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<blockquote data-quote="Marc Lopez" data-source="post: 130329" data-attributes="member: 7061">Re: Marc Lopez of Yamaha Commercial Audio Q&amp;AHi Tim,I&#039;ve been a little absent from the thread lately, but not due lack of interest!&nbsp; I hear your comments about learning from lighting consoles.&nbsp; Yes indeed we have studied, and there are many interesting things to learn.&nbsp; Applying them to an audio mixer can be a little tricky in some cases… but we are working on many things.&nbsp; Nothing to talk about now, though.&nbsp; We do have the CSV export option for PM5D Editor, and intend to bring that to CL - I&#039;m afraid I don&#039;t have timing on that, but it is on the wish list.Regarding your comments about large format digital mixers, hardware cost is very much a factor - quality hardware for a flagship-level products are expensive (faders, encoders, displays, analog audio circuitry, etc.), but one must also consider that large format consoles typically are DSP-intensive.&nbsp; There is typically more channel processing and routing flexibility that require more DSP and higher power CPUs to control them.&nbsp; This not only amounts to a greater cost in hardware, but because of the software complexity there is a significant cost in the software development as well.&nbsp; Manufacturers need to balance and factor these costs along with what is really necessary on the surface to get the job done - which may vary from user to user and even region to region (speaking from a global perspective). Ultimately that&nbsp; boils down to a reasonable balance between cost, capability/features, and controls.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marc Lopez, post: 130329, member: 7061"] Re: Marc Lopez of Yamaha Commercial Audio Q&A Hi Tim, I've been a little absent from the thread lately, but not due lack of interest! I hear your comments about learning from lighting consoles. Yes indeed we have studied, and there are many interesting things to learn. Applying them to an audio mixer can be a little tricky in some cases… but we are working on many things. Nothing to talk about now, though. We do have the CSV export option for PM5D Editor, and intend to bring that to CL - I'm afraid I don't have timing on that, but it is on the wish list. Regarding your comments about large format digital mixers, hardware cost is very much a factor - quality hardware for a flagship-level products are expensive (faders, encoders, displays, analog audio circuitry, etc.), but one must also consider that large format consoles typically are DSP-intensive. There is typically more channel processing and routing flexibility that require more DSP and higher power CPUs to control them. This not only amounts to a greater cost in hardware, but because of the software complexity there is a significant cost in the software development as well. Manufacturers need to balance and factor these costs along with what is really necessary on the surface to get the job done - which may vary from user to user and even region to region (speaking from a global perspective). Ultimately that boils down to a reasonable balance between cost, capability/features, and controls. [/QUOTE]

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