John Willett
Circle Sound Services
Yes - any extra circuitry in the recording chain will degrade sound quality in some way.
How much you will notice it, though, is another matter.
Yes - any extra circuitry in the recording chain will degrade sound quality in some way.
How much you will notice it, though, is another matter.
Bobbsy
Boring Old Git
I depends entirely on the mixer and the interface.
I'd put the pre-amps in things like Cadac, Midas, Studer and a few others as superior to anything found in a typical home studio interface.
Things like Soundcraft, Allen & Heath (and, again, a few others) are as good as most home interfaces and better than many.
When you get down to things like Behringer, Phonic, some cheaper Alesis etc. then you may be better off going straight into the interface.
However, the big thing you have to ask yourself is "why have a mixer?". There ARE good reasons to use a mixer (indeed, I have one in my home studio) but for most purposes they aren't necessary. Unless you have a reason (beyond "they look cool lit up with my lava lamp) you're likely better off putting the money you'd spend on the mixer into a better interface.
I'd put the pre-amps in things like Cadac, Midas, Studer and a few others as superior to anything found in a typical home studio interface.
Things like Soundcraft, Allen & Heath (and, again, a few others) are as good as most home interfaces and better than many.
When you get down to things like Behringer, Phonic, some cheaper Alesis etc. then you may be better off going straight into the interface.
However, the big thing you have to ask yourself is "why have a mixer?". There ARE good reasons to use a mixer (indeed, I have one in my home studio) but for most purposes they aren't necessary. Unless you have a reason (beyond "they look cool lit up with my lava lamp) you're likely better off putting the money you'd spend on the mixer into a better interface.
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LoganCoykendall
New member
Teehee, pardon the bump. I'm getting a Tascam US-800 after much research. Yeah. Anyone have any praises for the thing to increase my confidence about it? 
DrumRookie
"That" kid.
Teehee, pardon the bump. I'm getting a Tascam US-800 after much research. Yeah. Anyone have any praises for the thing to increase my confidence about it?
I have one. Take it from me, your going to get it, or jimmys69 will come over there and make you.
It's THAT good!
JimmyS1969
MOODerator
I have one. Take it from me, your going to get it, or jimmys69 will come over there and make you.
It's THAT good!
Damn straight!!!
Just sold one of the ones I got just to have around for members here.
mjbphotos
Moderator
US-800 - works great, I have had no issues running Reaper and Vista. I like the fact that it can be used as stand-alone mixer (with audio outputs) if needed, just in case I ever need another couple of instrument-ins to use with my mixer, which only has 1.
mixguy
Well, do you, punk?
This is such a debatable and yet personal preference. I have a friend with an old MCI console who runs everything through it to Slow Tools and then returns it back to the console. You need to always be aware of things like latency and any other crazy thing that could go wrong. Got another friend who literally routes his system as direct as he can get. I believe they are both right! Experiment and get creative and make your own judgment.
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NYMorningstar
Recording Modus Operandi
+1 Usually if you have to ask you won't notice.Yes - any extra circuitry in the recording chain will degrade sound quality in some way.
How much you will notice it, though, is another matter.
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
The m audio solo has single mike and instrument inputs, but two line inputs (from what I can gather according to its specs).
That means you can use two mikes on the mixer, pan them hard left and right, then take the mixer's output into the m audio line input, and from there in to a computer as separated tracks.
In general terms, the more devices (e.g. a mixer) you put in the signal path, the more you are running the risk of unwanted noise and distortion. However, you gotta do what you gotta do, and make the best of what you've got.
That means you can use two mikes on the mixer, pan them hard left and right, then take the mixer's output into the m audio line input, and from there in to a computer as separated tracks.
In general terms, the more devices (e.g. a mixer) you put in the signal path, the more you are running the risk of unwanted noise and distortion. However, you gotta do what you gotta do, and make the best of what you've got.