On a real analog console, it's easily one track per fader. This means that you have to do digital summing in the box to get the mix down to 8 stereo groups (i.e., 16 mono outs) anyway. An analog console is usually much larger. However, these boxes are usually 16 channels. This product allows mixers to send out of their DAW into an analog box that sums using components, all analog, like an analog console does. A Big trend these days is to use analog summing mixers like the Dangerous 2Bus. Another of which is routing possibilities. But what about those times we DON'T want to use a compressor? When it sounds too obvious? When it pumps? What then!?!Īnalog desks have multiple benefits. You compress something 4dB and then bring up the makeup gain 4dB, the "apparent loudness" of the track easily went up 4dB because your peaks stayed the same (thanks to the makeup gain) but your average went up.
Sure, compression helps aide in the squashing of dynamic range in order to bring up RMS level. Part of this is because of a little thing called saturation. We hear a certain frequency balance, a certain punch, a certain width (hmm.all words we use when describing analog gear) and it sounds LOUDER to us. It's pretty interesting how that happens. In a previous blog post I talked about loudness and how our ears perceive loudness from primarily average levels rather than peak levels. Alright folks - time to learn something about your ears and analog stuff.
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