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Perfect for musicians, bands, AV production professionals and small performance venues, TouchMix goes "Beyond Mixing" by also offering Wizards, Presets and other beneficial tools that help both seasoned audio professionals and novices alike get great results quickly and easily. The following information applies to TouchMix-8 and mixers with version 3. Quite often, live sound system owners find themselves having to choose between great sounding, fully-featured big mixers with more input and output channels than they need and small mixers with the right channel count, but lacking in professional features and performance.
The first option is too big and too expensive and the second option is just not sufficient to get the job done. A TouchMix digital mixer has capabilities that rival many of the world's largest and most prestigious large-format consoles. At the same time, its graphic display and touch-and-turn operation make it compact, intuitive and affordable. TouchMix Series mixers offer more than just a comprehensive set of features. It delivers results with tools that help less experienced users get a great mix while saving set-up time for seasoned pros.
Anti-Feedback Wizard. Room Tuning Wizard. Effects Wizard. Gain Wizard. QSC Loudspeakers and Amplifiers. Auto Mix. TouchMix is a powerful and highly capable professional mixer. Operating it is also remarkably intuitive. Touch and Turn. Info System. All TouchMix models offer input, output and effects processing with everything any demanding professional would expect to find on any high-end mixing console.
Input Processing. Output Processing. Studio Grade Effects Processing. The most important aspect of any mixer is audio quality and in this regard, TouchMix leads the pack among all small mixers. With professional-grade, class-A microphone preamps, top-quality converters and meticulous attention to design detail throughout the entire signal path, the TouchMix Series delivers pristine audio quality that rivals mixers multiple times its cost.
Gone are the days when a mixer with a couple of stage-monitor mixes was impressive. Production requirements call for independent mixes for broadcast, video, remote feeds and fill speakers. To meet these needs, all TouchMix models are equipped with ample auxiliary mixes and all auxiliary outputs include the same, complete suite of output processing as the Main outputs.
All auxes can be linked for stereo operation. Aux Mix Control. TouchMix Pro. DCA Groups. Mute Groups. Sub Groups TouchMix Pro only. TouchMix mixers are capable of recording all inputs plus a stereo mix directly to an external USB drive — no computer required.
Tracks are created in bit Broadcast Wave format and can be played back and mixed down on the mixer or imported into Digital Audio Workstation DAW software for over-dubs and post production. DAW Utility. MP3 USB playback all models. Follow Mixer. External Control Surfaces. The TouchMix design includes many tools and functions that simply make your job as a mix engineer easier.
Copy and Paste. Channel Safe. Omit From Recall. Patch Matrix TouchMix Pro only. Phantom Power. Talkback and Noise. User Buttons. Zero Button. For these situations, TouchMix includes a multi-level, password protected security system that lets you give other operators as much or as little control as you wish for them to have.
Is it right for you? Quite possibly. View Solutions. Buy Online. The TouchMix mixers contain a comprehensive library of Channel Presets. These are not typical, generic, one-size-fits-all settings developed in a recording studio. Experienced, live sound engineers spent months in live venues working with musicians, all manner of instruments, popular microphones and pickups and multiple speaker systems to develop a library of settings that are specifically designed for live sound reinforcement of music and speech.
Less skilled users will be able to put together their best mixes ever while learning some tricks of the trade. Experienced operators will find that these presets let them get a great mix together in record time. For those who prefer to do it themselves, the Anti-Feedback filters may be adjusted manually.
The Room Tuning Wizard assists the operator in adjusting equalization and fine tuning a loudspeaker system to an acoustical space.
Once the Wizard has measured and compensated for room acoustics, the user can apply a factory programmed response or adjust to taste. TouchMix offers lots of effects choices. For the user, knowing what effect to use, routing inputs to it and sending the effect to the right outputs can be a daunting task. The Effects Wizard narrows those choices down to things that make sense for your instrument or vocal.
Easy for the novice — fast for the pro. The Gain Wizard continuously monitors and displays input clipping indicators along with providing guidance on properly setting input gain trim.
TouchMix also helps get the most from your QSC amplifiers and loudspeakers. All mixer outputs include setting guides and presets for QSC amplifiers and speakers. With firmware version 1.
Auto Mixers are most commonly used for speech applications such as conferences, presentations or panel discussions in which there are multiple talkers and multiple microphones. An Auto Mixer will reduce feedback and minimize extraneous noise such as paper rustling from panelists or HVAC by allocating gain to microphone channels with active talkers while reducing the gain of unused channels. The color, capacitive touch screen provides a helpful, graphical user interface.
Physical controls including a large, precise, master encoder combine with the display for fast, intuitive touch-and-turn operation. The graphic interface also makes it possible to provide more helpful guidance on many tasks. The screen on the TouchMix Pro is also multi-touch for mode advanced operation. Simple mode presents a reduced set of controls that will be less confusing and intimidating to novice users. Individual sets of controls EQ, compressors, gates, effects may be set to Simple mode.
Advanced Mode opens up all mixer parameters for complete control and refinement. Screens and controls are arranged and linked to assist workflow. A variety of complete mixer scenes designed for everything from corporate events to a full funk band with horns are built in to the mixers. Depending on the engineer and the situation, there are several ways to work with an Aux mix.
TouchMix supports them all. Mix on faders is directly accessible from the Home screen. The desired mix may be selected using the clearly labelled buttons on the left of the screen. If you prefer to send to auxes from the channels, simply go to the Auxes tab of any channel. And if you want to work with all the auxes at once, push the Aux button for an overview of all the aux mixes. The TouchMix-8 offers 4 auxiliary mixes. The TouchMix offers 10 auxiliaries.
Mixes 1 — 6 have balanced, line-level outputs. The TouchMix Pro offers 14 auxiliary mixes. Auxiliaries can function as mix matrices with Main Output, Sub Groups and other auxiliary mixes available. DCA groups control the level of all the channels assigned to them. The eight DCA groups are easy to assign and are far more capable than those found on other mixers. Mute groups may be assigned to User Buttons. In this application, the mixer functions as a 32 x 32 channel audio interface.
The auxiliary mix and headphone drive capabilities of the mixer make it quick and easy to give even the most demanding musicians the headphone mixes they want. The TouchMix Control app for iOS and Android devices provides a remote, Wi-Fi interface to the mixer as well as offering multiple, additional control surfaces for the system operator. When loaded on a tablet, the app offers the same appearance and operation as the mixer. On smartphones the apps function as personal monitor mix controls with the additional ability to operate user buttons and recorder transport functions.
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