Every day we are attacked by various sounds. Televisions, radios and it seems broadcasting devices of every size and shape blare out their messages to our eardrums. Have you ever thought about how these sounds are created? More often than not these sounds have been created by the use of a device called a mixing console. In this article we will look into the history of the humble mixing console. We are sure that you have not been told all of this before, and who knows...there might be a thing or two that surprises you.
In 1958 the Willi Studer Company created what many think of as an early mixing console. The Studer 69 used reel-to-reel tape technology. It was a portable device, but very bulky. These devices were to become lighter and lighter as technological advances came around.
The first truly commercial digital mixing console was the Neve DSP-1. It was digital, yes, but it still could not hope to compete with the pure analog devices that existed at the time. Over the next 25 years digital and analog consoles would merge together.
In the 1950's mixing consoles were purely analog devices with only a couple of channels. With the gradual introduction of electronic advances of the time, these devices would add quite a few more features.
Most of the modern consoles can generate stereo sound from purely mono signals. They can add external effects. They have channel equalization and metering (for each channel) as well. They have meters, sliders, a channel toggle switch and a channel input source as well.
In the future mixing consoles will allow both video-based hardware control and computer-based editing. These devices are getting much smaller and more powerful as well, so they will be appearing everywhere. The price of these units is also dropping, so more and more people will be able to utilize the features of these terrific little devices.
In 1958 the Willi Studer Company created what many think of as an early mixing console. The Studer 69 used reel-to-reel tape technology. It was a portable device, but very bulky. These devices were to become lighter and lighter as technological advances came around.
The first truly commercial digital mixing console was the Neve DSP-1. It was digital, yes, but it still could not hope to compete with the pure analog devices that existed at the time. Over the next 25 years digital and analog consoles would merge together.
In the 1950's mixing consoles were purely analog devices with only a couple of channels. With the gradual introduction of electronic advances of the time, these devices would add quite a few more features.
Most of the modern consoles can generate stereo sound from purely mono signals. They can add external effects. They have channel equalization and metering (for each channel) as well. They have meters, sliders, a channel toggle switch and a channel input source as well.
In the future mixing consoles will allow both video-based hardware control and computer-based editing. These devices are getting much smaller and more powerful as well, so they will be appearing everywhere. The price of these units is also dropping, so more and more people will be able to utilize the features of these terrific little devices.
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