New guy in need of a mixer

[Juxtpos]

Hi, FNG to the site. I'm on a tight budget and need a mixer that I can use mainly live and do some basic tracking with. I'm looking at the Behringer Xenyx 2442 and the Yamaha MG166C-USB. From what I've read, the Xenyx will only record 2 tracks at a time. I can't get a straight answer for the Yamaha/Cubase AI4 combo, some say 2, some say 4 stereo or 8 mono. I'm leaning towards the Yamaha if I can track 8 channels at once, as I said I can't get confirmation and the clerks at GC can't seem to agree. Thanks in advance.

[snellular5]

I donno what your price range is but this seems like a good deal
http://www.zzounds.com/item--PHOHELIX18FWMKII

[Roguetitan]

Originally Posted by Juxtpos

Hi, FNG to the site. I'm on a tight budget and need a mixer that I can use mainly live and do some basic tracking with. I'm looking at the Behringer Xenyx 2442 and the Yamaha MG166C-USB. From what I've read, the Xenyx will only record 2 tracks at a time. I can't get a straight answer for the Yamaha/Cubase AI4 combo, some say 2, some say 4 stereo or 8 mono. I'm leaning towards the Yamaha if I can track 8 channels at once, as I said I can't get confirmation and the clerks at GC can't seem to agree. Thanks in advance.

regardless of the brandif it is not USB 2.0 it will only record 1 stereo or 2 mono tracks

Originally Posted by snellular5

I donno what your price range is but this seems like a good deal
http://www.zzounds.com/item--PHOHELIX18FWMKII

YA, I second the Phonic Helix Line, Good equipment depending on your budget you may want to opt for the next size up, Phonic Helix 24 mkII FireWire Mixer which is not that much more money for a lot more board which has 16 mic line ins which you can record simultaneously on every channel and 6 aux sends, Low cut and swept mids. heck, that is worth the extra cash rght there!
you can get a factory resealed package for $650.00 you ain't going to beat that with a ball bat in both hands. This is exactly what I am saving up for as a IEM mixer and recording interface all in one neat rack case which i can use live stage use or in my garage studio or any where else I can get power to it
http://www.americanmusical.com/ItemS...helix--srcin-1

[pinkieandtherev]

Originally Posted by Roguetitan

regardless of the brandif it is not USB 2.0 it will only record 1 stereo or 2 mono tracks

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

there's the answer i needed. SO, if I haul my 3.0 GHz XP box with USB 2.0 down to the studio space and hook the Yamaha MW12 USB back up...i should be able to get more than just two channels? It was my slow-ath USB ports holding me back all this time?

[Treeline]

Originally Posted by pinkieandtherev

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

there's the answer i needed. SO, if I haul my 3.0 GHz XP box with USB 2.0 down to the studio space and hook the Yamaha MW12 USB back up...i should be able to get more than just two channels? It was my slow-ath USB ports holding me back all this time?

I think the Yamaha sends a stereo mix. Most USB mixers do that.

Do a google search on Alesis Multimix USB and you will find a line of mixers that will allow simultaneous tracking of more than two channels over the USB2 interface. As always, try before you buy.

[Roguetitan]

Originally Posted by pinkieandtherev

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

there's the answer i needed. SO, if I haul my 3.0 GHz XP box with USB 2.0 down to the studio space and hook the Yamaha MW12 USB back up...i should be able to get more than just two channels? It was my slow-ath USB ports holding me back all this time?

download the manual from their site it should tell you what it is capable of.
I am not familiar with that mixer so I would hate to give you misinformation
but just ooking on MF website you are only going to get 2 channels to your DAW

best thing to do is hook it up to your computer and open your recording program, open up the routing matrix and see how many channels it shows on the routing matrix.
that is the only real way to tell how many tracks you can record to.