evancooney / remote-mix-guidelines

A set of guidelines when providing commands between a remote and location mixer

Remote Mix Guidelines for Bandnada

This guides defines a consistent format and workflow for a remote mixer to transmit commands to the location mixer

Command format

source :: action :: amount :: frequency(optional)

Examples

Turn bass up by 3 decibels
Bass :: Up :: 3db

Turn the vocals up 3db, but only around 4k
Vox :: Up :: 3db :: 4k

Pan the lead guitar hard left
Lead Guitar :: Pan :: -100

Cut Bob by 3db, but only around 250hz to 400hz
Bob :: Down :: 3db:: 220hz - 400hz

Room Mic volume down the by 25%
Room :: Down :: 25%

source

• instrument
• person
• entire mix
• microphone

actions

• Up
• Down
• Pan
• Mute

amount

• decibels 3db
• percentage - 25%
• pan
  • -100 is hard left
  • 0 is center
  • 100 is hard right

frequency

• single integer (ie 4k or 4000)
• range ( 200hz to 400hz )

General Guidelines

• Location engineer should confirm he/she applied the last change with an emoji thumbs up (expect at least 2 or 3 second delay)
• Remote engineer should confirm he/she is happy / can hear the change
• Avoid unnecessary chatter