Re: Yamaha Stage Mix 2.0 News
Really? Are you thinking of running your scenes on a system that has variable execution latency based on wireless network conditions at that moment, as well as a control platform that has hit or miss response time when you hit a button?
StageMix is a great app for adjusting certain parameters as you walk around the stage (StageMix, get it?) or venue while setting up. It is not reliable enough at this point to run a show on as far as I am concerned. Particularly one with tight cueing.
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+1. For some reason, I have better luck with the iPad VNCed into the MacBook running Studio Manager when I have to actually sit out front with an iPad to mix. I don't like it...at all...., but now our corporate clients know I can do it. Especially our local symphony orchestra, who conspired with my Boss against me for a hoity toity tux & tails fundraiser/dinner event where the need for a mix position came into question (Seriously?? No shit??). Boss brought up the fact that I've been doing simple small shows and some corporate stuff on the iPad. I was dragged kicking and screaming into the idea with this event, only because there was a dress rehearsal the night before the event. Okay, I thought, Stagemix isn't as dense as SM on the iPad, so I'll try it. but between only 8 channels on the screen and no way to have more windows open, plus and surprisingly enough, it was slower. Went back to Studio Manager, came up with a way to have the necessary windows open with a little of the window showing so I could grab it (HAVE to use a scribe pen, impossible without it), plus a lot of dragging, pinching, and zooming. Took about 4 tunes, but it came together. It....works...and they are happy. It's just not a satisfying experience for me as a mixer, which is one reason we do this right? But...(looonng sigh), it's become a selling point in some situations.
Oh, to mention this (edit), I use the Netgear WNDR (?) 3700 router, which has offered the most consistent and dependable wifi operation for me so far. Looking at the new WNDR 4500, might get it. Would really like to get something on the enterprise level. Open to suggestions...
The biggest problem, no kidding, is the people walking up and expressing the WOW factor of so-called "wireless mixing" while I'm trying to work. During the recent Governor's inauguration, I was bombarded with this most of the evening (of course, the Boss has to show this off to his buds) and about the time my patience's limit was tapped, I was smart enough to look back at the person looking over my shoulder...just in time to recognize our new governor checking out the screen. That sigh of relief at my restraint didn't come soon enough..
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The orchestra event was last October of 2011 and I don't think I've used Stage Mix since.
To swerve off-topic for a bit, I've been using the Presonus Studio Live 24 this week (not ours, another company's desk that offered its use). So far, I'd rather use the iPad app for it than mix on the thing if I have to use it. But maybe that will change with a little more use.
Geri O
What I mean is I hope they don't include lots feature that will clutter the interface and increase sync time. Channel naming should be straight forward - just make the labels clickable. The information contained in them is already synced as it is (and it needs to be, obviously).It's the addition of scene memory functions I'm not thrilled about. In my view that's not what StageMix is about, but maybe that's just me.