First mixer - computer

[jedders]

HI all

I'm recently inversting in a mac book pro, and i've been recently writing alot of electronic music. I want to record audio outside the computer aswell as using alot of soft synth and want a mixer that can record the outside sources.

I also want it to be able to control the sounds inside the mix (ones that have been previously recorded and soft synths) so i can get the mix sounding good in programs such as garageband so i dont have to use the little gain slide inside the program and control it outside of the computer with ease

I'm new to all this so i was wondering what type of mixer i would need. I'm presuming audio interface built it? and the cheaper the better (would behringer be able to make it)

Thanks,

Jedders

 

[vijsolo]

Hi there,

You should look at this one

Zoom R16 Multi-Track SD Recorder Interface and Controller

This will let you to record and controll software mixers. It can even work as stanalone recorder. And the price!!

Cheerz!!

 

[jedders]

The zoom one looks good especially for the price! :O

But can you get any with more track controllers or could i get two and have 16 or so tracks to control???

 

[ralpheo]

Yes. While you cannot record all 16 tracks onto one deck at once, you can daisy chain two (for power, I think) and have a pair of 8 separate tracks. This is a great little device: I just wish Zoom had come out with it a year earlier.

 

[kcearl]

that does look excellent...I wonder what the sound quality's like

the fact that it can be used as a control surface as well is such an obvious thing to do..brilliant

 

[TeyshaBlue]

that does look excellent...I wonder what the sound quality's like

the fact that it can be used as a control surface as well is such an obvious thing to do..brilliant

The last tune I put up in the mp3 clinic was done entirely on the R16.
THe sound quality is quite good.

 

[jedders]

so if i was performing/creating on abeleton live i could mix the tracks together and turn off the uneeded ones.... i record each track individualy (minus drums) so it shouldn't be a problem