LX20 ADAT Optical

[Jim Marquard]

Okay, I know that the XT20 might be the way to go, but I am just a guy who is a youth minister and churches don't pay us a lot of money. So I'm thinking I wish i could afford that XT20 and all the other gear, but no way. I am not overly concerned about buying the Studio Pack and getting low end sound effects because they are thrown in to sweeten the deal--basically freebies. But I do need a new mixer for Sound reinforcement and the specs make the Studio 24 look decent. The LX20 included sounds pretty sweet (to my ear--yes I have heard it). So here's my question. If I go to the LX20, am I restricted to to the -10 recording inputs or can I at some time (when I get a little money together in 2 years, say) able to add a digital mixer and record at higher levels via the optical input? I know that you can record through the optical, but am I still restricted to a poor recording because this is an LX20 or did this recorder become useful and not limited in gain because the optical isn't limited by a -10 buffer? Any help would be appreciated.

Peace, Jim

[Jim Marquard]

Hey Ed,

Yeah, that helps. That means that if my budget lets me only get the LX20 right now, I can use it with something better in the future. I did read your answer about the digital mixers and it left me a bit weary of using them for beginning the recording process. I think I will stay with an anolog mixer. Anybody out there reading this--if you run into Santa, tell him I could go for Ed's recording gear (and Studio). Until then, I hope the money I have gets me some pretty good equipment even if I go with the LX20--it still has to better than my Yamaha 4 track.

Peace, Jim