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ambi
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Ok, so heres my Contraversies!
I was originally planning on getting a mixing board, such as the mackie 1604 or the soundcraft m12, and getting a delta 1010. Then i had a good long look at the MOTU 896, and a good long talk with the manager of the local long and mcquade store. I realized i really don't need the mixer, because i won't be recording live stuff, this is just home studio kinda stuff. And with the motu, you have good preamps, as good or better than the mackie boards, and its all in one, so its cleaner, less signal loss from a smaller chain. and its firewire, so , fast connection. But i have many questions, and confusions about the motu. (also portable)
So the motu is a sound card, but external, and hooks up through firewire? So all your sound processing, and sound output, and everything comes through the motu?
Stereo inputs... so i have turntables and a mixer, or a mini disk player, or a tape deck, and i want to record them onto my computer. The motu has 8 mono xlr inputs with preamps, or 8 mono 1/4' inputs (balanced/unbalanced? does it make a difference), so how do i get a stereo signal in? With my soundblaster i would just get a 1/8' male to male cord, plug it from the output of the mini disk and into the soundblaster, and get a stereo recording. Or an rca - 1/8' from the turntables or mixer , then into the soundblaster. So how would i do that with the motu?
now the other way around, i want to record sound from my computer onto mini disk or tape, how do i get the stereo signal out from the motu into a tape deck or mini disk? It only has xlr outputs, i guess i could get a cable thats xlr - 1/4', then an adapter thats a female 1/4' - rca, but thats a lot of adaption and signal lose! help me find a way!
AAAHJ so many confusions!
I was originally planning on getting a mixing board, such as the mackie 1604 or the soundcraft m12, and getting a delta 1010. Then i had a good long look at the MOTU 896, and a good long talk with the manager of the local long and mcquade store. I realized i really don't need the mixer, because i won't be recording live stuff, this is just home studio kinda stuff. And with the motu, you have good preamps, as good or better than the mackie boards, and its all in one, so its cleaner, less signal loss from a smaller chain. and its firewire, so , fast connection. But i have many questions, and confusions about the motu. (also portable)
So the motu is a sound card, but external, and hooks up through firewire? So all your sound processing, and sound output, and everything comes through the motu?
Stereo inputs... so i have turntables and a mixer, or a mini disk player, or a tape deck, and i want to record them onto my computer. The motu has 8 mono xlr inputs with preamps, or 8 mono 1/4' inputs (balanced/unbalanced? does it make a difference), so how do i get a stereo signal in? With my soundblaster i would just get a 1/8' male to male cord, plug it from the output of the mini disk and into the soundblaster, and get a stereo recording. Or an rca - 1/8' from the turntables or mixer , then into the soundblaster. So how would i do that with the motu?
now the other way around, i want to record sound from my computer onto mini disk or tape, how do i get the stereo signal out from the motu into a tape deck or mini disk? It only has xlr outputs, i guess i could get a cable thats xlr - 1/4', then an adapter thats a female 1/4' - rca, but thats a lot of adaption and signal lose! help me find a way!
AAAHJ so many confusions!