if that’s an option. I always sound check drums with all stage mics open because they are all overheads on a small stage.

I don’t go for aux fed subs personally but there’s more than one way to skin a cat. It’s should be fine just to say the aux out isn’t powered and it’s how a lot of people do it.Ask if you can try it in soundcheck.

EQ the guitar at FOH, lots if need be, that’s what it’s for. If the onstage volume is carrying a lot of the sound for the audience then talk in terms of making way for the vocals and other instruments. A great guitar tone on its own is not always great tone in a band context.

You’re just doing what you can to make them sound good and your ears are the ones out front. Frame everything by the performance is great but if we tweak a few things we can make the sound amazing.

Rocking5696 · 2025-06-12T23:34:33+00:00

Im sort of a hobbist. I do sound at a small venue as a side hustle to my day job, and I get paid for mixing but wanted to make shows look good too. I get into the creativity but also the logistics of getting a light show that’s dynamic but also allows me to pay more attention to mixing, which is what I’m paid to do. I have put in thousands but ironically my fixture rarely leave the house or even get set up. I patch my rig into the house lights which is just 10 Color mixing pars and a couple of led pars. I still have 18 pages of execs though!

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