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SoundI like listening to stuff. I like making stuff that I can listen to. I guess a lot of my creative talent stems from this. To be honest, I don't even know why I gave this a dedicated page on my site. Regardless, here's a breif description of what I do with regards to audio engineering. I don't profess to be a professional at audio mixing; it's more an auxillary thing to me when compared to my involvement and expertise in computer systems, but nonetheless, I do get a buzz out of pulling a good mix. Below are a few systems that I've worked on (and have been proud to work on!). Midas XL3 - Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Topping it off (as with any high-end mixer) are the VCAs which, after level setting, can virtually reduce the mixing process down to manipulating only eight faders for a standard mix. And after all that, one of the features i have come to appreciate the most is the fact that everything has an "on" button - each channels send to an auxillary has an "on" button next to it, including the inserts (very handy). Soundcraft SM12- Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Again, an analog mixer, but there was one digital aspect to it that even the XL3 doesn't have - a digital cueing system. The big red button in the middle of the console that says "clear all" actually unselects all currently cued channels, and a second toggle button allows only a single channel to be cued at any time - meaning you can sweep your channels without having to go "channel-on, channel-off, channel-on, channel-off" and so forth - a REALLY intuitive move.
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Currently our church is at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, which provides an old Midas XL3 for use, which is a beautiful mixer (Pictured). 48 Channels with 16 auxillary sends, it's a bit of a reach to get to the gain knobs at the top of the console. Although it's analog (which I still prefer at this point, until our church buys a Yamaha PM5D) it's a great piece of equipment to work with. Each channel is only two knobs short of a full parametric equalizer (hi- and lo-mids have adjustable width), which gives just that extra bit of control when tuning inputs.
This is a foldback mixer, and although i haven't had much to do with foldback mixers, this is my absolute favourite at the moment. The controls were just plain intuitive. 12 foldback sends, using dual-pot knobs to save space on the length of the desk, for both channel sends and equalizers. It does get a bit confusing when it works bottom-to-top for its main foldback mix sends, but you get used to that.