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<blockquote data-quote="David Buckley" data-source="post: 73768" data-attributes="member: 2235">Re: crossover in the deskYou don&#039;t need to, Tim; theres no law that says you have to understand it.&nbsp; People are choosing to make crossing over possible in the console.&nbsp; Some may choose to do that, others will choose not to.&nbsp; For many (perhaps most) system setups, an external crossover box is - today - a sensible thing to have.&nbsp; In others it isn&#039;t.&nbsp; For the target marketplace fo the X32, having everything possible in the console more likely.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because the soundman (singular) is responsible for all aspects of setting up and operation.&nbsp; The advantage to Mr small system operator is that all the configuable&nbsp; parts of the system are in one place under the control of one user&nbsp; interface, with a remote control capability, and that makes huge sense in systems of this scale.&#039;Tis possibly worth mentioning that this scenario is no different to when you do mixing, routing and crossover in a DSP box (eg SoundWeb): when you recall a program you get it back, lock, stock and barell.So, going for devil&#039;s advocate:&nbsp;Ok, now we&#039;ve agreed that the crossover box is ancient history; the only question is now where it goes.&nbsp; You&#039;re clearly accepting to have the crossover in the amps of a pasive system, or integrated into the electronics of an active system, why couldn&#039;t they be somewhere else, like say, in a console?&nbsp; You would have to think though, that with the march of DSP in the console from one end, and from the amplification (either scenario noted above) in the other, you wouldn&#039;t want to be in the business of supplying crossovers, any more than being in the business of any other bit of outboard.&nbsp; That marketplace is vanishing.As I said in a much earlier comment; I&#039;d like the crossover functionality to be a bit more separate in control terms, and entirely seperate in terms of recall, to avoid the sorts of accidents that the unwary will probably make.&nbsp; Perhaps this will be another thing to fall out of the permissions model that is rumoured to be coming...?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="David Buckley, post: 73768, member: 2235"] Re: crossover in the desk You don't need to, Tim; theres no law that says you [I]have[/I] to understand it. People are [I]choosing[/I] to make crossing over possible in the console. Some may choose to do that, others will choose not to. For many (perhaps most) system setups, an external crossover box is - today - a sensible thing to have. In others it isn't. For the target marketplace fo the X32, having everything possible in the console more likely. Why? Because the soundman (singular) is responsible for all aspects of setting up and operation. The advantage to Mr small system operator is that all the configuable parts of the system are in one place under the control of one user interface, with a remote control capability, and that makes huge sense in systems of this scale. 'Tis possibly worth mentioning that this scenario is no different to when you do mixing, routing and crossover in a DSP box (eg SoundWeb): when you recall a program you get it back, lock, stock and barell. So, going for devil's advocate: Ok, now we've agreed that the crossover box is ancient history; the only question is now where it goes. You're clearly accepting to have the crossover in the amps of a pasive system, or integrated into the electronics of an active system, why couldn't they be somewhere else, like say, in a console? You would have to think though, that with the march of DSP in the console from one end, and from the amplification (either scenario noted above) in the other, you wouldn't want to be in the business of supplying crossovers, any more than being in the business of any other bit of outboard. That marketplace is vanishing. As I said in a much earlier comment; I'd like the crossover functionality to be a bit more separate in control terms, and entirely seperate in terms of recall, to avoid the sorts of accidents that the unwary will probably make. Perhaps this will be another thing to fall out of the permissions model that is rumoured to be coming...? [/QUOTE]

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