Same issue. Work as a professional "native" voice actor from Deutschland to the world and use here in my studio Fireface UCX with 4 different Mikes (Neumann, Brauner, Telefunken and Manley). From job to job I need to change the microphones and the entire peripherical setup. Sometimes I need to use Yamaha SPX 2000, sometimes Avalon 737, sometimes MAYAH ISDN, sometimes Universal Audio and so on... Snapshots are a great thing to do this quickly and on the fly in a fast production way. But I think a minimum of 16 - 20 options should be standard for professional use...

My second problem ist the use of the same fireface between a Mac and a windows interface. Its very complicated to use the same presets on both software.  It would be great if we had a folder with this presets in the system so that we could use this presets everytime without working hours to transfer all the presets from a OSX to Win7. And the any modification would be there independet of software interface.

Apart of this fireface UCX is very good, small and powerfull. Great Job. Great product. But it can be better with small software changes

Regards

Thanks for your comments everyone.

Do you think this might be a possibility to go on the development list Matthias? 
(please

And would anyone else like this?

Hi Bruno,
the only problem will be to use the same presets in all this computers (mac or win). I  have a Fireface UCX. The best product I ever had. Really! But I still have problems to synchronize the Setups between the maschines. I use a macmini with win7 and OsX. Sometimes with Pro Tools 10 with Mac OSX (stability) and sometimes Samplitude Pro X with Win7 (Easy and simple to a quick session)... my connected hardware (ISDN, AVALON, UAD, Universal Audio and anda and) ist the same and I ever had problem to have the same setup on both setups and sometimes I dont know or remember what is the last change ... However I dont think that I should really me forced to save the presets all the time in an external folder and update this presets later in the other computer with the SAME fireface ucx...  this is a problem for me .. but maybe also only a user problem and not really a product problem ..

Abraços

Did you thought to use the cloud to sync your presets ?

JM

Yes, or anything like (iCloud for instance).

JM

Thanks for adding extra information Urban. I guess you know your situation & you feel more Snapshots in front of you (ie in a single workspace) would help you use the UCX more.

If I've understood correctly... you are not using the UCX as much as you'd like because of this limitation (or "problem" as you put it) - is that right?

Riggs pointed my attention to this thread.

I dont need the large amount of snapshots that he does, but the way he wants to use the UCX is similar to mine.
I use my UCX only as a live soundcard/mixer with a MacBook pro.

Makers of soundcards (that I have known) talk about the possible use as live mixer, (stand-alone or with computer)
but they seem to think features from a studio-use point of view.

My earlier request in the live-use line of thinking, was to be able to "lock" parameters when loading snapshots.
Example:
A singer needs a small change in mic-gain on a gig.
As it is, we have to go to all snapshots and manually make the correction and save.
Similar examples could apply to eq- and fx-settings.
Parameters that can need gig-specific adjustments.

In a live situation the philosophy could well be, that Workspaces are total setups, and Snapshots are "automations" within the setup.

Also in a live situation it can be obvious to want to control parameters of the mixer from either a physical midi-controller or from "automation"-miditracks in a sequencer via midi-cc's. (like can be done with many synths, fx-machines etc.)

And for live use, the option of tempo-controlled delay would make the UCX more versatile.

If I were to put a headline on all these (and probably more) requests, it would be to expand the constructors view to seriously include live-use in terms of features that would enhance the mixer.

Best regards
Kim Holst

Good Morning Riggs, Good Morning Volks,

Yes, I have a Fireface UCX too. I don’t put the UCX in my hardware list because it was evident for me that Fireface UCX is the core of my voice over studio. And yes, even if I don’t change the plugged hardware (mayah, universal audio and ...) I still need more snapshots to be able to do different types of recording sessions, setting for instance the correct equalization, audio level and routing for my voice and the different hardware that I ever need to use for each production. Another point that I hadn’t commented are the software inputs. We shouldn’t forget that today we use also many different software programs during a record session and  they expand our settings needs inside a workspace and so the snapshots problems too!

For all these small but very important things during our professional daily work with Fireface UCX and other hardware and software equipment, the current snapshots aren’t enough… 

Regards/Grüße

Thanks for the comments everyone! And Matthias - who has many requests to prioritise & manage.

Another aspect in how I use Snapshots for speed in a live situation is I have one of the slots set to quickly mute all band inputs except for the main mic so the front person can talk to the crowd. Then the moment they're ready I'll click on the next song (Snapshot) in the set and they'll start playing.
Loading from files, which is possible is a step further away from the speed & certainty of getting my mouse ready & doing a single click when live. Having all the songs lined up visually in the Snapshot window would be a saving grace here.

@Kim Holst:
Locking a channel to prevent changes when switching Snapshots sounds very useful. Similar to 'Record View' where we can arm/disarm channels, a similar Lock View might be a way to implement this.
That said, this represents more development work than simply increasing the number of Snapshots in the Snapshot panel.

Rapid foldback mixes:
One of the first things that impressed me with TotalMix when setting up each song for a band, was to finish the Main Mix for a song then right-click "Copy" on the Main output channel (in the bottom row of faders) then right-click "Paste" onto one of the foldback outputs and simply raise that person's instrument/mic volume.  Very fast.

@Matthias, are you able to confirm at this stage if more Snapshots in the Snapshot Panel is now on the development list?
Thanks

Ok. So it's sound like the plan might be to keep the number of Snapshots to 8 in the panel but make the load process as fast as possible (ie via hotkey) from a folder the user can define?

I too would like more snapshots.  I'm trying to set up Totalmix as a monitor mixer for live music shows.  I'd like to have enough snapshots for snapshot per song (around 40).

Well said, ramses! Note that the feature to pre-load a workspace without getting active immediately also helps.

Still we plan to raise the number of directly accessible Snapshots to 16 per Workspace. This has been asked for earlier and is already on our list.

Thank you Ramses for the info.  I am just getting into TM and am experimenting on how this will work for me.  I was aware of the ability to save Work spaces, but not of the "quick select" option.  Also, Matthias, I'm happy to hear that snapshots will increase to 16 in the future!  Is there a timeline on that feature update?  An issue I foresee us running into is that we change the song order of our set fairly regularly, so if we have a snapshot per song and all 8 snapshots used in a particular work space, I can see us needing to go from work space A to loading workspace B for an added song, then go right back to loading workspace A.  We don't use a monitor mix tech, so guys on stage would have to switch the scenes.  That said, using alt-1, alt-2, etc shortcuts would be pretty quick.

Also, on a side note, any options for an android remote app for Totalmix?