looking for a small mixer to do a/d convert etc..

valis · Post by **valis** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:39 am

See, personally I don't like monitoring directly off the card.

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:14 am

You don't do your mixing in Scope though do you? Surely direct off the card is the purest monitor signal for anyone mixing in Scope?

valis · Post by **valis** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:40 am

There was a time when I did mix in scope, and at the very least I always appreciated an external volume control giving ability to mute the signal to protect the monitors. Also I used to actually attenuate the monitoring signal both in scope and on the small outboard mixer I was using for monitoring & recording a few instruments. That is until someone pointed out the rather obvious fact that in the digital realm gain changes are essentially bit reducing the signal. After that I would run the full signal out to the analog outputs, then attentuate only on the mixer's monitor section. I pay more attention to proper gain-staging these days, both for mixing & monitoring.

That was a 1202vlz, which I find very colored and similar to the Big Knob in sound (although mine is older and thus at least US manufactured). I use a Soundtracs board now, and I wouldn't say the monitoring section is on the level of that UAD I posted or some of the nice passive monitor control units on the market (which are pricey.) But the board I have no seems to be fairly reliable for my purposes and finally allowed me to overcome the limitations of a small format mixer when it comes to tracking & mixing.

However it's overkill for recording "two, maybe 4 mics" and monitoring.

If I were in ken's shoes I'd pick a budget/pricerange then work from there...

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skwawks · Post by **skwawks** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:27 pm

Hey Ken
There's one of those alesis thingos on aussie ebay . buy it now about 230 U.S.