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 mer. 17 déc. 2008, 19:19
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Hello,
I've been working with a M-Audio FW410 for the past 4 years, with no problems, live and studio, using max/msp, logic pro, peak and protools m-powerd on 2 computers: an old powerbook G4/867 and a slight newer Imac G5/1.8. The FW410 is ok, nothing to write home about, but it works in every condition, be it recording from phantom powerd mics live, or tracking 8 to 16 track music studio project or video soundtrack... I bought one of the last (at least here, where I live, in Lisbon, Portugal) surviving 2.4 white macbooks with FIREWIRE!!!. Going from a G4 Titanium, is quite a leap, he's really fast with just 2GB of ram, that shares with the graphic board, running 10.5.6... I'm seeking advise or experiences on the Alesis Multimix 8 FW mixer, it's a small analog mixer with a multichannel firewire interface built-in and is incredibly cheap. I keep on reading on the web, lots of problems with this mixer on the PC side, usually driver related, or the lack of 6 pin FW connections on PC's laptops... but almost none on the mac side. Does it work ok, for multitracking? Bus powered? are the pre's clean enough? i know they are not prestine... I know there are much better mixers/FW interfaces, Mackie, M-Audio, but they cost much more and are big to carry around on a bagpack, besides it can act as a small analog mixer for laptop work in the field where is going to work most of the time... Please some help is needed, Thank you for your patience, CS Ce message a été modifié par kactus - mer. 17 déc. 2008, 19:29. |
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ven. 19 déc. 2008, 13:13
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Hello all,
Thank you very much for your opinions and experiences. I gather from what you all say, avoid at all costs Alesis stuff, not reliable, weak FW implementation. I was looking to it (alesis multimix 8 FW), because it was cheap, small and you get a analog mixer in the equation, but had second doubts, all just got confirmed... The other ways are: M-Audio NRV10, or Mackie Onyx systems, both analog mixer and FW interface, or even the Yamaha N's series (but I think they'll behave like the Alesis), all a lot bigger and expensive, so there's no small analog mixer (with knob and faders) with a FW interface that works nicely and fits a small bill? Back to straight interfaces, I'll wait and see... :-) Thank you all, Have a nice Christmas, K |
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kactus Alesis Multimix 8 Fw mer. 17 déc. 2008, 19:19
rynn I had a soundcard, usb, Alesis IO2.
On Thomann the... jeu. 18 déc. 2008, 07:33 emgcarra Hi Kaktus:
I ´ve been working with a very similar... jeu. 18 déc. 2008, 15:36
houstonmusic [Cheap always turn to expensive in the worst momen... jeu. 18 déc. 2008, 19:00 CptAnalog I have the io14 Firewire interface.
The first one ... ven. 19 déc. 2008, 09:03 mortalengines I really liked my Onyx. I wound up selling it aft... sam. 20 déc. 2008, 06:54 emgcarra All is true....
I have heard about the M-Audio Pr... lun. 22 déc. 2008, 19:14 emgcarra Now I don´t know what to think ...I´ve been readin... jeu. 22 janv. 2009, 16:25 kactus Hi all,
Back on the same subject (after a few mot... mer. 2 sept. 2009, 16:46 |
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