How do you scribble on your mixer?

[Leeking]

I just got a Studiomix suface control and it has scribbling areas on the faders and buttons for labelling purposes.

What kind of pen is best to use so that it does not comes off easily yet not permenant?

What do you use to scribble on your mixer or preamps?

I am thinking of those whiteboard markers.... any good?

Leeking

 

[13th_Omen]

I wouldn't use "dry erase" markers because when you touch them they erase, and that happens. Not to mention they create "dust" which could end up getting into the faders. I use labels so I can just pull them off.

 

[subtractor]

Yeah, I have one around here somewhere... But I can't remember the name of it.
I got it at walmart for about $30. It will even allow you to turn the letters as to print down the strip as to be able to read it vertically. And there are several types of the sticker tape in all kinds of colors or translucent.
Writing on shit decreases it's value not to mention it's less than asthetically pleasing.
There's a new wider one that I've even seen advertised in keyboard magazine for exacty this purpose.

 

[subtractor]

I remember! "DYMO" is the name...

http://www.officedirectinc.com/Dymo/dyletra.htm

 

[subtractor]

Or you can use gaffers tape.... But don't write on your gear!

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Get low-tack drafting tape......

 

[Track Rat]

I use a light colored electrical tape and a Sharpie. It pulls off easy and leaves no residue. You could also use a grease pencil with the tape as you can wipe it off (I still prefer the Sharpie).

 

[Jblount]

I like using the little magnetic things. You just peel off the old sticker, put a fresh one on, write on it, then stick it to your gear anywhere without the worry of stickyness or peeling off paint. You can pick them up at an office supply store, and they come in a lot of different sizes.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

OK... Mr Wizard - just don't get too close to any tape-based sources!

 

[Son of Mixerman]

Get low-tack drafting tape......

Thats what I use... and a perm marker in medium.

BTW, All drafting tape is low tack otherwise its masking tape. Don't eat it though. My first real job was drafting.


SoMm

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

heh-heh.... yeah I knew that - did several drafting courses in College... what I meant to post was "get low-tack tape, such as drafting tape..." but it didn't come out that way!

 

[TexRoadkill]

The cool thing about using tape is you can peel it off and keep it somewhere so that next time you work on that project you have it ready to stick back on.

 

[SubA]

Masking tape...

 

[Son of Mixerman]

heh-heh.... yeah I knew that - ..." but it didn't come out that way!

Its that Canadian to English translation...



....gets me everytime



SoMm

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Masking tape...

The problem with that is the residue that gets left behind... which is why I mentioned low-tack.........

 

[SubA]

The problem with that is the residue that gets left behind... which is why I mentioned low-tack.........

I agree, low tack would be the first thing to reach for if unsure. Fortunately, for whatever reason, masking tape doesn't leave a bit behind on my M12.

 

[gmas32]

tape

i use tracking sheets for each song. keep each song to it's own page with all info you need, then when you call it up later, everything is on the track sheet.

 

[drstawl]

Get low-tack drafting tape......

That's what I use. Peels right off for the next gig!

But I don't even fix it to the mixer- I put it on the edge of the rack case where the mixer is mounted.

 

[Light]

Permacel P-724 Kraft Paper Tape (other brands are sometimes called artist's tape or water color tape) and multi-colored Sharpies. black for instruments, Red for sends, blue for returns, and green for iinserts. That is for the mix. Basics I use different colors for different instruments (blue for drums, red for bass, etc. or something like that). It keeps me from having to think about signal chain too much, and lets me think creatively.

Live, I just use a black sharpie on the paper tape.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[13th_Omen]

Can you imagine.... putting magnets on your gear?!?!? HELLO!