The Mixer in a Box

The first gig with the Software Audio Console was a local band gig in a small club. The band was a RainLord reunion. The club was Finn’s in Flagler Beach, Fl. Rainlord was a popular bar band in the area for many years. I worked many shows with them back in the day.

This show was really too early to have taken the SAC rig out. I had just put the system together. I had had an issue with slipped buffers. I got the machine stable on the day of the show, but there was not even a real burn in period. In addition to that I had no experience in using the system, but you have to start somewhere.

I got to the venue without so much as a starter mix session. I did not even have channel assignments for input or output assigned. I had to do all that at the venue. This took more time than it needed to because I did not know my way around the system all that well.

We got the band up an running and everything went relatively smooth. There were many comments about the quality of the sound. The system worked like a champ.

The second night there was someone there to record the show. This meant figuring out routing for more outputs so that he would have a source. I didn’t do that the best way, but I did get the job done. I should have used one of the monitor consoles and dedicated that to him. It would have been easier for both of us.

It was a good experience. I had a convention coming up the next week. I really needed the ‘hot’ time with the system