Analog and Digital Console Overview

Despite the fact that Analog and Digital consoles use the same audio toolbox, there are serious differences that must be considered when using either type of mixer.

Achieving the proper gain structure within either type of mixer is a good contrast in methods. With the advent of digital mixing consoles, what seemed like easy operations on a simple analog console can become daunting to perform on a digital mixer during a performance. But in reality, they both use the same audio toolbox. In fact, a digital mixer often gives the live sound engineer the same dynamic tools that a studio engineer or a mastering engineer would use to enrich the quality of the sounds as if you were in a recording studio environment. Despite using the same audio toolbox, the two different types of mixers, analog & digital, have inherently different approaches to signal path and gain structure. In this course, we will examine the fundamental physical differences between the two without delving into the subjective or collective value or their quality of sound. How to simplify seemingly complicated operations.