[jsonar] Re: mixing console question
- From: Florian Beijers <florianbeijers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jsonar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:34:34 +0100
Hi,
So, does anyone have tips that fall somewhat lower, price-wise? Around
500 or below would be ideal, not sure how much you can get for that?
Or should I just forget about this endeavor and mix fully using
software?
Thanks,
Florian
2014-12-18 2:50 GMT+01:00, Florian Beijers <florianbeijers@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 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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