Mixers?
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Topic: Mixers?
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Subject: Mixers?
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 15:05
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I'm starting to put a "recording studio" together in my room, but i
don't know what to do about a good mixer because my budget is limited
and there are so many mixers out there. Can anybody offer any advice? thanks ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 15:16
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I have a Tascam US-224, a nifty little box that interfaces with many sequencing packages, including Acid and Sonar. I think they're about $250 - but well worth it.
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Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 16:49
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err... i'm talking more along the lines of an actual sound board type mixer, not a portastudio... but thank you anyhow  ------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 21:05
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The smaller Spirits have a good price/ performance ratio. How many channels do you plan to use? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 00:27
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haha, actually at this point i really don't know... 6 or 8 i suppose
------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 01:50
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try to find either a used Mackie or a new/ used Spirit. If your budget is really tight, Midiman makes some decent mixers for small amounts of cash. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 03:26
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You can't go wrong with a Spirit - I've been impressed with the Folio range. I use the Tascam for simultaneous multi-channel recording - it's a bit more than just a Portastudio; it's a hardware interface to the software - you get full multitracking capabilities without having to make fiddly mouse clicks and drags everywhere. But I'll admit it's useless for miking up a drum kit |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 04:52
The smaller Mackie Mixers are excellent, V quiet and robust. The VLZ series link is below: http://www.mackie.com/cproducts/mixers/index.html They also have a budget rance under the Tapco brand. http://www.tapcogear.com/products/6306/index.html Hope this is of use. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Sweetnighter wrote:Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 17:05
oh yeah, and then there's Behringers...apparently they sound a bit like the Mackies (according to Mackie's legal department, anyway)  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: November 22 2004 at 17:29
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Awesome everybody, thanks a ton for the help!
------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |