tomleblanc
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To anyone using a standalone type of recorder, like the MR-8, VF-80, etc. etc., are you using a mixer? If so, what are you using it for mostly? Is it because you need lots of channels to mix a bunch of drum mics down into two channels to record? Or are you using it to create a final mix of stuff you've already recorded, by manipulating EQ, levels, etc.?
My issue is that the MR-8 doesn't have an EQ. I know that theoretically I could get a mixer and hook it up to my MR-8's outputs and then pipe it back to the inputs, so that I could mix all my tracks together, adjust levels/EQ/etc., and record it as two stereo tracks. But is this reasonable to do?
One problem I forsee is that the MR-8's "headphone amps" are kinda noisy, and thus using the outputs might introduce a significant degree of noise into the recording. I know I could use the digital output, but I don't know that any mixer within my price range would even have a digital in! (I was thinking Mackie DFX-6)
So I guess one of the main questions I have here then is whether there are any significant reasons to prefer analog mixing to doing it on a computer (on something like n-Track or CEP), especially when I have just a standard crappy sound blaster card.
Thanks for reading
My issue is that the MR-8 doesn't have an EQ. I know that theoretically I could get a mixer and hook it up to my MR-8's outputs and then pipe it back to the inputs, so that I could mix all my tracks together, adjust levels/EQ/etc., and record it as two stereo tracks. But is this reasonable to do?
One problem I forsee is that the MR-8's "headphone amps" are kinda noisy, and thus using the outputs might introduce a significant degree of noise into the recording. I know I could use the digital output, but I don't know that any mixer within my price range would even have a digital in! (I was thinking Mackie DFX-6)
So I guess one of the main questions I have here then is whether there are any significant reasons to prefer analog mixing to doing it on a computer (on something like n-Track or CEP), especially when I have just a standard crappy sound blaster card.
Thanks for reading