6 channel audio recording would be great: we now have to make a complex setup to record all our audio channels, since vmix downmixes everything to stereo.

The way we do it now: send all audio over sdi in 6 channels, record with the blackmagic software on another pc.

Especially when working for tv channels, they often request these kinds of files, with mixdown on master, ambi mics on A and the PA sound on B. Also when working with commentators in different languages, this is often requested. Panning left and right is an option, but you can't always do this.

+ 1

Anything that adds more professional features to vMix is always a plus in my books.


Ice

I'll +1 on that too. Being able to use multichannel audio seamlessly in and out of vMix would be just sweet

It's just easier to have 1 file which contains everything. Sometimes jobs last a full day, so imagine we would record stuff on cams. The file management all day would be horrible. It would be a full time job for someone to collect cards everywhere, and cards would need to be swapped during breaks all the time. Renaming, organizing,..

Having the option to record all tracks seperatly would indeed already be a good idea: we always fight with dj's who want to use their recorder and try to pull out our cables from the mixer. If we can say: no problem, after your set we give you a wav file, that would be great :)

Still, for tv jobs requirments are often: Dnxhd or prores file with 6 channels audio. For example: Commentator 1, commentator 2 and PA + ambi mics mix, each on a channel.

Now this requires external outputs to be used and lots of recorders and machines to keep an eye on.

I know this kinds of jobs are not usually done with vmix, but it works really well for it. So why not build it into a tool that rivals a tricaster. So after the show you can pull out the ssd, say to the tv guy very proud: "here you have 1 recording with graphics and 6 channels audio, another with no graphics and stereo and an iso of a wide shot". Instead of making him wait 2 hours for you to copy all the disks of the AJA recorder or a seperate machine to the computer first, then rename everything and deliver :)

Or if you are recording a concert and you are sitting too close to the speakers to monitor audio well: just load 1 file into premiere, check all channels visually, correct a few mistakes (clipping mic for example) if needed and export it. Instead of having to load 7 files, think again which file was what, and spend hours on that.

Also for archiving: 1 file on the server that contains everything you need.. If you need to change something a few months later, you will be happy it's just one file and not a full folder with all kinds of files, codecs,..

I think you misunderstand. It would be M on channel 1&2, A on 3&4 and B on 5&6. Or eventally MAB on 1&2, M on 3&4, A on 5&6 and B on 7&8. All in one file, selectable in the recording tab.

What you describe is available in vMix 18 and higher, documentation below:

http://www.vmix.com/help...OutputAudioChannels.html

Only limitation at the moment is SDI inputs will be downmixed to stereo for each channel at the moment according to the Channel Mixer:

http://www.vmix.com/help18/AudioSettings.html

However, if you have ASIO compatible sources these can be added independently to vMix and routed to M,A and B as needed.