strangeandbouncy
Well-known member
Hi Guys,
I have a Sony/MCI MXP-2000 console. It's Awesome. Solid, reliable, maintenance free(so far . . . ) Sounds fantastic, and Has been used for many many projects. I love it! Great for Protools.
It has a dbx2151 vca per channel which is multifunctional. It controls channel fader, vca grouping, and dynamics. I have just noticed on the schematic, that there are more control options for each vca card, since the desk was also designed to be controllable by a video automation system. I haven't worked out just how yet, but there appears to be an accessible port for each vca card.
What grabs me is that it might be possible to actually AUTOMATE my faders. I am sick of only being able to automate "In The Box", ie PRE any dynamic processing. I am aware that several manufacturers have made midi controlled automation systems(Mackie?), and wonder if anyone has any suggestions as to how to implement this. I would be very happy with only a few(actually even just one!) faders "automatable" at the end of the day.
I do accept that I might be asking too much, but would seriously welcome any suggestions. If it is not possible to adapt anything currently or previously made, perhaps someone else around here would welcome a project to add some "analogue" automation to their otherwise uncontrollable analogue processing via good old MIDI?
Kindest regards,
ANdyP
I have a Sony/MCI MXP-2000 console. It's Awesome. Solid, reliable, maintenance free(so far . . . ) Sounds fantastic, and Has been used for many many projects. I love it! Great for Protools.
It has a dbx2151 vca per channel which is multifunctional. It controls channel fader, vca grouping, and dynamics. I have just noticed on the schematic, that there are more control options for each vca card, since the desk was also designed to be controllable by a video automation system. I haven't worked out just how yet, but there appears to be an accessible port for each vca card.
What grabs me is that it might be possible to actually AUTOMATE my faders. I am sick of only being able to automate "In The Box", ie PRE any dynamic processing. I am aware that several manufacturers have made midi controlled automation systems(Mackie?), and wonder if anyone has any suggestions as to how to implement this. I would be very happy with only a few(actually even just one!) faders "automatable" at the end of the day.
I do accept that I might be asking too much, but would seriously welcome any suggestions. If it is not possible to adapt anything currently or previously made, perhaps someone else around here would welcome a project to add some "analogue" automation to their otherwise uncontrollable analogue processing via good old MIDI?
Kindest regards,
ANdyP