I'm sure you're 100% correct and that sounds really nice but I dont think that was the subject of this thread. You may want to put this in the "Ive got a much better mixer then you" forum =)
Ive heard these are awesome.. I have a few apogee a/d s but one day I hope the get a RME unit
It took me so long to realize how important good convertors are!
The mackie 1604 has 8 direct outs so i'd go :
mic cable into channel 1 on mackie board.
route the signal from channel 1 from the mackie channel 1 direct out into your yamaha's channel 1.
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...
it'll sound uneven.. that or you'll have to roll off so much low end later to make it work with the regular tracks that it probably wont be worth the trouble. Worth trying though I guess.
focusrite is a brand of preamp. I was stating that I thought the M-audio preamps were made by focusrite. Just what ive heard, not 100% sure.
Not sure what you are recording but if you got ahold of a simple, lowcost DBX compressor and put it in front of that VLZ preamp you can get a really...
I use a shure beta mic and a fair ammount of compression. Just about everything I record is along these lines. screamers like to hold the mic. Just make sure they dont cup it cause it'll sound like crap
those older mackie VLZs are great.. I/we have several nationally released albums recorded with those and a avalon channel for overdubs. Dont second guess yourself on those
There is always a $1000-$2000 channel that will sound marginally better but you are just fine with those.
I 'heard' the...