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Musical Theatre Mute/DCA Automation "Granularity"?
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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel McAllister" data-source="post: 141290" data-attributes="member: 2431"><p>Re: Musical Theatre Mute/DCA Automation "Granularity"?</p><p></p><p>Obviously it completely depends on the show, but I prefer to use a combination of the layer 1 input faders and the DCAs on the X32, rather than trying to mix solely on the 8 DCAs.</p><p></p><p>So, for Annie, for example, I might have the orphans on inputs 1-7, all assigned to DCA 1, so that I've got a DCA to bring them up and down as a group, but also with the flexibility of grabbing an input fader for individual lines. Then the other main characters may have their own DCAs, and for some scenes, I'll end up with various people assigned to a chorus DCA.</p><p></p><p>I mix all the entrances and exits manually, and generally line by line for dialogue. I do use cues, but only to vary DCA assignments for scenes, and to black out the scribble strips of input channels who's characters aren't in that particular scene. Also to vary EQ as necessary.</p><p></p><p>For most shows you're going to need a lot of cues to be able to mix solely on the 8 DCAs, and I prefer to concentrate on the stage than recalling cues. Obviously if you're on a bigger console then it'd be more feasible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel McAllister, post: 141290, member: 2431"] Re: Musical Theatre Mute/DCA Automation "Granularity"? Obviously it completely depends on the show, but I prefer to use a combination of the layer 1 input faders and the DCAs on the X32, rather than trying to mix solely on the 8 DCAs. So, for Annie, for example, I might have the orphans on inputs 1-7, all assigned to DCA 1, so that I've got a DCA to bring them up and down as a group, but also with the flexibility of grabbing an input fader for individual lines. Then the other main characters may have their own DCAs, and for some scenes, I'll end up with various people assigned to a chorus DCA. I mix all the entrances and exits manually, and generally line by line for dialogue. I do use cues, but only to vary DCA assignments for scenes, and to black out the scribble strips of input channels who's characters aren't in that particular scene. Also to vary EQ as necessary. For most shows you're going to need a lot of cues to be able to mix solely on the 8 DCAs, and I prefer to concentrate on the stage than recalling cues. Obviously if you're on a bigger console then it'd be more feasible. [/QUOTE]
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