Allen and Heath Mixer -Need Interface!

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Hello,
Im new here, so I am sorry if this is in the wrong area. I have an analog Allen and Heath Saber mixer. I would like to find an interface to go to from my mixer to a laptop for recording. I'm not looking for anything that has pre's, because the A&H mixer already has great pre's to begin with. I was hoping someone could lead me in the right direction with something that is reliable and can do the job. I would like to record minimum 8 tracks at the moment and maybe go to 16 tracks at some point.

Any help would be greatful
Thanks
Youngerone
 
You are new here? you registered 5 years ago and this is your 1st post you must keep to yourself a lot. :D

It might help to know what your recording software is before offering any suggestions.







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Hey moresound,
Yeah Ive been a little behind, but I am thinking of recording a 4 piece band project on my own at home.. Ideally I would like to record with some version of pro-tools. I am looking to get solid basic tracks on the computer using the pre's from the allen and heath board, and then possibly send everything off to a friend to mix the songs and do what needs to be done on the back end. The guy I would send them to uses protools for recording/mixing.
 
pro tools might not be the way to go, because there's no LE interface (to my knowledge) that will let you use up to 16 of your A+H preamps.
you'd have to go down the HD route, buyin converters etc. (which you can't even do on a laptop.)


i don't know what your budget is like, and i know you said you're on a laptop, but if you have access to a PC, the following is a great option.
daisy chaining two maudio delta 1010s or two terratec phase88s (ews88mt),which would give you 16 line ins, and would pair perfectly with your mixer, if it has direct outs per channel.
 
younger said:
Hello,
Im new here, so I am sorry if this is in the wrong area. I have an analog Allen and Heath Saber mixer. I would like to find an interface to go to from my mixer to a laptop for recording. I'm not looking for anything that has pre's, because the A&H mixer already has great pre's to begin with. I was hoping someone could lead me in the right direction with something that is reliable and can do the job. I would like to record minimum 8 tracks at the moment and maybe go to 16 tracks at some point.

Any help would be greatful
Thanks
Youngerone
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You and I are in a similar boat. Options are very limited for an interface without preamps these days. I've had my eye on a MOTU IO24 for a year now, but its a bit pricey. Plus its pci based, so no-go with your laptop. If you can make a desktop work, then you'll open up a *few* more possibilities. I'm using a pair of MAudio 1010lts right now. Nothin special, but pretty cheap (and again, PCI)
 
While I use an A&H mixer for live shows I record via an Alesis 24HD . . .

MOTU 828 (currently I have the MkII) has 10 analong inputs that do not pass through mic pre's and attaches to laptop via firewire

It has a single ADAT I/O so that for expansion you could pick up, staying with MOTU gear (solely as example) pick up a 2408, which has an additional 8 analog inputs, use that in stand alone mode and connect to 828 via ADAT

use the 2408s (MKII maybe, but not current model) are going for $2-300 (cheaper as a rule than getting a 2nd 828)

An aphex 142 is A/D (only no D/A) 8 channels of analog in with ADAT out. New they run in the $400 range

As frustrating as it might seem getting 8-16 channels of pre-less A/D into a laptop is not, necessarily, going to be cheaper then entry level cards with cheap pre's. . . .
 
Hello,
Lets say I used an Alesis HD 24, is it easy to transfer all the tracks to a mac and put them into a platform like protools? The HD24 seems pretty reliable. Any thoughts

Thanks for all your input so far!!
Youngerone
 
is reliable (as reliable as anything with moving parts and using current HDD can be)

the more or less necessary $200 option of the firewire card (for data transfer) makes transfer to computer easy (HD24 as built in ethernet but transfer is far too slow to be practical)

thought about mentioning it but the MOTU new 828, used 2408 comes in @ roughly $55/channel versus new HD24 @ $75/channel (without adding cost of drives, caddies etc.)

If you didn't have a computer then MOTU + computer is comparable to HD24 but to 'process' recorded tracks recorded on HD24 you'd typically need computer or even more expensive outboard gear

but HD24 is reliable way to get 24 tracks of A/D without going through extra mic pres
 
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