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Has anyone tried using an 8 buss mixer with md8? The unbalanced ins bother me, and i would like to have more channels. Does this sound like overkill for a md8? Would like to have a tube preamp also, but that would not help the number of channels.I'm thinking like 16 x 8 mackie. I'm also wondering if say a mackie mic pre is going to sound any better than the md8 pre's.
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We're thinking of doing the same thing. We've decided to ditch the mono P.A. we use for gigs and get a good power amp and a 16 or 20 track mixer. We'll run one bus into the MD8 (with a drum group, etc.), but haven't actually done this yet. Will you let us know how your experience turns out?

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Oh, yeah. The preamps on the new Mackies are great, they run about -92 dB full gain. The MD-8 is SUPPOSED to run about -66 dB full gain, although I've had mine run at -30 dB on both ch. 2 and 3 before (got it fixed). I'm not sure what the older Mackie preamps ran.
 
I use a Mackie 1402 with my Sony MDMX4II. for tracking, the pre's are cleaner, and for mixing, the same.
 
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