| | 25 | == Wireless Headphones |
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| | 27 | Oleg is testing Audio-Technica Pro/88W wireless systems for headphone use. These are meant to be used with microphones and as such expect very low input voltage, plus they are single-channel systems. |
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| | 29 | == Second Mixer |
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| | 31 | For recording all of the instruments, sometimes 32 input channels of the DL32R are insufficient. Additional microphones can be routed to USB interfaces for recording, but the issue with them is lack of monitoring for clipping. Absent this monitoring it is easy for the signal to be clipped which can render it useless in practice. |
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| | 33 | Multi-track recorders like Zoom R24 have a similar issue in that they can only be monitored from the physical location of the recorder, normally inaccessible during the concert and frequently difficult to access even during sound check. A mixer with remote control can be at least monitored via the levels shown in the control app. |
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| | 35 | Behringer XR18 is currently the preferred choice due to it using an open wire protocol (unlike specifically Mackie DL16S which uses a proprietary protocol). The open protocol leaves open the possibility of implementing any missing features in the control app manually (mute groups for example, including an arbitrary number of them). |
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| | 37 | X18 is similar but has less convenient I/O (1/4" outputs rather than XLR, possibly better for studio use with outboard hardware but not as useful in live application where outputs go into monitors or house inputs. X18 is also significantly larger dimensionally and slightly heavier. |
