roddick1993
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Hey!
I'm new to this forum so forgive me if I may sound a bit uneducated on recording. I'm currently building my home/bedroom studio. I'm looking for a mixer at the moment but I'm not sure if it will be compatible with the current gear I have. I'm looking to record everything to reel to reel tape. Keeping everything strictly analog. I'll list the current gear I have below:
Fostex A-8 Reel to Reel Recorder
Focusrite ISA One Preamp
Shure Sm-57 mic
Avantone cv-12 condenser mic
KRK Rokit 5 Generation 3 RP5G3 (Pair)
Tascam 246 4 track
I originally wanted to get an Allen & Heath 16 or 22fx mixer but I've heard mixed things in terms of using it for tape. Other forums have mentioned inline monitoring where you need a mixer with tape returns ins and outs. So I'd need a mixer with 8 bus. People have mentioned getting a mackie 24.8 or a tascam 2425. They've just been hard to find because I live in canada. Not everyone wants to ship here haha. I just want to know what ideal mixer would be for my situation. I'm trying to keep my budget within 1500 or less for the mixer. Ideally I record every instrument myself which would be guitar(s), bass, vocals, Synth/Keys, & drums. So I'd be recording each track one at a time.
Thanks to anyone who responds. I really appreciate it.
I'm new to this forum so forgive me if I may sound a bit uneducated on recording. I'm currently building my home/bedroom studio. I'm looking for a mixer at the moment but I'm not sure if it will be compatible with the current gear I have. I'm looking to record everything to reel to reel tape. Keeping everything strictly analog. I'll list the current gear I have below:
Fostex A-8 Reel to Reel Recorder
Focusrite ISA One Preamp
Shure Sm-57 mic
Avantone cv-12 condenser mic
KRK Rokit 5 Generation 3 RP5G3 (Pair)
Tascam 246 4 track
I originally wanted to get an Allen & Heath 16 or 22fx mixer but I've heard mixed things in terms of using it for tape. Other forums have mentioned inline monitoring where you need a mixer with tape returns ins and outs. So I'd need a mixer with 8 bus. People have mentioned getting a mackie 24.8 or a tascam 2425. They've just been hard to find because I live in canada. Not everyone wants to ship here haha. I just want to know what ideal mixer would be for my situation. I'm trying to keep my budget within 1500 or less for the mixer. Ideally I record every instrument myself which would be guitar(s), bass, vocals, Synth/Keys, & drums. So I'd be recording each track one at a time.
Thanks to anyone who responds. I really appreciate it.