Re: Thought Problem: micing and mixing a panel discussion for recording
Yes you can't make a perfect plug-in AM using just meter levels unless you burn a bus (for sum of all). In case i wasn't clear a console maker could build this into the console middle-ware without losing any functionality since the "sum of all" bus can be performed virtually, and doesn't even need to be full bandwidth/dynamic range. They don't bother because it is still an obscure feature that few people understand and even fewer ask for...
If I was making a digital console I would sure build one in. The incremental hardware cost would be zero, and this would be a valuable feature to any who understand the capability. Not my first or last (good?) idea ignored.
JR
PS: The plug in Automatic mixer works but can not discriminate between coherent and incoherent sources due to crude sum from meter data not true sum of audio inputs. Mic gain sharing must guess and will be wrong for one or the other (equal incoherent sources share gain -3dB, coherent sources dip -6dB). Not a huge deal since most sources are incoherent, but not true "Dugan" gain sharing.
