Mattmaymatt
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Is the Alesis multimix 16 or 8 any good? Do they let you control each track separately? On my current behringer mixer i cannot control each channel separately on the computer, which is what i would like to do. Thank you
The firewire model does. The USB model only streams the Main Stereo mix. I have read a lot of comments from people having problems with the Alesis Multimix. I think the complaints mostly center around the driver. I believe the USB model does not come with a dedicated driver and they recommend a windows default driver or ASIO4All, which is pretty lame for a reputable manufacturer.
Not sure about the firewire model. Maybe it has its own driver.
Correct me if I have this wrong, but the Firewire models allow you to control the *recording level* of each channel. just like like a multichannel interface, but does not actually provide DAW control once the tracks are in there.
And yeah, I can concur on the USB i/f driver problem. I have a friend with one of the smaller USB models who had trouble with his a good year ago. I was hoping they'd have fixed that by now, but I guess not.
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Yeah. I thought he meant that he wanted to use the mixer to do the editing, though, and that would not be possible with the Alesis.Although you are correct, I took the O.P.'s post to mean he wanted to be able to individually edit the waveforms on the computer.
Matt, I'm sorry to say that you're still phrasing that in a bit of an ambiguous way (for my tiny brain, anyway ) Here's the deal:I just want the most basic setup which allows me to control all the channels differently on my computer. for example snare and bass drum in two different tracks instead of all being in one track
What about the presonus firestudio project? Does it allow you to mic a drum set then be able to eq every separate track on the computer?
Matt, you really do need to explain what you're looking for a bit better. Because when you say "on the computer" we got two different impressions out here as to what you mean.What about the presonus firestudio project? Does it allow you to mic a drum set then be able to eq every separate track on the computer?
For what you are doing you might want to look at a Tascam 2488 Neo. It's a self contained ITB studio that you can also use for live sound and/or exporting individual tracks to your computer via USB. If you choose you can mix and master and burn a cd all within the same unit. They run about $700 bucks but you may(they're only a couple years old) find a cheaper one used. They have pretty decent sounding pre's for that price.What about the presonus firestudio project? Does it allow you to mic a drum set then be able to eq every separate track on the computer?
I have an Alesis Multimix 16 USB 2.0 and yes it will send all 16 tracks individually to your computer recording software - I use Sonar 6.5 for example. The mixer does not have the greatest quality microphone preamps but it'll get you by... Line ins are fine of course because they bypass the preamps. The old Studio 24 had better preamps IMO.
Is the Alesis multimix 16 or 8 any good? Do they let you control each track separately? On my current behringer mixer i cannot control each channel separately on the computer, which is what i would like to do. Thank you