ruffrecords said:
You are of course correct but everybody calls it phase.
And many people still spell bus wrong despite decades of my effort. :'(
When in doubt do what is right,,, not what all the ignorant do.
For many years I tried to educate people that the term 'hacking' does not mean someone who breaks into computers - that is 'cracking'. Hacking is the process of intense concentration in the production of code. However, the popular press invariably refers to cracking as hacking so I now find it pointless to try to correct them
Perhaps a US thing, (or an old man thing) but I worked in a machine shop for summer jobs over two high school summer vacations back in the mid 60's. Back then "hackers", or "hack workers" were called that because of the rough metal edges on their projects due to using a hack saw instead of proper machine tools to cut metal. To my peers back then "hackers" was a very pejorative term suggesting sloppy, unprofessional work quality from well before software became something civilians were even aware of. Now people proudly declare themselves hackers. :
Coincidentally I am using a hacksaw today to cut some old rusted bolts holding my very old and very tired wheelbarrow together. The steel pan is rusted and was tearing out around one of the carriage bolt heads holding it together. I have replaced the old with new bolts and 2"+ fender washers... I now expect that wheelbarrow to outlast me (probably not that hard).
That is a very clever idea where real estate is at a premium. How well was this received by end users. Do you have any examples you can point me to?
Cheers
Ian
Not just real estate but cost too. I used it in the Peavey "RQ" (Reference Quality) series way back last century. The RQ3014 was the poster boy for this concept.
https://assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/80301574.pdf
I called the several full feature channels "super channels", another feature not needed for every channel on your mixer is a pad switch. This may require some re-patching to access the limited availability features, but better than not having one, or paying too much for more than you ever need.
Another tweak I did in anticipation of how people used the mixers was to voice the EQ differently on the first couple channels that usually got kick drum or bass sources, giving more LF control. This practice of putting low bass on first track may have gone away with magnetic tape, but was handy (IMO) back then.
I doubt the current Peavey product management, and/or mixer engineering group leadership share my enthusiasm after I left (I loved all my ideas). I have been off the reservation some two decades now so who knows, or cares what they are doing?
JR