[jsonar] Re: mixing console question
- From: Florian Beijers <florianbeijers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jsonar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 02:50:06 +0100
Hi,
Grin, that all sounds incredible. Sadly though, that is way over the
budget I am able to spend on it at the moment. I am primarily a
student, so ...buying myself this for christmas is not going to cut it
I'm afraid :)
I'll certainly keep this one in mind though :)
Regards,
Florian
2014-12-18 0:52 GMT+01:00, Chris Belle <cb1963@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Sounds like a mackie 1640i is the perfect answer for you.
>
> I love mine.
>
> 16 ins and outs, 6 aux sends, 4 aux buses,
> a real analog mixer with 4 band parametric eq but all tied together with
> a nice firewire interface, and 100 percent accessible as to the routing.
>
> Now the only down side is that the old mackie firewire cards used to be
> 100 percent accessible, now the software isn't accessible anymore, but
> the only reason you need to get in there is to adjust your latency,
> and or if you plan to agregate two of these things together to get 32
> channels and such.
>
> I was fortunate enough to get the older fw card, the new models are the
> same board but with the new fw chip.
>
> So if you can live with that, you are golden, otherwise it's down to
> digging around in these inaccessible pain in the ass interfaces, yes
> there is some hsc support for some of the focus rite stuff,
> but how thorough it is and you know about work flow, nothing like
> grabbing a knob when you got someone in the studio and they want more
> headphone blah, blah, blah.
>
> So if 15 hundred bucks isn't too much, this will future proof you for a
> long time,
> and don't cheap out and get the lesser mackies, they have plenty of
> in-puts but where the price drop is you don't get all the returns back
> from the daw, only one stereo pair.
>
> For me, having 16 returns from the daw is worth it,
> and you have fantom power separate on each channel, and inserts,
> and a direct box on channels one and two, and be good to yourself and go
> get one for Christmas.
>
> You'll love it.
>
>
> On 12/17/2014 4:18 PM, Florian Beijers wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Mainly, I want it to be slightly future-proof. I mean to record
>> multiple signals into my DAW of choice, that could either be Sonar or
>> Reaper. Therefore, controlling my DAW won't really enter into it, I
>> want enough inputs and outputs as well as the flexibility to mix these
>> into a variety of configurations, for example recording multiple
>> instruments but also routing a vocal track through an external
>> hardware effect and getting the processed signal back etc.
>> Things like FX on the console itself aren't really necessary, nice
>> gimmick if there but not a requirement by a long shot.
>> I currently use a Scarlett 2i4 as an audio interface, I plan to send
>> the main outs of whatever mixing console through that into my pc. If
>> you are of the opinion that taking out hte middle man and just getting
>> an interface with more ins and outs coupled with software-based mixing
>> is a better alternative, I am willing to look into that. I just
>> assumed doing this on the hardware level would be slightly more
>> accessible and would still work if a script suddenly decides to go
>> wonky for whatever reason.
>>
>> Florian
>>
>> 2014-12-17 22:33 GMT+01:00, Cameron Strife <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Could you outline what you plan to use it for exactly? Live sound?
>>> Recording? Mixing? Controlling a computer based daw package like
>>> sonar, pro tools, or logic etc?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/17/14, Florian Beijers <florianbeijers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am considering purchasing a mixer, however I do have a few questions
>>>> that pertain to accessibility.
>>>> - Is there a digital mixer you guys have found that is reasonably
>>>> accessible or at least reasonably enough documented so a blind user
>>>> can use it?
>>>> - When it comes to analog mixers, what mixers have you tried and how
>>>> logical did you find the control layout?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not looking for a 5000 dollar 64-channel mixer, something with 8
>>>> to 12 channels will be more than enough for my needs.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Florian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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