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TouchMix-16 and TouchMix-8
TouchMix-16 and TouchMix-24
TouchMix-Simple and TouchMix-Advanced
TouchMix-8 and TouchMix-Pro
XLR Main Outputs
XLR Auxiliary outputs
XLR Talkback Mic input
Power connection
Accessory Jack
2 USB Ports
Different number of inputs and outputs, but the same power and processing
Different processing speed and internal memory
Different colors and construction materials
“Touch and Turn,” one hand on the touchscreen, one hand on the Master Wheel.
“Slam and Bam,” both fists on the touchscreen, repeatedly.
“Wait and Hope,” no hands on the mixer, wait for someone else to do it for you.
“Scratch and Sniff,” one finger and one nose on the touchscreen.
True
False
Simple mode provides fewer controls to quickly adjust a particular process, while Advanced Mode gives more experienced users control over every aspect of the process.
Simple mode makes the text and fader heads oversized, while Advanced mode makes it intentionally difficult to read text or make changes.
Simple mode provides nothing but one gain fader for every channel, and Advanced mode requires a password to access further control.
True
False
True
False
Less experienced users can add professionally-created EQ for their instruments with the touch of a few buttons.
Experienced audio engineers can save time by using a preset and then fine-tuning any remaining parameters for their venue.
It will preserve the channel’s current name when the Preset is loaded.
It will delete the channel’s current name and restore its default name setting.
It will remove the name field entirely from the channel and make the gain fader taller.
A team of TouchMIx engineers spent weeks working with real musicians and a variety of instruments and PA gear to create useful presets that work for actual performances.
Presets were applied to synthesized instruments in a studio by one engineer using headphones only.
EQ, Compression, and Gate was randomly assigned to channels, and then labeled based on what sort of instrument the end result sounded like.
Channel presets
FX selections
Pan
Fader settings
EQ
Compression
Gates
Channel names
Basic Chorus
Pitch Change
Dense Reverb
Lush Reverb
Mono Delay
Stereo Delay
Doppler Effect
1
2
3
4
1
2
4
As many as you like
Lets a user quickly apply an FX preset to multiple channels based on instrument type and style.
Lets a user manage pyrotechnic and laser lighting rigs through the TouchMix.
Lets a user change the color scheme and sound effects of the TouchMix navigation.
True
False
It indicates the amount of clipping that has occurred on each channel, and recommends how much its input trim knob should be adjusted.
It automatically mixes your channel’s gain faders for the best sounding band mix.
It normalizes all channels by adding gain to softer inputs and removing it from louder inputs.
That channel has experienced clipping.
That channel is muted.
That channel does not have anything connected to it.
That channel has phantom power active.
Only for recording a single stereo track
For recording all 22-tracks of a recording session
Never, this device is not usable for any recording purposes.
FAT32
FAT
NTFS
ESATA
Show Drive and Archive Drive
Performance Drive and Studio Drive
Live Drive and Prerecorded Drive
Travel Drive and Network Drive
Track will use the recorded track on the hard drive as the channel’s source, while Arm will enable that channel to be recorded.
Track will keep a log of all changes made to that channel, while Arm will restore the channel to its last saved state.
Track will set up the channel to be recorded onto the hard drive, and Arm will begin the recording session.
True
False
True
False
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