Neil Spencer Bruce

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Yamaha MG Rec&Play Review

So here is a little post about this useful little app that Yamaha just released for the MG Series of mixers. I have been using the MG 10XU, a fair bit for the acoustic duo North and South and will be doing a review of the mixer very soon. But the great thing about the MG Rec & Play application enables you to record 2 tracks direct from the stereo bus in Wav format (up to 96kHz!), this quite a few applications, but I like the fact I can record the 2 track output from gigs directly. It also means that rehearsals and song writing sessions can be recorded directly from the desk. Whilst there are many other options to doing this, it is a quite a nice (and importantly free) was of achieving this.The app also allows you to play back tracks and songs too, so this would be useful if you work with backing tracks. Not sure how easy it would be compared to other playback apps, but it is a nice feature. Downside is that it is only for iPad/iPhone at the moment, hopefully it will be available for Android phones at some point. Also, it would be good if you could somehow control the effects section with in the mixer too or even mute the stereo bus (see my full review for that issue!)EnjoyPeaceNeil