LMAO... some might say thatdennyc765 said:Never heard the term "focusrites" but seems like you mean it must be used PRECISELY with the correct settings.
dennyc765 said:I'm recording with a YAMAHA AW1600 (8 inputs xlr/line) digital machine. Any suggestions for best connections?
Right idea... but the best way to keep the Yamaha pres impact down is to crank you're mackie output and adjust you're final gain at the yahama input...wall of noise 9 said:I'd turn down the gain on the yamaha channels to 1/4 -to- 1/3rd the way up max and theb and boost the signal using the mackie preamp. In otherwords use as little of the yamaha gain as you can get away with
wall of noise 9 said:I 'heard' the M-audios are focusrites and if thats accurate id prefer the mackie pres given the choice
Freudian Slip said:I think the best way is to just use the yamaha pre's or buy a different interface w/o pre's and use the Mackie.
Freudian Slip said:Buy a used delta or echo layla 24/96 (preferrably the layla) for a couple hundred dollars and use the mackie or what ever pre you want.
If by chance you are looking for different pre's to solve tonal problems with you recordings look elsewhere. Chances are 95% that there are other far greater issues than your pre's, like your room etc. IMHO.
dgatwood said:I couldn't disagree more. If the O.P. is using CR1604 pres, they are seriously hurting the sound. Pres have improved a lot in 16 years. (The CR1604 was released in 1991.)
I used to use a CR1604 and wondered why all my old recordings sounded dull and lifeless. In the process of setting up to record drums, I bought an M-Audio FW1814 and a Peavey PV8.
It was like night and day. Everything sounded dramatically better even using the same mics and same interface in the same room. I haven't used the CR1604 for anything since. It sits on a shelf, a reminder to never again choose an older product merely because it costs less....
jamacian said:I bet my 1985 Tascam M600 preamps smoke all of the ones so far listed...besides the avalon. Don't judge by age.
SonicAlbert said:. If you use the Mackie pres what you want is to go into a line level input on the Yamaha that is *not* routed through the preamps.
You obviously have no idea what I am talking about...google tascam m600.Freudian Slip said:Now that's just plain crazy talk
F.S.
jamacian said:I bet my 1985 Tascam M600 preamps smoke all of the ones so far listed...besides the avalon. Don't judge by age, it's a horrible benchmark.