It was a summing of several busses.
It actually was perfect for helping lower the master output sends and crank up the Barbetta cabinets.
Since this is live mixing there are many varaibles.
The meters actually helped with the Bass & Guitar as they make claims to the effect " I haven't changed anything on my sends "...............Bull Shit.....I have the Shroomzometer that proves they change their levels gradually as the night goes on.
Since I have to deal with these primadonnas wanting more of this and that all night in their ear monitors, I know why now.
They want to hear more of themselves, but instead of asking to me to give them a hotter signal of themselves in their own ear monitor send they change their volume so everyone has to hear more of them and it's an endless chase.
So having these meters placed on the inputs has solved issues there as well.
I can't possibly mix w/ the mixer at a distance especially while trying to play.
But I can monitor the inputs and outputs much better by having these meters available in various locations.
I now use them on the output pairs, and input pairs, and as soon as I detect these guys raising their sends, I immediately can see and hear the changes and then use my KS88 faders to fix it. No longer can they tell me they are not raising their levels....I have proof.
I simply explain to them that when I have to lower their inputs, they are now playing w/ a degraded signal. They hate it. But I can enjoy playing more instead of chasing these levels which takes the fun out of playing.
At the end of the day most musicians want to hear more of themselves and have no interest in mixing for the sake of the sound of the group.
I send out 3 stereo pairs. The Master outputs, the drum bus, and the vocal bus. These cabinets are great because I have gain levels to adjust which are the last in the chain.
While my headsets might have an excellent representation of the mix, I always do the last tweaks on the cabinets. They have 12" woofers and I prefer these over larger cabinets as I can get alot more punch out of them than some floppy 15's or 18's.
I might not be using these for their intended purposes, but they sure have helped me in my live mixing nightmare.
BTW, I don't store these in Prowave, I just wanted to see how they responded at the end of an insert stack. I do use the meter though on every preset when I create and then store them. Having such leveling when making the presets only helps out later when they are called up during a live mix.
One thing is for certain the analog synth, live instruments and mic pres must have meters as these volumes flucuate too much to do any guesswork.
Thanks for making them.