Do I need one?

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I'm new to the forum but have been dabbling in home recording for a few years. My question to all that have much more knowledge than I us, do I really need an external mixer, like a Behringer BCF2000, to use with Cubase?

My current setup I run everything thru a tone port GX into my PC. Is there any advantage of having something like the BCF2000?

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JohnF
 
The BCF2000 is a controller, not a mixer. If you like controlling your DAW with a mouse and keyboard then you don't need the BCF2000.
 
You don't really need anything - until you need it.

Is there something you want to do that is beyond the capabilities of your current system?

Why do you want a mixer?
 
jimmys69 said:
IMO a Presonus Faderport is all I will ever need.
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All I need:



But seriously,
Personally, I couldn't be bothered with a controller. I love setting level by using the automation function. Listen to each track and edit the envelope for each, one by one. I'm not the kind of person who feels the only way to mix is with a bunch of faders at my fingertips. Ancient methods.... :laughings:
 
the bcf is useful if you're trying to balance multiple channels against each other simultaneously, but beware, the motors are quite noisy and jittery for long and slow moves. generally it's a decent piece of kit, but it's kind of up to you as to whether it's worth paying out for or not. Is it going to make your mixing better? - probably not much. Is it going to make mixing easier? - just depends on whether the motor noise irritates you more than using a mouse...
 
I found that the amount of time it takes to mix a song was cut radically when I got a controller since I could now do multiple things at once.
one other side benefit was that I had to look at the screen much less (sometimes I turn it off now) and stopped worrying about how many dB (or fractions thereof) I was changing or percentage left and right I was panning and focused more on how it sounded in the mix instead.

I find that harder to do with a mouse since you have to look at the screen all the time and it's hard to not pay attention to what you see and factor it into to what you think you hear
 
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