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Subject: Which mixing desk to buy?
Original Message Date: 17-Aug-04 @ 12:32 AM - Which mixing desk to buy?
Message 21/26 22-Aug-04 @ 04:28 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Message 22/26 23-Aug-04 @ 04:23 AM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Is there any advantage of the 1820M over the 1820 if you're not using the sync card part? You got any external word clocks or smpte you're trying to sync to? You might just save you the hundred bucks or whatever that translates to in your currency.
Message 23/26 23-Aug-04 @ 05:01 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Message 24/26 23-Aug-04 @ 07:56 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
the "M" of the 1820 has better converters so if you can afford it why not splurge.
the thing you dont seem to be getting is that to take advantage of all the inputs of your audio interface youll need a mixer that has that many outputs. So if you have an 8 input soundcard youd want a mixer with at least 8 outputs.
these can be "direct outs" (coming directly from each channel on the mixer) or "bus outs" which are outputs that you can choose to route signals to, or "aux outs" (often used as effects sends)
I mean no offense but I think you need to do a little more reading before you make your move
Message 25/26 23-Aug-04 @ 09:57 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
if you use the mixer channel DIRECT OUTS, these a sniff' as they terms goes from the channel ly - in other words, it's simply a socket on the mixer channel next to the Mic & Line IN's and insert-points (if provided) which takes a signal OUT from that channel AFTER the gain/input-amp
That means if your mixer has 8 Input channels, and only stereo out, you CAN take 8 outs from the 8 mixer channels va the direct-out sockets on the channels, BUT, one channel will send to only one soundcard input - there is no way to blend any of the 8 mixer channel inputs on the mixer together to send to ONE input or a stereo pair of inputs on the soundcard - for example - if you create a synth pad using TWO different hardware synths layered together and want to send the 'blend' of both those synth channel together to be recorded at a soundcard stereo input - you cant with direct outs - you CAN with bus's OR you can if the mixer has TWO Aux sends, but thats more fiddly and complicated in some ways.
idealy for greatest flexibility you want a mixer with 8 bus's, and a soundcard with 8 IN's - and that really means going s/h to be affordable unless you go for Behringer who do a cheap 8 bus mixer...... Nothing wrong with older s/h mixers either, as long as it's serviced and lokked after - best to buy from a dealer even tho it means paying a bit more, but get some sort of warranty at least.
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Message 26/26 23-Aug-04 @ 11:33 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
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