Roland M200i Digital Mixer

Back on New Year's Eve, I was working a sound gig with a local area band. The bassist, owner of his sound gear, decided to rent a Roland M200i digital mixer for the gig.

A few days before I had a chance to play around with it during a band rehearsal. After a little trial and error, I became comfortable navigating the console. Plus the band had a pretty good mix for the rehearsal.

On the gig night, I had a blast mixing on the Roland M200i! I had a great sound mix during the show and no complaints from anyone.

I like the design of the console with everything available at push of a button. Having the iPad setup is also a blessing. All the console functions are available on the iPad app.

I also liked the lightweight, cat 5 snake cable on a cable wheel. Easily setup and torn down at the gig compared to the typical, 16 channel, copper snakes.

Also like the USB recording features on the console. Only thing I had problem with was setting console into recording mode. Quick read in the manual solved problem. Of course, I forgot to start recording at start of the show. At least I got the last few songs at the end of the night.

A wonderful digital console to mix on! So far, the easiest digital console I had used before coming from an analog guy. Happy mixing everyone!

Iron Groove at Sarnia Artwalk 2011: Revisited

Okay folks, here are a couple videos that I am revisiting from Sarnia Artwalk 2011. I was mixing sound at the small stage during Artwalk weekend and working for local sound company Great Big Sound. It was a fun weekend and I had a blast mixing this band. Enjoy!

First Time Mix on a Yamaha 03D Digital Mixer

Coming up on August 1st, I will be mixing sound for a two band gig using an older Yamaha 03D Digital Mixer. The bassist in the feature band owns this console and a QSC powered speaker system to go along with it. The owner Dave told me that he will give me a crash course through the operations of the console before the show. He said most everything is already saved in memory as scenes making my job a little bit easier.

Just wanted to ask which of your sound engineers out there either own or have mixed on the Yamaha 03D digital consoles. If you have, I would surely appreciate and tips or hints or shortcuts into the operation of the mixer. Personally, I am just starting to mix on the occasion digital mixer but, the majority of my gigs are still mixed on an analog console. To help myself out, I downloaded the user manual for the Yamaha 03D console so that I read up on it and get a head start into mixing on that console.

In case you are not familiar, here is picture of the Yamaha 03D from a product brochure that I downloaded from the Yamaha website.

Advanced Small Console Techniques Article

Hello Everyone!

Just finished reading a great article on the ProSoundWeb site.
"Advanced Small Console Techniques: Maximizing The Available Feature Set"

Essentially, this article explains tips and techniques for working with small consoles when a big console is not available. Some great ideas listed for using small consoles to their maximum potential.

Click on the link below to view the article. Enjoy.

http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/advanced_small_console_techniques_maximizing_tthe_available_feature_set/live/P1/

A Great Mix? Sometimes It Depends On Who You Ask…

Here is an article written by Dave Rat. This one brings us back to the "less is more" scenario when doing a live sound mix. Dave talks about how you should not go overboard with all the frills of a sound mix until you get a basic sound mix dialed into the mixer. Makes sense to me. Click on the link below to read the article from the ProSoundWeb site. Enjoy!

http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/a_great_mix/