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PoducateMe: Practical Solutions for Podcasting in Education

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PreSonus’ Inspire 1394 FireWire interface.

While virtual mixing is an inexpensive and convenient method of working with audio,

there are podcasters who prefer the feel of the knobs, sliders and buttons provided on an

outboard mixer over the clicking and dragging of a mouse. These podcasters turn to

mixing surfaces to enjoy the benefits of virtual mixing and physical mixing at the same

time.

Mixing (Control) Surfaces

Mixing surfaces allow the operator to drag faders in opposite directions and push multiple

buttons simultaneously—feats that can’t be accomplished with a mouse. Functioning in

much the same way as an outboard mixer, mixing surface manipulations affect

corresponding commands in the mixing software. For example, sliding a fader on the

mixing surface will move the fader in the mixing software, and adjusting an EQ knob on

the mixing surface will simultaneously adjust the EQ knob in the software. Mixing

surfaces such as Behringer’s BCF2000 MIDI Controller With Faders ($199.99) are

programmable and feature motorized faders for ultimate control of virtual mixers.

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