A Hello and a Gear Question (Soundcraft M8)

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First of all I'd just like to say hello as this is my first post to the forum. :)

I'm currently getting a small, PC based, home recording solution together for myself and need some advice about mixers.

1st, this is what I already have: Decent PC, M-Audio Delta 66 sound card, a couple of decentish mic's (SM58 hanging around from an old band, and an AKG C1000S), Sonar 2.2XL.

What I want to do is get a mixing desk where I can record up to 4 tracks (to start with) simultaniously through the Delta, whilst also monitoring playback from the Delta through the mixer.

I currently have a cheapy live mixer that I had lying around from a previous band, but with that I can't listed to the playback at the same time as recording.

This leads me to believe I would be best looking at a mixer that has direct out's for all the channels. Am I right?

Now, I was looking at the Mackie 1202 before I realised that it doesn't have direct outs, and then at a shop It was recommended that I might want to take a look at a Soundcraft M8.

Not knowing much about the hardware side of things I searched the web for reviews and only found a couple of useful ones.

What I'd like to know is: does anyone own one of these? and is it any good? ;)

I've been quoted a price of £349.99 (about $568).

I'm planning on buying some decent speakers in a couple of months, so in the meantime I shall be monitoring from the mixer via headphones.

Thanks for you help

Muttley
 
i've got an m8 sitting in my bedroom that has been on loan to me until this saturday. i used it once. then the phantom power decided to stop working.

HOWEVER... it's a great mixer, and i was gonna buy one until this happened. but it's probably a total fluke.

and the pre-amps sound really great. they're the same ones used in SoundCraft's Ghost mixers.

I highly recommend to everyone except me, cause i have really bad luck with gear.

.pete.

ps - you may want to consider (depending on funds) getting an m12, as the extra 4 channels never hurt anyone.
 
lookingforcool said:
I highly recommend to everyone except me, cause i have really bad luck with gear.
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I live in Sandy Eggo...if you want to dump some of your "broken" equipment at my house, I'll take it off your hands. :)
 
haha... yeah, no problem. i mean, wait... most of it's not actually mine.

my friends all just loan me stuff the day before it dies. has absolutely nothing to do with me.

nothing.

haha...

yeah.

.pete.

ps - are you in a band or anything here in SD?
 
Thanks for the feedback. I decided to bite the bullet and placed the order yesterday.

Somehow a TL Audio Fatman compressor jumped into the shopping basket too. How did that happen?! ;)

Muttley
 
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