TouchMix-8/16 Control

I really love my Touchmix 16, and it’s so amazing when I can connect my iPad to control the levels from around the room. But I have find that there are multiple situations where the iPad or people‘s iPhones do not connect to the mixer… This happens so frequently that the band members have given up trying to control their own mixes from their own iPhones (which was one of the reasons that we bought this mixer). The iPad connects about 85% of the time. I just used it as a gig with a new iPad and it would not connect at all. This almost ruined a gig for me. I would say the Touchmix is amazing, and if this app worked even 95% of the time, it would be great, but it doesn’t due to connection issues with iPads and iPhones. Really frustrating.

This app does not work on all devices. I got a device that ran it properly, but there have been a couple times I updated my device and the app no longer worked, leaving me unable to run sound during gigs. Sometimes you have to update the mixer to fix this. It actually happened to me tonight. I will search for an update for the mixer and hope the issue has already been addressed, because i have another gig tomorrow.

For all the naysayers, trying to use an iPhone to control your mixer is like trying to build a skyscraper with a hammer. The only time an iPhone should be used with this app is for personal monitor mixes, and while that’s a nice feature to have you don’t want everyone messing with mixes and then complaining. And as with every piece of tech equipment, you need to spend some time with it. When I first got this mixer I spent a week figuring out work flow and the I added the app and it was completely seamless. This is a very good app with all the functionality of the mixer. Working in small to medium venues with just the usb WiFi dongle works great with my iPad. And being able to mix from the audience is spectacular.