GSTV: Battle of the Automixers

Peter Schneider and Nick Huston try out the Automix settings on the Yamaha QL-1 (Dugan), Sound Devices 688 (Dugan & MixAssist), and the Zaxcom Nomad (Auto-Mix) and compare them to a live mixer's take on a complicated scene.

For better comparison fidelity, here are each of the mixed tracks as uncompressed wavs. Internet Explorer does not support wavs, so it'll automatically downgrade the in-browser versions to mp3. You can download the complete collection of wavs here.

Unmixed Audio:

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Peter Schneider Live Mix

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Yamaha QL-1 Dugan Automix:

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Sound Devices Dugan AutoMix:

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Sound Devices MixAssist (Default Settings):

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Sound Devices MixAssist (Adjusted Settings):

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Shure SCM820 IntelliMix:

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Zaxcom Nomad Auto-Mix:

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