Summing mixers-Just not hearing any diff
Ok, flame on if you must. But here's the deal...
After listening to numerous audio samples of ITB and OTB summed mixes, and several different boxes, I am just not hearing any difference. I've listened in two different control rooms on Genelecs and Haflers and sorry to say any noticeable difference is just not there. Wider mix? More Spacial? More headroom? Really? Maybe I need a scope of some sort to discern the added magic these boxes bring to a mix, but I'm not in the habit of scoping my mixes and go with what my ears tell me.
I realize there are as many supporters of this mixing approach as there are opponents, but... and this is my one disclaimer to this argument:
other than using a sound coloring summing box like a Neve, BAE, or similar which has more features than just simple routing, (and there are those who say that the feature packed summing mixers aren't true summing mixers to begin with,) the routing out of Pro Tools thru a box of resistors and back into Pro Tools just doesn't add anything that I can hear.
Ok, bring it on. I'm ready.
Last edited by mbvoxx; 27th March 2015 at 06:03 PM..