[BC] Console suggestions

[Glen Kippel]

On 4/9/08, ACN <acn at acn.cc> wrote:
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> Broadcast Tools has come out with an inexpensive console.  I like their
> widgets; I don't know how there console is.
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> I saw it at last year's NAB Convention.  It's a little bigger than a
> computer keyboard.  Actually, there is little use for a console any more.
> One could dispense with one entirely and just have a panel to turn the
> mic(s) on and off and start and stop the automation.  Or just use the
> keyboard or mouse for that part of it.  I ran KHCS for awhile just that way,
> then added a TASCAM MM-200 mixer on the side.  The monitor and keyboard were
> (still are, in Control A) straight ahead where they belong, since that's
> what's used the most.  Even for production a board really isn't necessary
> since the mixing can be done in Adobe Audition, Pro Tools, Sony Sound Forge,
> or whatever you may be using.  Audio consoles may just be a tradition and
> not really necessary any more.
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