USB Mixers

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I'm looking at getting rid of my mixer because of the problems i've had and I'm looking at an allen and heath usb mixer but from what i hear about some alesis usb multimix they are "multi track" but are all put on the same track? I didnt know if that was just cause its usb and if its a usb mixer it can't seperate the lines or maybe those few people just weren't that smart. lol
 
I think that's the limitation with USB. I don't know about the Allen Heath mixer, but you're right about the Alesis USB mixer. It only sends the summed stereo mix to the computer.

USB is faster than Firewire in bitrate, but it does not manage the data stream as well and therefore firewire can send more data more efficiently. If you want to record more than 2 tracks and keep them separate, firewire is the way to go.

Again, I don't know about the Allen Heath mixer. Maybe they do something different. But I don't see USB being able to ahndle the load.
 
Chili said:
I think that's the limitation with USB. I don't know about the Allen Heath mixer, but you're right about the Alesis USB mixer. It only sends the summed stereo mix to the computer.

USB is faster than Firewire in bitrate, but it does not manage the data stream as well and therefore firewire can send more data more efficiently. If you want to record more than 2 tracks and keep them separate, firewire is the way to go.

Again, I don't know about the Allen Heath mixer. Maybe they do something different. But I don't see USB being able to ahndle the load.
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Cheers for that! :) Helped me too.
 
Seems like I read somewhere that the newer 2.0USB is capable of more than 2 tracks. Is this wrong?:confused:
 
USB 2.0 should be able to, but always best to check with the manufacturer first. As far as USB versus Firewire think about it like this...

Made up numbers coming just to show what is happening:

Say USB has a transfer of 400. What actually happens is you get a max of 400, but sometimes it might be as low as 200. Basically because USB is meant for short term bursts.

Say Firewire has a transfer of 400. You get a constant rate of 400. As firewire is tuned to get sustained data transfer.
 
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