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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Babcock" data-source="post: 137792" data-attributes="member: 46"><p>Re: Actually MIXING on a tablet/ipad</p><p></p><p>I've been doing quite a few shows lately exclusively mixing via iPad on X32 Rack and similar. It is slow to get around on but once the show is actually running it's great. I wouldn't want it for a festival style gig though. You'll get quick at it after a while to be able to tweak FX, tap tempo etc on the fly. I rely heavily on the DCA's - it's pretty much critical to make sure you assign everything there intelligently, especially if you have cues to deal with etc - for instance the one show I'm doing regularly is entirely sequenced and has video clips and other changes etc that need a lot of level change and mute coordination. It's do-able, but you need to be fairly well organized.</p><p></p><p>Would I rather use a desk? You bet. I could drag my 48ch analog desk, a snake, and a couple racks of outboard out to that gig if I really wanted to. A big analog desk with great outboard will always be the most fun to actually mix on for me, but the convenience factor usually trumps that. I'm sick of lugging that sort of stuff around.</p><p></p><p>For the record, I have had no stability issues mixing from the iPad, though my experience is mostly with X32-Mix. Make sure you use a good wireless router, and lock it down - change to a non-obvious SSID, hide the SSID from broadcasting, use MAC filtering, disable 2.4Ghz (if your router supports dual band/5Ghz), etc. I recommend using DD-WRT firmware if your router supports it, it tends to be far superior in both features and reliability in my experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Babcock, post: 137792, member: 46"] Re: Actually MIXING on a tablet/ipad I've been doing quite a few shows lately exclusively mixing via iPad on X32 Rack and similar. It is slow to get around on but once the show is actually running it's great. I wouldn't want it for a festival style gig though. You'll get quick at it after a while to be able to tweak FX, tap tempo etc on the fly. I rely heavily on the DCA's - it's pretty much critical to make sure you assign everything there intelligently, especially if you have cues to deal with etc - for instance the one show I'm doing regularly is entirely sequenced and has video clips and other changes etc that need a lot of level change and mute coordination. It's do-able, but you need to be fairly well organized. Would I rather use a desk? You bet. I could drag my 48ch analog desk, a snake, and a couple racks of outboard out to that gig if I really wanted to. A big analog desk with great outboard will always be the most fun to actually mix on for me, but the convenience factor usually trumps that. I'm sick of lugging that sort of stuff around. For the record, I have had no stability issues mixing from the iPad, though my experience is mostly with X32-Mix. Make sure you use a good wireless router, and lock it down - change to a non-obvious SSID, hide the SSID from broadcasting, use MAC filtering, disable 2.4Ghz (if your router supports dual band/5Ghz), etc. I recommend using DD-WRT firmware if your router supports it, it tends to be far superior in both features and reliability in my experience. [/QUOTE]
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