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<blockquote data-quote="Adam Ellsworth" data-source="post: 23254" data-attributes="member: 401"><p>Re: Knob turning on iPad?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, the console unfortunately only supports one connection at a time. I have not spent much time looking into a software MIDI splitter (MIDIOX, etc) but I'm skeptical it would work smoothly. AirFader connects and disconnects very quickly, but SM just doesn't. But AirFader is not intended to be a replacement for Studio Manager, either.</p><p></p><p>On the one hand, this is hardly a standards-based industry outside of rack dimensions, XLRs, and a few communications protocols (ie DMX). After all, there are dozens of lighting software options alone. But I totally understand general concern about a non-vendor supplied product. We're expected to be reliable show after show, so we in turn demand that from our tools.</p><p></p><p>So, perhaps something like AirFader is not for you. I can tell you my personal experience has been the opposite, but I may be coming from a different angle: I usually mix a different band every show at any of a half-dozen venues, some with house systems I manage and the rest we bring full PA. But I'm almost always carrying the same LS9, and I'm usually the lone engineer. (Since my console and IP network does not change, the time for me to connect router and sync AirFader is negligible... this would take longer on a "new" console each night.) I'm obviously not doing 1k-seat venues most of the time.</p><p></p><p>But more than half the time anymore, I don't even get behind the console until after sound check. I can do a basic line check without the band and get monitors roughed-in, with one hand free. I can stand next to the lead singer until his mix is perfect. These are HUGE time savers. Of course I am certainly biased - but I did not design my processes to fit AirFader, I developed AirFader because it made my job <em>easier</em>. Isn't that what a tool does?</p><p></p><p>But I no means take your comments personally - they are very constructive and probably indicate differences in the gigs and ways we work as much as anything else. Different jobs require different tools.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Adam Ellsworth, post: 23254, member: 401"] Re: Knob turning on iPad? No, the console unfortunately only supports one connection at a time. I have not spent much time looking into a software MIDI splitter (MIDIOX, etc) but I'm skeptical it would work smoothly. AirFader connects and disconnects very quickly, but SM just doesn't. But AirFader is not intended to be a replacement for Studio Manager, either. On the one hand, this is hardly a standards-based industry outside of rack dimensions, XLRs, and a few communications protocols (ie DMX). After all, there are dozens of lighting software options alone. But I totally understand general concern about a non-vendor supplied product. We're expected to be reliable show after show, so we in turn demand that from our tools. So, perhaps something like AirFader is not for you. I can tell you my personal experience has been the opposite, but I may be coming from a different angle: I usually mix a different band every show at any of a half-dozen venues, some with house systems I manage and the rest we bring full PA. But I'm almost always carrying the same LS9, and I'm usually the lone engineer. (Since my console and IP network does not change, the time for me to connect router and sync AirFader is negligible... this would take longer on a "new" console each night.) I'm obviously not doing 1k-seat venues most of the time. But more than half the time anymore, I don't even get behind the console until after sound check. I can do a basic line check without the band and get monitors roughed-in, with one hand free. I can stand next to the lead singer until his mix is perfect. These are HUGE time savers. Of course I am certainly biased - but I did not design my processes to fit AirFader, I developed AirFader because it made my job [I]easier[/I]. Isn't that what a tool does? But I no means take your comments personally - they are very constructive and probably indicate differences in the gigs and ways we work as much as anything else. Different jobs require different tools. [/QUOTE]
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