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drummersteve
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i a intending on getting a yamaha mg24/14 mixing desk, as ive heard there great desks to work with. i will be hooking this up to some kind of multiple input soundcard, possibly one from the delta series. then using ntracks and acid, i will be processing it all etc etc.
the one problem with this mixer is that it has no direct outs. only 1/4 and xlr ins, and inserts. ive had suggested to me different ways of overcoming this problem, submixing, making use of the desks many groups. also, using the inserts and connecting them only half way in, so they act like direct outs.
both would work, but there are also downsides to both.
the first option, submixing into a group, would mean that i loose all chance of creating seperate tracks for each drum mic within the multitracking software, as all of the signals from each microphone are going to be fed into one channel.
the second option, with the inserts is a little more confusing. although the insert socket comes after the eq knobs (i checked on the circuity diagrams in the owners manual) it comes before the fader and the panning. this would make the fader and the panning knob void, making it pointless for them to even be there! although the gain knob can be used as a kind of volume control. any ideas?!
the one problem with this mixer is that it has no direct outs. only 1/4 and xlr ins, and inserts. ive had suggested to me different ways of overcoming this problem, submixing, making use of the desks many groups. also, using the inserts and connecting them only half way in, so they act like direct outs.
both would work, but there are also downsides to both.
the first option, submixing into a group, would mean that i loose all chance of creating seperate tracks for each drum mic within the multitracking software, as all of the signals from each microphone are going to be fed into one channel.
the second option, with the inserts is a little more confusing. although the insert socket comes after the eq knobs (i checked on the circuity diagrams in the owners manual) it comes before the fader and the panning. this would make the fader and the panning knob void, making it pointless for them to even be there! although the gain knob can be used as a kind of volume control. any ideas?!