vm200 question

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Im thinking about getting a vm200 mixer, i just need ot know if it can record 8 simultaneous tracks. and also what kind of sound card should i get with it, to transfer 8 tracks to my computer to a program such as cubase or nuendo. thanks for any help.
 
Are you trying to record straight to a pc? I use a Terratec EWS88D with ADAT i/o and record 8 at once. I could probably jack that up to 14 or so using inserts as outs or aux sends as outs plus the monitor/stereo/rec. buss outs.

Anywho, the VM200 is a kick-ass mixer and you can not find anything else digital close to it in its price range. It also functions great as a mixing controller for nuendo/cubase. That right there is worth the money alone.
 
yeah i am going to be recording straight to a computer. would i still be able to use that terratec card? and what else would i need to go direct
 
Technically, you wouldn't need anything else other than recording software.
 
so i wouldnt need any speical soundcard, just the basic one on my computer? and i can hool straight up to the computer with cables?
 
Falopo said:
so i wouldnt need any speical soundcard, just the basic one on my computer? and i can hool straight up to the computer with cables?
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well, to get 8 tracks at a time, you'd an audio card with adat optical inputs. such as the terratec ews88d, event ez8, korg 1212i/o, echo gina, etc.
 
ok cool, so i get the vm200, and the terratec ews88d, and go straight into my computer. what kind of cables do i need to get to hook up the sc to the mixing board?
 
adat cables

Actually most of the cards which has optical adat include inside optical cables.I use RME 96/8 with VR16,but before I used VM88 which is very close to VM200.

Kind regards!

Nelly
 
JR#97, I'm thinking of getting the ews 88d. Couple of questions for you. Does the card truly function as a "basic" sound card? You can hear system sounds, media players etc. ? Can you monitor the digital, in my case it would be the toslink input( I use a Korg 1600 for recording, then transfer to my p.c. for mastering; it has the spdif, optical in/out), through the so called sound card analog out?
 
JR#97, I'm thinking of getting the ews 88d. Couple of questions for you. Does the card truly function as a "basic" sound card? You can hear system sounds, media players etc. ? Can you monitor the digital, in my case it would be the toslink input( I use a Korg 1600 for recording, then transfer to my p.c. for mastering; it has the spdif, optical in/out), through the so called sound card analog out? Is that a Roenick reference?
 
Stormking said:
JR#97, I'm thinking of getting the ews 88d. Couple of questions for you. Does the card truly function as a "basic" sound card? You can hear system sounds, media players etc. ? Can you monitor the digital, in my case it would be the toslink input( I use a Korg 1600 for recording, then transfer to my p.c. for mastering; it has the spdif, optical in/out), through the so called sound card analog out? Is that a Roenick reference?
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The card does function as a "basic" sound card. There are 2 onboard cd connectors and you can also assign the card as the "preffered" device in the windows Multimedia setup. The analog out can be assigned for system sounds. However, there are no onboard synth chips to generate midi sounds. There is no monitoring at the card itself. And depending on the program/drivers being used, the analog out might not even show up as an available out, so you're left with monitoring through the program and then through the card... which introduces latency. If you're using an ASIO complient program, then the latency can be pretty minimal. Anywho, since you're not multi-tracking via the card and only mixing down/transfering tracks, latency shouldn't be that big of an issue.
 
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