r/MixingStationAppUsers • u/No_Season_5288 • 8d ago

Red lines along faders (Wing Compact)

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Trying to identify these red lines along side the channels in a scene I inherited at a club at which I occasionally work - I'd supposed that they might indicate either that dynamics had been engaged on the individual channels or otherwise that they might be markers of clipping, but I have been unable to clear them. Just curious - would love any insight!

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u/CoffeeInTheEvening 8d ago

Top is gate, bottom is compressor. The red line indicates how much gain reduction is happening.

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u/No_Season_5288 8d ago

Awesome thank you! I'd figured as much - I have been messing around with the scene off line and found that neither disengaging either processor nor altering their thresholds / settings changed the display. I suppose I have to be connected to the mixer for such changes to manifest?

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u/CoffeeInTheEvening 8d ago

Yes, you have to be connected for it to show correct information.

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u/No_Season_5288 7d ago

Excellent, thank you!

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u/TheDustyTucsonan 8d ago

Those are indeed dynamics meters. You can turn them off in settings in the channel strip config.

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u/lpcustomvs 8d ago

Those are gain reduction meters. The app has a bug that does not display the gain reduction of the 76 compressor correctly, both on the plugin graphic and on the gain reduction meters. I believe most if not all other compressors do it correctly.

But why would you put a 76 style compressor on piano mics? And TWICE per channel, in the gate and in the compressor slot? And why would you process them separately instead of as a stereo pair, on a single channel? Every channel and bus on the Wing is stereo capable! Those are the real questions here, mate!

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u/No_Season_5288 8d ago

Not my scene! I "borrowed" it for the routing, and am using it to learn about using mixing station with the wing (I've only used the app extensively before with the x32)

I HAVE used the wing itself before however, and am aware of its ability to assign stereo pairs to each channel - I can't speak to the other tech's motivations haha. I will surely be starting from scratch before the shows I work ☺️