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Subject: Which mixing desk to buy?
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Original Message 1/26 17-Aug-04 @ 12:32 AM - Which mixing desk to buy?
Message 2/26 17-Aug-04 @ 01:15 AM Edit: 17-Aug-04 | 01:19 AM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
whats your aim? if for fun, buy loadsa input cheap circuitry gear defo-
if not, simply just buy mackie
1202 vlz pro range and up to what u can afford (12/14/16 etc) - gauranteed hiss free, solid eq , top quality recording
what your recoding into is a whole different matter .........
blu
Message 3/26 17-Aug-04 @ 12:44 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Message 4/26 17-Aug-04 @ 06:19 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Message 5/26 17-Aug-04 @ 10:08 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
when you're buying mackie on the other hand, you know you're buying quality and you know you're not gambling.
Message 6/26 18-Aug-04 @ 08:43 AM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Message 7/26 18-Aug-04 @ 10:03 AM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
IF you want eventualy to have 8 or whatever drum mic's on a kit, and think you may eventualy get an 8 IN computer audio device so you can track/record up to 8 inputs on seperate tracks, then i'd SERIOUSLY advise looking at an older but quality larger mixer if you have room
they can be had very cheap, they can be slightly hissier, but if you arent running all channels with eq added they arent really bad
anyways IF you DO plan to add an 8-IN device, and if you have other outboard synths etc which you want to bring In to the s/w ONBOARD mix of audio and VST instruments, then i'd think about what i said
the thing is, if you get a mixer with mebbe 16 channels or whatever and 8 BUSSES then combined with an 8-In card/rack whatever device on the PC you can bring mixer channels together and send them on the mixer to ANY of the possible 8 PC IN's
so .... do you think this might be a possibility Lloyd? - if yes mebbe look at an older s/h mixer like a soundcraft or a TAC or whatever from a dealer
if you get a VLZ it'll have only a secondary bus menaing easy routing will be limited to sending out a stereo L/R feed to the soundcard IN only.... if you ONLY plan to ever record stereo or mono tracks one at a time tho, then fine go for that
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Message 8/26 18-Aug-04 @ 02:59 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
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Message 10/26 18-Aug-04 @ 07:25 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Ape
Message 11/26 18-Aug-04 @ 07:35 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
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Message 12/26 19-Aug-04 @ 08:24 AM Edit: 19-Aug-04 | 08:33 AM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Seriously though, Behringers are fine for studio monitoring purposes. They are most definitely not road worthy. But dear lord, please:
1. only monitor with them
2. do NOTrecord any signal that has passed through one.
3. if you ever touch any of the microphone gains at any point in its career, you didn't read #2 and you're an idiot.
Also, don't turn the knobs too much. They're not really designed for that.
You see their version of the mackie 8-bus? For under $1500?? Rooooight....
Message 13/26 19-Aug-04 @ 11:54 AM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
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Message 14/26 19-Aug-04 @ 07:09 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
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Message 16/26 20-Aug-04 @ 12:12 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
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Message 18/26 20-Aug-04 @ 11:21 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
Ape
Message 19/26 21-Aug-04 @ 12:41 AM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
I have yet to hear one, but there's a reason why brit consoles have a rep for being "soundy" and this is one of those.
Id love to run DAW tracks through something like that, see what happens
Message 20/26 22-Aug-04 @ 12:10 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
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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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
Message 26/26 23-Aug-04 @ 11:33 PM - RE: Which mixing desk to buy?
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