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DIGICO DELIVERS AUTO MIXING
Previously the preserve of Dugan-equipped hardware, these days Auto Mic Mixing is popping up in all number of consoles, making the work life of broadcast and corporate event mixers immeasurably easier. Digico has just released a DMI-AMM card for its more affordable S-series consoles. It allows up to 48 channels of automatic mixing for complex vocal mic setups. Insertable on any input channel, be it local or rack I/O, the DMIAMM is seamlessly incorporated into the console’s user interface, so engineers don’t have to jump out of their typical console workflow. The AMM uses the ‘Shared Unity Gain’ principle to automatically adjust levels. The Weighting control allows engineers to emphasise one or more channels, or balance it to give every channel equal opportunity to ‘take over’ the system. The Noise Floor control imposes a lower limit (floor) on the level detector to prevent a noisy microphone getting a
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