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trader941
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Hello,
If you guys have been around a bit, you may have seen some of my posts. I havn't been around in awhile, because things have been going pretty good
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For those who have no clue who i am (probably most of you), I am a home studio owner, working on publishing an album and also advertising for work with other bands. I tend to land on the technology side of things before the artist, but i can kind of do both.
Anyway, I have been having a few issues. First i'd like to say that i just got a few mics, they are very ncie (AKG C414 is not overrated, it's just plain awesome, for anything tbh). I also got my first mixer, which is an old mackie 24.8. It's previous owner maintained it decently, but it's not exactily in the best shape, which is where my problems come in.
My issue with monitors is that my Mackie's monitor chain is going down the crapper really quick. I started by plugging my monitors into the control room outs, but they have been fidgety, so i switched to the studio outs. The studio outs aren't doing a terrible job, but the main problem is the way i run it.
Maybe i'll start here the way i should have started, and describe my signal path.
First, i take all my channels into the mixer, and record the 8 busses. Those obviously go into my computer through my little usb 2.0 interface (m-audio), and get recorded into reaper. From there, i send the signal back out through the same interface, into the last two channels of the mixer, which i have set to left and right mains. So this way i get the signal i'm recording and the signal i recorded and am playing back out of my speakers. The issue is that the right channel of my mixer goes out...just about all the time. I've tried plugging it into other ports (ie 22 instead of 24), but it doesn't help anything. All i have to do is jiggle the gain knob a little bit to get it to come back on (usually). It's not the end of the world, but it's really a pain, and it's completely unprofessional. Who pays someone $25/hr to jiggle a knob? People expect it to work.
So heres my question, after all of that. I was wondering if i should go for just replacing the monitoring part of my signal path, getting a new analog mixer (that can record at least 8 tracks at the same time and plug in 16), or spring for some kind of digital mixer. I have also considered getting something like the M-Audio Projectmix, or an interface/mixer type deal.
Anyway, advice is appretiated. Please ask questions if i confused you (i'm sure i confused someone).
Thanks
If you guys have been around a bit, you may have seen some of my posts. I havn't been around in awhile, because things have been going pretty good
.For those who have no clue who i am (probably most of you), I am a home studio owner, working on publishing an album and also advertising for work with other bands. I tend to land on the technology side of things before the artist, but i can kind of do both.
Anyway, I have been having a few issues. First i'd like to say that i just got a few mics, they are very ncie (AKG C414 is not overrated, it's just plain awesome, for anything tbh). I also got my first mixer, which is an old mackie 24.8. It's previous owner maintained it decently, but it's not exactily in the best shape, which is where my problems come in.
My issue with monitors is that my Mackie's monitor chain is going down the crapper really quick. I started by plugging my monitors into the control room outs, but they have been fidgety, so i switched to the studio outs. The studio outs aren't doing a terrible job, but the main problem is the way i run it.
Maybe i'll start here the way i should have started, and describe my signal path.
First, i take all my channels into the mixer, and record the 8 busses. Those obviously go into my computer through my little usb 2.0 interface (m-audio), and get recorded into reaper. From there, i send the signal back out through the same interface, into the last two channels of the mixer, which i have set to left and right mains. So this way i get the signal i'm recording and the signal i recorded and am playing back out of my speakers. The issue is that the right channel of my mixer goes out...just about all the time. I've tried plugging it into other ports (ie 22 instead of 24), but it doesn't help anything. All i have to do is jiggle the gain knob a little bit to get it to come back on (usually). It's not the end of the world, but it's really a pain, and it's completely unprofessional. Who pays someone $25/hr to jiggle a knob? People expect it to work.
So heres my question, after all of that. I was wondering if i should go for just replacing the monitoring part of my signal path, getting a new analog mixer (that can record at least 8 tracks at the same time and plug in 16), or spring for some kind of digital mixer. I have also considered getting something like the M-Audio Projectmix, or an interface/mixer type deal.
Anyway, advice is appretiated. Please ask questions if i confused you (i'm sure i confused someone).
Thanks