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this is the best explanation of how analog and digital mixers does..

I wish you taught audio at a university so I could take the class to brush up on my skills! Very clearly explained!

Mitch is the BEST spokesman for any company I’ve ever heard !!

I viewed this video some months ago, and i can categorically say that the time i've spent since then in the studio, making music, and learning stage sound has gone a long way in helping me understand better as I watch it again. That said, the Behringer X32 is a behemoth I look forward to acquiring for studio and event use. I've also looked up the Zoom L20 and it is quite impressive, but nothing was said about it in this video.

I know it would take me half an hour to work out a digital mixer but I'm analogue all the way. I have my own sound business and there's no difference in the sound between both desks. Keep it simple keep it analogue 👍😁

Great speaking and presentation. You spoke very rapidly, to 'get everything in', yet that was fine, it was very clear and articulating, comprehensive, and personable. The concept(s) are very logical, so that helped it along also. I liked that you covered a bit from a 'worship' perspective also.

This video is outstanding. Best explanation I’ve heard about the two technologies thus far. You’ve helped me to better understand the investment we’re about to make! Thanks!!

Excellent video, clarified a lot of questions and made my buying-decisions easier :) Thanks!

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That was a great breakdown and explanation.

i bought my audio interface from you guys and i live in australia, you guys are the best! 5*

This 9 mins video cleared all of my doubts ,Thanks you so much for making it so simple this was really a easy understanding concept🙃🙏

Yoooo Zed series is king. You're an awesome teacher btw - double this guy's pay lol.

Best explanation i've heard. So simple but full of data/ Thanks for this

This is great information. Thank you all for always posting helpful videos.

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Thank you, you have such a pleasing voice, I did learn something. TY SO MUCH... LOVE THIS VIDEO

Great, easy to understand video for an audio newbie!

I was afraid of digital mixers jaja but being able to save presets catch my attention!

Mitch Gallagher you are the shit. Every video you do makes so much sense to me. I’m learning this so easily.

Thanks for this clear explanation!

Thank you for the video very insightful!

Thank you for this wonderful easy understandable video

This was excellent, very clear.

I'm an analog guy stuck in a digital world.

Very good general comparison. 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

Sorry if this is a newbie thing, but I figured I'd share just in case it is and there are other newbies here. I just learned that if you partially insert a mono TS cable into the "Insert" jack on an analog mixer, it acts as a direct line out without interrupting the signal through the mixer. If you push it in all the way it will interrupt the signal flow, but just one click in the insert jack sends and does not cut out. Send that out to a separate mixer and you can create a monitor mix that is entirely tweak-able on it's own depending on the features of the second mixer. Downside to that is you need a snake or just a lot of extra cabling. Still, I think it's pretty cool that is even possible to do on an analog mixer. EQ'ing my own monitor is absolutely fantastic.

Great and simple explanation, thanks! :)

Excellent video........I always live by the motto....."KISS....Keep it simple silly".....the more complex something is, the more difficult it can be to learn it in a pinch

Great video. He was good at explaining the stuff

Excellent video! Good content.

I'm still happy with my A&H ZED-16FX.

I never want to go back to an analog console again after getting my X32 Compact in Sep 2016 (and soon, the WING).

Thank you sir, you are amazing...

Wow, smooth like water! Thanks

Thanks a lot! By the way, where can I find the sound of introduction please ? Sound so smooth

Man is slowly improving on technology and still a long way to go. William Percival New Zealand Gardenia Band 🇨🇰 Kia Orana

Thanks Mitch. Concise.

TQVM for your superb explanation, Sir.

Nice explanation of both sir

Commonly enjoying an analog consols and trying my best for do much better at a digital mixer... Its a huge different experient whlie using both of them..

I think the industry hasn't quite realised the potential of digital mixing yet, especially with the rise of Dante and audio networking. This is how I see it... Live audio mixing is now physically separate from 3 elements in traditional mixing consoles. Those 3 elements are input routing, output routing and mixer control. This means that the only physical thing that a mixer essentially needs for a live show of any size is a powerful, low latency processing module with 1 Ethernet connection (or 2 for redundancy) and a power supply. And the most important part of the mixer is the software. The future is in the software and it has to be powerful but simple at the same time. Software and processing hardware for 128 or more dante channels would enable the mixer to scale up to any performance size. So what about inputs, outputs and mixer control? Inputs and outputs are simply I/O modules connected on the network. This allows for the purchasing of only the necessary hardware for any particular application. Control is from hardware that connects on a computer network, the most obvious being tablets and large touchscreens. Traditional physical mixing desks could still be used but they are really just a fancy and expensive computer controller, and they are the only hardware that will need to be customised to the mixer engine, although there may even be development of a standard to enable third party desks to talk to a mixer. There is no reason a large touchscreen controller couldn't display the same thing as an analogue mixer if so desired, and it allows switching between unlimited views and control setups. The input and output modules (and A/D D/A converters) can be provided by any manufacturer because they simply route channels to and from the dante network. Screen based control hardware can also be by any manufacturer. I like the idea of platform-independent browser-based software. I don't like the idea of iOS only software. There will be great competition in the software arena. Tablets and phones will enable mixing from mobile locations and could control the mixing at the same time as physical desk controllers or fixed touchscreen controllers. This will also enable the number of DAC conversions to be kept to a minimum. Ideally music will either be born digital or created in analogue and quickly converted to digital and not converted back to analogue until it reaches the amplifier. Low latency is critical to the audio stream and important but less critical for the controller. So generic computers may not be ideal for the actual mixing engine hardware, but may be fine for the controller. For a large live show, I'm picturing a powerful control computer connected to 1 or more large tv displays which could be combined with large desktop touchscreens. There is no need for the main signal to go through this computer. The actual mixing engine could be on the stage, or anywhere on the network. Therefore I tend to think all current analogue and digital mixing consoles will soon be irrelevant. The implications are massive and the market is open for innovation. Those who choose to 'protect' their hardware investments will risk going the way of Kodak. Just my thoughts. What do others think?

I still prefer for analog. It is more easier a little bit to tuned and configured. Rather than digital.

SSL matrix - digital routing flexibility, full SSL analog mixing , DAW control.- best of both worlds

Its a big help to me.. im an audio man in a small church.. thanks..

Great job

i spent a lot of money on studio one and im realizing i prefer analog sounds. If i got an analog mixer, would studio one(and my audio interface) still be useful?

Question: If im using an external interface to convert Digital mp3 from a laptop (USB output ) into analog output......then into a digital mixer... then out to powered speakers. Am I converting it from digital to analog to digital to analog? Or does it stay analog once its analog?

There are analog mixers that can do everything as digital also. Easy to use. Try the mackie onyx series.

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can you please explain the different between the quality of the sound? (I'm speaking about the "color", the harmonics, the ratio s/n....)

we had a digital mixer, new pastor bought a analog the same one in the viceo I recommend any church if analog or digital buy one that groups. it saves you some times i went from clicking 1 buttons to click 7 buttons every sunday Digital Music group (1) ---- Pastors mic (1) extra mic (1) Analog Music groups (5) Guitars (2) ---- Pastors mic (1) extra mic (1) so your trying to mute 7 buttons as fast as possible or unmute them, groups really comes in handy

Analog is best for me … I need to see what’s happening in front of me , less is more 🤙… nice video

Nice explanation Thank you Sweetwater...!!! Live mixing console can be used in studio for mixing and mastering..?

great video.

Hi Mitch Gallagher, thanks for for tutorial, and I heard say if I have a questions I must contact Sweetwater, But Sweetwater doe reply, I have sent them too many emails more than 20 emails, I didnt get a respond until now, I started sending email since last year, was inquering about some hardwares and microphone, but never got any respond form Sweetwater

Great video

Well Done

Are there any mixers with just one XLR input that has tons of EQ options? Or is that just for the $500+ studio mixers?

what about signal flow? With a digital is the analog incoming signal converted to digital post fader and then DSP is applied to a A/D signal? OR...is the analog signal untouched and DSP is applied in parallel to the analog, thus having and analog signal and a DSP D/A signal sent to the amp/speakers?

Great!

Thank you.

But when you connect an analog mixer to a computer via usb does I dont think it offers multitrack recording most of the times but a digital mixer always does. Correct me if im wrong.

thanks, could you confirm the digital mixer performance in terms of latency while the conversion A/D and then D/A.. thanks again

I bought my Mackie VLZ Onyx preamp mixer from y'all

Very few digital mixers have fantastic sound quality. Converting a signal back and forth between analogue and digital always destroys the sound to some degree, and most digital mixers use poor converters. Analogue is still king if you care about sound!

Wow I learned a lot about the different between digital & analog and what I can get for the money thank you

Thanks 👂

Dear Sir, thanks for your advisable explanations!!!! I asked one question from so many sound professionals but nobody able to give an answer to that question. This is the question: The all chanel faders strips have been labelled as -15, -10, -5,0+5,+10 db. I need to know what does it mean by - 15 and +15 db????? Specially - and + signs??? Why do they mention only between -15 and +15 db????? Someone told me that it is so complicated to understand. Is it true?????? Thanks!!!

I hate the X32 in live situations. The interface is like looking at a museum through a keyhole. The immediacy of a pile of knobs cannot be understated. Now, in a recording studio, where you have time, its probably a lot more useful.

Thanks buddy

Thank you

I've never heard a digital board sound as good as my Allen & Heath mixwizard 16. To each his own.

Thanks

For the studio, digital. For live, analogue.

Nice

This begs the question, why isn't there a analog/digital hybrid system? In a perfect scenario, I get a analog board with the traditional layout but with the addition of some manner of touch screen or computer display that allows me to add plug ins, have sweepable or parametric eq, compression, vocal effects, etc. Analog isn't enough for me but I will never go fully digital. I don't want to spend my time going thru menus mixing my band on the fly

Digital mixers are AWESOME. Recall baby.... recall.

Want to buy a mixer. But confused between analog & digital. What is best for live sound Yamaha MGP32X or Soundcraft Si Impact?

Better Explainations

Dear Sir, I have an unclear point about 1/4 inch input jack connectors in mixing console. I want to know that whether we're can plug TS or TRS jacks? I need to clear out that these input are always mono???? If the 1/4 inch input connectors are mono, how can we plug stereo jack( if we need to fix a keyboard how can we use one channel??? Or need to use 2 channels to get the stereo picture???) I haven't seen plenty stereo inputs in console in general.

ill just stick to my trusted analog mixer and out board gear its quicker not all of us are computor wizz es plus i like the warmth with dgi its just bla

Do digital mixers have AD/DA converters built in per channel?? I'm looking for an affordable interface that can record 12 or more channels simultaneously with great sound. I'm not sure a digital mixer will do this.

One preset that *everyone* uses: Zero the desk! How many years have you spent zeroing analog desks? With digital its just a few clicks away....

Been in the sound world for 13 years, 6 years analogue, then 7 years digital going forth

Ohh, and another thing: Front of house footprint.... Analog takes serious real estate, digital might be just a smartphone.. or better yet haptic gloves and Google Glass...

Most difference is in sound. Analog is using to get better summing sound. Digital is more easy but you dont get that analog sound.

But which one converts sound better?Hmmmmm The Analog Mixer.

Digital mixer is going to work better with DAW then Analog mixer. Analog mixer is only going to send you 2 stereo signal to your DAW, Whereas with Digital mixer will send more.

I stick still stick to analog mixers. A good meaning not to cheap analog mixer with low noise floor and effect section. Sure hate to go to different menu's so if I would choose a digital mixer then sure no menu's all knobs and sliders. Digital minimum 24 bit 96kHz.

How do you prevent feedback?

This doesn't mention sound at all, am I right? It's a pretty subjective thing, but still interesting to notice, I think.

The most important aspect is latency. if it bothers you, then go analog

wow very good expretion . but when you speak , you are fast

Analog vs analog Digital vs digital

I bet your grandmother the poster doesn't know the difference between a digital and an analog signal. He definitely doesn't know how a mixer combines 2 different signals. Explaining how a mixer combines signals is "how a mixer works". Talking about how to use a mixer is "how to work a mixer".

In this way of course is better digital!!! But the real problem is the ridicolous conversion of x32!!!

i'm use too analog Mixer

So things start getting confusing when you mix digital and analog. I have a Soundcraft MTK 22. It can route tracks to daw and back. Is it digital or analog? I know the answer, but where is the actual line? I don't even understand MY question. Maybe you do.