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summing mixing?

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Can someone please explain mixing via summing, as opposed to mixing in the box?

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Although these guys have products they want you to buy, the overall explanation gets it down to one page.

http://dangerousmusic.com/2015/09/11/summingmixing/
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Thanks Mike, I pretty much get it now.

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I was a summing fan until recently. I switched to a laptop, started using more auxes, plugs and channel emulation. I stopped using my beloved Neve 8816 summing mixer and Apollo 16. I am getting all the warmth and grit and mojo from before. I'm not sure if it is the faster CPU's better plugs or probably both... but imo I can get everything I was getting from the Neve 16 ch summer and more. If the sound was not as rich I would not do it. But it is and having total recall is sweet.
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