[jsonar] Re: mixing console question
- From: "John Chilelli" <JAC@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jsonar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:23:51 -0500
Hi,
I love my Macky 820 I.
I'm with you on this as I am a greenhorne at this stuff as well and the 820I I
think is a good way to go for just learning this complicated stuff.
I found mine for under $350 at Musician's Friend. Tell them I sent you.
Blessings,
John Chilelli
Erie, PA
-----Original Message-----
From: jsonar-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jsonar-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Florian Beijers
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 8:35 AM
To: jsonar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jsonar] Re: mixing console question
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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