D&R Broadcast Mixing Consoles
D&R Broadcast Mixing Consoles
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This page is designed to give you extra inspiration when using our devices.
Here, you’ll find real user reviews and practical tips for specific products, shared by broadcasters just like you.
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If you’ve discovered a trick or workflow that makes things easier, share it with the community.
Your experience could help new users get started faster and make the most of D&R.
REVIEW - AIRMATE
By Jan van Eck, The Netherlands
The Airmate-USB was delivered quickly and well packaged.
The mixing desk is ideal for radio makers who need a lot of inputs.
Ideal for DJs who want to have live phone calls in the broadcast, very simple to do by yourself.
Fader starts work as you want them. A very comfortable mixer.
Also, don’t let the photo mislead you, the image shows a previous model; the new model has no master faders.
(And I certainly don’t miss them.)
TIPS & TRICKS - AIRLITE
By Miguel Torres (Lisbon, Portugal)
I’ve been using the D&R Airlite in my small web radio setup for about a year now.
Overall, it’s a very solid mixer, but one thing I want to highlight for new users: be careful with your buffer settings and sample rate after system updates.
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After a Windows update, I experienced sudden audio dropouts and occasional distortion.
At first, I thought it was the mixer itself, but it turned out to be the driver configuration.
Switching the sample rate between 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz usually cleared things up, and increasing the audio buffer size made the system much more stable.
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Another important tip: double-check your driver model and audio routing.
If you accidentally send the same stream through two conflicting devices, you’ll quickly run into problems.
Once I corrected that, everything ran smoothly again.
TIPS & TRICKS - AIRLITE
By Sofia Müller (Hamburg, Germany)
One of the most useful tricks with the Airlite is sending mic or caller audio off-air through the AUX bus.
I route it to a production PC to record phone calls and voiceovers without them going live, super convenient and professional.
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Also the “voice track bus” is a lifesaver. It lets you hear your own mic together with a cue of the music while you’re recording voice tracks, but it keeps that mix under control so nothing unintended goes out ON AIR.
It makes pre-recording shows smooth and stress-free.
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And finally, the NONSTOP switch on the Airlite is brilliant.
When I need to free up the mixer for production, activating NONSTOP pushes USB channel 1 straight to the master output.
I just balance the levels with the cue and trimmers, and the station keeps running while I do other work in the studio.
REVIEW - WEBSTATION
By George Street Sounds Neocleous, Cyprus
Webstation, a great bit of kit and the guys at D&R are amazing too.
Best customer service.
REVIEW - WEBSTATION
By Saba
Great product ! Broadcast quality. They also have a very supportive customer service. i needed some help with configuration and they helped me very quickly. I recommend the product and D&R as well for their professionalism.
REVIEW - WEBSTATION
By Ad C.
I hesitated for a long time between buying the Webstation mixer or the Airlite from D&R.
The Airlite has more features, but I could just about manage with the number of channels this webstation offered, so given the price difference, I opted for the webstation.
It's a great mixer and works perfectly with mAirlite.
I think the sound is quite good. The faders are easy to move, but you can hear them hitting the stop when the microphone is open, so carefully adjust the last bit when your microphone is open.
With the right programs, you can easily do PFL.
There's a microphone mute for your speakers and a fader start. You can also use an insert on your microphone channels for voice processing or something similar. I use the USB input for music, and on the fourth line channel, I use audio via a Beringher 222 converter. I haven't tried VoIP yet...
I don't regret buying this mixer.
REVIEW - WEBSTATION
By RJJ D
Fantastic device. Setting the fader start is a bit tricky, partly because it's not described in the manual.
The manual is also entirely in English, which is a shame since it's a Dutch product.
But the internet offers a solution; there are plenty of videos available to show you how to do it correctly.
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The mixer works perfectly with RadioDJ and is a truly fantastic addition for me.
I'm more than happy with it :)