Mixers?

[hottsauce_21]

I need to know a few questions about mixers, I'm lookin for a mixer to buy, but i need to know ALOT about them before i buy.

? Does it matter weather i use a Digital Mixer Or Analog Mixer with my computer? Which will get better sound? Will both hook up to the computer?

? Why r there so many Channels on a mixer and then not so many? What r they For?

? a Mackie SR24.4 VLZ Pro seems pretty good. ? Will that hook up to a Echo Layla 24?

? Can i still hook up Mic Preamps, Compressors, Effects Processors, and ect... up to a Digital Mixer?

? Is a MultiTrack Recorder the same as a mixer? If it is can u hook that to the computer? If that can u hook up Mic Preamps, Effects Processors, Compressors, Etc... To it?

If u have any info. Please help?

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Here we go with the cross-posts again..... what is it with you?

 

[wjgypsy]

Don't worry about the bear hottsause, He's a pro but he just came out of hybernation.


The answer to your Q's:


If you use a digital mixer with your computer you will have a better sound. (you should if it's a good one) Some digital mixers even let you control the software. A analog mixer is good for just getting audio into your computer.


You want to have alot of channels on your mixer so if you ever record drums, (drums need at least 4 mics for a good sound) you will have enough channels.

Makie mixers are good. I don't know if it will plug into your sound card or not. what type of inputs does your sound card have? look and see if you have a "Line In" on your sound card. if you do then, look for a "line out", "Monitor out" or "stereo out" on the mixer. if it has on then get a 1/4" plug cable and hook'em up.

Yes you can hook compressers and stuff into a digital mixer by inserting them in the insert on the channle or pluging the mic into it and them running taht into the mixer.

A multitrack recorder is a recorder and a mixer in one box. Yes you can hook it up to a computer.

if you need any more help, you can ask me.

good luck man.

zeke

 

[hottsauce_21]

Thanks

Hey thanks, All the rest of the people on here think there soooo Talented, Thanks thouh

But yea i have more questions, So the channels are to record other instruments or voices. Well, im not in a band or anything, i'm into hip hop. So if i already got the beat made, does that mean i should just get a mixer with not so many channels??

? So it'd be better to get a digital mixer as long as it's good right?
But u said a multitrack is a mixer to, so would it be better to get that and hook it up to my computer u think?

? So if there were 16 channels i could hook 16 mics right? Do i hook the mic preamps and effects processor up to the channels too? or how do i do it, cuz i don't understand yet.

Again thanks

 

[hottsauce_21]

not yet?

I have a sorry Soundcard now, but i plan on buying a Ecko Layla 24.

 

[wjgypsy]

Yes. If you have 16ch, you can use 16 mics. If your just going to be recording on the computer, then you want need a multitrack. Just do this:

If you going the anailog way (cheapest) Get a 4-8ch mixer, good mic like a shure sm58, your sound card and your software.

If you go the Digital way (not the cheapest, but worth it) I think the Tascam Us-224. It a digital mixer that plugs right in to the USB port on the back of your computer. It comes with some good software too. It will let you plug 2 mics into is and record into your computer. This will give you a full-digital chain. Here's the link to it: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...31033204545/g=rec/search/detail/base_id/58215

Go with the Tascam mixer. It's the easyest and cheapest way.

What type of software or drum machine are you using to get the beats?

Hope this helps.

Zeke

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Don't worry about the bear hottsause, He's a pro but he just came out of hybernation.

Or it could be this fool is too much of a troll to be taken seriously....

If you use a digital mixer with your computer you will have a better sound.

Say what???????

A multitrack recorder is a recorder and a mixer in one box.

Not true at all - a multitrack recorder is simply a recorder that allows you to record 2 or more tracks independently from one another. Has nothing at all to do with having a mixer or not.... (for example - an ADAT is a multitrack recorder - no mixer)

Yes you can hook it up to a computer.

Only via analog inputs -- if you want to connect it digitally, it has to have the proper I/O to handle it.

 

[wjgypsy]

Dude, look it up in "Homerecording for Musicians" It says in ch. 5 page 80 It says: "Available in 4, 6 and 8 track configurations, Multitrack records have built in mixers."

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Then "homerecording for musicians" is wrong...

Trust me, er... dude... I know what "multitrack recorder" means - and it has nothing to do with having a mixer attached....

(I know I don't have as much experience as you, but I've been around... a little...)

 

[wjgypsy]

Look dude, i'm not trying to be a jackass, i know that you a pro and i respect that and i read your articles at your website and ther good and east to understand. nothing personal but sometimes you seem a little snoby and stuck up.

But when you say "Multitrack recorder" the image that comes to mind is a little box like a fostex or tascam.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

*shakes head*

young'un....

An Alesis ADAT is a multitrack recorder - there's no mixer....

...an Alesis HD24 is a multitrack recorder - there's no mixer....

...a Studer A820 is an analog multitrack recorder - there's no mixer....

...a Mackie HDR2496 is a multitrack recorder - there's no mixer....

Are you sensing a pattern yet????

Your definition is that of a "PortaStudio", NOT a "multitrack recorder"....


I know you're almost 15 and therefore this close to knowing everything there is to know, but you're not quite there yet....

 

[hottsauce_21]

Software?

I use Fruityloops, and i also have a keyboard i'm gonna start using for my beats.