Hellocameron and listers, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check out this mixer. However if I can find an all-in-one unit that will allow me to do what I want to do for a reasonable price I prefer to go that route. I do not own Sonar or SonarTalking. If I went this route I would need to buy this software on top of the laptop and the mixer and other equipment. If there are free and accessible multi-track digital-audio editors I can get without the need to purchase additional third-party scripts reducing the budget for putting this system together the laptop+mixer or workstation route would be more doable. Thanks again for the suggestion. Peter Donahue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron Strife" <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:33 PM Subject: RE: mixers and workstations You'd be much better off using a laptop with sonar. Use that along with something like the Alesis multi mix 12 USB. It's an analog mixer but allows you to stream up to 12 independent channels of audio to sonar. Once you've recorded in sonar, you can do all your editing and mixing etc then burn to CD. I have the alesis multi mix 16 firewire and ti's very accessible. If you want more info, write me off list. Thanks, Cameron. -----Original Message----- From: blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:21 PM To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: mixers and workstations Good evening everyone, In the next few months I plan to purchase a mixer/digital workstation to permit me to digitally record meeting and other live events for posting to various Web sites I'm responsible for maintaining. Some of these will be actual events and others will be digitizing past meetings and functions originally recorded on audio cassette. Going the PC with an analog mixer is one route, but if I can find an accessible workstation that would allow me to do this without the need for a PC except when I live stream convention events for various groups being able to use one device for recording, editing, and burning them to a CD, or saving them on a compact flash card for further editing with a digital-audio editor, and eventual archiving or posting to a Web site or a podcast. Several blind people I know who do this recommended the Bharenger analog mixer for connecting multiple devices to a single input source in order to send audio to a PC for further processing. In the digital workstation department so far I've tried the Boss BR-900 which is a very impressive unit; especially if you're a musician. I plan to further test-drive this unit to be sure it's accessible and to confirm that this would be a right fit for me and that it will meet my needs. The other unit in consideration is the RolandCD-2 digital workstation. Interestingly enough both the BR-900 and the CD-2 sell for the same price through our local Roland and Boss dealer here in town, but one has music production capability and the other does not. Fortunately Roland does not lock their .PDF User documentation so I was able to download and successfully convert the owners manuals for both devices to text. Guess I need to read through each one and see which one has the exact features I need. For example I'm impress with the on-board music production capabilities of the BR-900, but will gladly trade it for a higher number of audio processing capabilities such as noise reduction, accoustic miror functions, effects, etc. I'd be curious to hear if anyone has used the above-mentioned units and how usable by a blind person they are for recording and processing digital audio. Any other suggestions for usable mixers and workstations will also be much appreciated. I'll await your feedback. Best wishes for a great new year. Peter Donahue