Are you sick of reading the users manual every time you need to set up an SD5? Me, too! Good news. Last night I got Aleš real drunk and got him to spill the beans about setting up a session from scratch. There was a lot of gibberish in there, but I was able to edit it down into something comprehensible. Let me know if this helps. Download the Checklist Now … [Read more...]
Top 5 Common Mistakes When Using a DiGiCo Console
Let me preface this article by saying that I absolutely love working on DiGiCo consoles. The sound quality, the simple workflow, the layout of the board, the dual-engine concept of design- all aspects of these boards testify to the fact that they have been designed with the professional audio engineer in mind (apologies for the fan-girl moment). Working for a DiGiCo distributor in Slovenia has given me the opportunity to talk to lot of users, new and experienced ones, about their issues when … [Read more...]
Everything I Feared about Digico Consoles Is Wrong
Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I speak with the Technical Director and Monitor Mixer for Siddharta and educator at Gain Media Lab, Aleš Štefančič. We get deep into why Digico consoles have always scared me and why I was wrong all along. I ask: How did you get your first job in audio? How did you get the gig mixing monitors for Siddharta? How did outdoor pyro make you think your … [Read more...]
Emergency Digico SD5 Optocore Procedures
UPDATE: This article appears in The Ultimate Guide to Creative Mixing on the Digico SD5. These emergency Optocore procedures could save your ass. How did I learn all of this? I recently started working as an Audio Supervisor on Ringling Bros. Circus' new Out Of This World tour. Right before the very first rehearsal, all of my outputs from the Digico SD5 stopped working and I had 100 people waiting on me while I tried to fix it. I made it through that and several other minor emergencies and … [Read more...]