Hi,
I'm building up a home recording studio, just for my own pleasure, as I like to compose music, play drums, bass guitar, etc.
I have a Behringer X1222 mixer, which has served me quite well, until I decided to do drum recording - I ran out of mic inputs the same moment as I decided about recording drums.
So I need to upgrade. After a lot of research, I found out that what best fits with my needs (well, ok, maybe I should say the one that I like, but probably I don't need) is the new Presonus StudioLive 32, 3rd edition. But it's quite expensive, I don't think I can afford to buy one until next year.
So I am looking for a temporary solution. Ideally, I'd want a mixer with multi track recording, via USB. There are several solutions (Behringer Xair 18, StudioLive AR16, Soundcraft UI24r), but I wouldn't call them inexpensive. So I've started looking at the "used" market. And I came across a guy selling a Mackie 24.8. I know, it's not a digital mixer, it doesn't even have a USB interface. But I found it fascinating, for several reasons:
- it's an old-style full analog mixer
- it's got 8 buss
- plenty of inputs channels
- each channel has a direct output
- there's a lot of routing and mixing stuff to experience with and learn
- at some point, I could buy a digital A/D-D/A interface, and connect to my mac for multi track recording
and I guess a lot more.
The guy is selling it for around $350, including the meter bridge, but it's got a few issues:
- some gain and EQ knobs creak
- 2 or 3 channels have a weaker signal
- sometimes a vu meter is stuck, showing a stronger signal
Besides that, all sliders and channels (taking the above issues into account) work well.
What do you guys think? Should I buy it? Is it a good purchase?
I'm building up a home recording studio, just for my own pleasure, as I like to compose music, play drums, bass guitar, etc.
I have a Behringer X1222 mixer, which has served me quite well, until I decided to do drum recording - I ran out of mic inputs the same moment as I decided about recording drums.
So I need to upgrade. After a lot of research, I found out that what best fits with my needs (well, ok, maybe I should say the one that I like, but probably I don't need) is the new Presonus StudioLive 32, 3rd edition. But it's quite expensive, I don't think I can afford to buy one until next year.
So I am looking for a temporary solution. Ideally, I'd want a mixer with multi track recording, via USB. There are several solutions (Behringer Xair 18, StudioLive AR16, Soundcraft UI24r), but I wouldn't call them inexpensive. So I've started looking at the "used" market. And I came across a guy selling a Mackie 24.8. I know, it's not a digital mixer, it doesn't even have a USB interface. But I found it fascinating, for several reasons:
- it's an old-style full analog mixer
- it's got 8 buss
- plenty of inputs channels
- each channel has a direct output
- there's a lot of routing and mixing stuff to experience with and learn
- at some point, I could buy a digital A/D-D/A interface, and connect to my mac for multi track recording
and I guess a lot more.
The guy is selling it for around $350, including the meter bridge, but it's got a few issues:
- some gain and EQ knobs creak
- 2 or 3 channels have a weaker signal
- sometimes a vu meter is stuck, showing a stronger signal
Besides that, all sliders and channels (taking the above issues into account) work well.
What do you guys think? Should I buy it? Is it a good purchase?