Anyone with a Phonic Helix 12 mixer? Need to know hardware requirements.

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Title says it all. I need to know the hardware requirements for a Phonic Helix 12 firewire mixer (NOT a MkII).

Thanks in advance.
 
What do you mean 'hardware requirements'?

I'll be interested to hear what you think of it after you've used it. Quite a bargain if it works well - 10 simultaneous track USB/Firewire 24 bit digital conversion is not something you see for $300. I would be suspicous of the overall quality and specifically the preamp quality at that price. One issue wiht USB mixers has always been the ever-present 'whine' of the A-d-A converters if the signal/gain is from it is cranked up too much.
 
mjbphotos said:
What do you mean 'hardware requirements'?

I'll be interested to hear what you think of it after you've used it. Quite a bargain if it works well - 10 simultaneous track USB/Firewire 24 bit digital conversion is not something you see for $300. I would be suspicous of the overall quality and specifically the preamp quality at that price. One issue wiht USB mixers has always been the ever-present 'whine' of the A-d-A converters if the signal/gain is from it is cranked up too much.
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What I mean is computer hardware requirements to use the 10 inputs simultaneously. I wanted to use it on an ancient machine. Actually, I was just planning on using it as an A/D converter, taking line ins from another board and/or preamps. This brings up a point, though. If I use the line in on a channel on a board, does it go through the pre, or is that bypassed?
 
On cheap mixers typically the line-in still goes through the preamp, but with a pad. I'd go with something more proven for a-d conversion myself, like the Tascam US1800.
You're going to need a fairly fast hard drive (external or internal) and I'd recommend 6 or more Gigs of Ram.
 
mjbphotos said:
On cheap mixers typically the line-in still goes through the preamp, but with a pad. I'd go with something more proven for a-d conversion myself, like the Tascam US1800.
You're going to need a fairly fast hard drive (external or internal) and I'd recommend 6 or more Gigs of Ram.
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No. It doesn't go through the pre amp. When you say "ancient machine", you are saying ____________________ ?

Mike mentioned the hard drive and he is correct. The hard drive is the limiting factor on number of tracks. I have never done 10 tracks in with the Phonic. I did up to four, but mostly two tracks.

You can get the board and try it out, if it doesn't work, send it back for a refund. You pay shipping. I'm an honest guy, I'll give you your money back if you don't like it or it doesn't work out for ya. :)
 
Oh, Jeez, didn't know you were getting it from Chili used! I thought you were talking about a new mixer for $300, hence my skepticism.
 
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