[Scott Dorsey]

geoff wrote:
On 13/12/2020 3:16 pm, Mike Rivers wrote:

True that. It's a lot done "in the box" now.

Funny about that. You buy a mixing console, then you use your computer
as the recorder, and instead of sending tracks back to the mixer, you
mix them on the computer. The console becomes a tracking tool, and then
becomes obsolete until the next session.

Yep - most mixing desks are now used primarily as multi-channel mic/line
preamps. Gain control and low-cut button used as necessary.

Has been like that for a decade and a bit for me, with occasional
exceptions.

For me it's the total opposite.... since the DAW world allows you to have
as many channels as you want, there's no need to record stems or premixes,
so I just track directly through standalone preamps. Then I use the console
for mixing down.
--scott

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