Alesis i/O26, I'm getting One!!

[IdentitySeven]

We have the Alesis Firewire 16 @ church, and have not be able to record because I don't have a PCMCIA Firewire card for the church's laptop.

I'm getting one very soon.

But for my studio I'm getting the i/O 26, as a matter of fact I already got it on layaway, I need $227.00 te get it out so it'll be a couple of weeks, I used to have the EMU 1820M, will see how this one works out

[TulsaMike]

does it record 8 simultaneaus seperate tracks to your DAW, or does it record only 8 mixed to stereo?
Tulsa Mike

[Schloo]

I does seperate tracks. I'm having fun with mine so far. Gonna mic the drums tonight and see how that goes.

[bair_ohio]

I have the MMix 16 firewire and it works well. Only real draw backs are 48 as the highest sample rate and I wish it had inserts for at least the first 8 channels. Other than that, I cant complain. I have recorded and am still working on my bands ep. So far, it sounds great.

[Schloo]

I mic'ed the drum kit last night.

Here is a test with the Alesis io|26

http://web.mac.com/weareradio/iWeb/S...09B689C77.html

[ido1957]

Sounds pretty good! What kind of computer are you hooked up to. Are you using the CUBASE that came with the I/O26? How do you like that recording software? On another board they mentioned many problems with the Mac, but few with a PC.

[Schloo]

All the info is on that page but will paste below. I am using garageband 3. All the levels are a little low, but I'm still getting used to it. I'm using a imac g5 2.16 duo. I haven't had any of the problems people have been talking about. Probably because I downloaded the update stuff from the site. I'm having a good time with it so far!


2 - Overheads Naiant MSH-1

Toms - Superlux ECO - H6a

AT25 snare, Samson Q3 floor tom, ATM25 on kick drum.

Alesis io into Garage band. Dry.

[IdentitySeven]

Originally Posted by Schloo

All the info is on that page but will paste below. I am using garageband 3. All the levels are a little low, but I'm still getting used to it. I'm using a imac g5 2.16 duo. I haven't had any of the problems people have been talking about. Probably because I downloaded the update stuff from the site. I'm having a good time with it so far!


2 - Overheads Naiant MSH-1

Toms - Superlux ECO - H6a

AT25 snare, Samson Q3 floor tom, ATM25 on kick drum.

Alesis io into Garage band. Dry.

No problems with mine either!

[elementary]

the atm 25 sounds great on the kick i think

[Schloo]

Originally Posted by elementary

the atm 25 sounds great on the kick i think

Thanks! I finally got some time to tune the kick and ended up with some decent thump. The rest is coming along. I have cheap gear so I am just doing what I can for now.

I thought I heard some crackling in the playback, but it just ended up being my phones. Here was another test:

http://web.mac.com/weareradio/iWeb/S...0F432B281.html

[Schloo]

Oh crap, I still hear the crackling!

[IdentitySeven]

Originally Posted by Schloo

Oh crap, I still hear the crackling!

What are your buffer/latency settings?

[Schloo]

Originally Posted by IdentitySeven

What are your buffer/latency settings?

I'm using Garageband 3, so there are really only 2 settings, of which I am using the lower (arbitrarily). I should have figured that out sooner, thanks for the tip! I'll give the higher buffer a shot tonight. We're doing a version of Billy Joel's Pressure for a comedy skit. Fun times.

[IdentitySeven]

Originally Posted by Schloo

I'm using Garageband 3, so there are really only 2 settings, of which I am using the lower (arbitrarily). I should have figured that out sooner, thanks for the tip! I'll give the higher buffer a shot tonight. We're doing a version of Billy Joel's Pressure for a comedy skit. Fun times.

Cool!

[Erockrazor]

These things look interesting. Im thinking of purchasing one of these bad boys. I've been reading about them a bit and of course theres a lot of driver problems but hopefully it would work well with my set up. With a price around 400 ... if it works the way they say it should ... it should be a pretty good bang.

[Schloo]

So far, so good!


http://web.mac.com/weareradio/iWeb/S...181A8AFDA.html

[IdentitySeven]

Originally Posted by Schloo

So far, so good!


http://web.mac.com/weareradio/iWeb/S...181A8AFDA.html

Keep us posted

[Schloo]

http://www.alesis.com/index.php?id=58,92,0,0,1,0

They just updated the drivers on the 19th.

[mystasynasta]

only for macs tho