[LAU] Behringer and Linux

[Steve Downes]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 06:15:22AM -0700, Len Ovens wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, Felix Homann wrote:
> 
> >Am 19.06.2015 02:23 schrieb "Len Ovens" <len at ovenwerks.net>:
> >
> >> The line between "audio interface" and "digital mixer" is getting pretty fuzzy.
> >There are a number of Audio interfaces that could also be used live digital
> >mixers. (have eq and effects and can be controlled by a computer GUI)
> >
> >How many are there that you can control from Linux, Android, Windows, Mac and
> >iOS? How many are there that you can control completely via OSC?
> >
> >For my purposes the only alternative to the XR18 I know of would be another
> >Behringer device, the X32 Rack that I had on my shopping list for quite a while
> >last year until I realized that it is too heavy for me: I just would not want to
> >carry it around with me to every show.
> 
> In general, the big thing with a digital mixer is lots of mic pre. You have
> 16. The motu 8M has only 8 but is a class compliant USB2 IF and can be
> controled by OSC (I downloaded the OSC spec out of interest) or by browser.
> More pres could be added, but at the expense of lugging more stuff around. I
> agree that for your purposes The digital mixer is probably better. Certainly
> the remote gui for linux has got to be better than a browser interface.
> 
> I have tried the linux mixer gui for the xr18 and it is better than any of
> the browser gui I have tried. The android version is not as nice :P
> 
> 
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The XR16/18 looks great for my live work but how good a recording
interface are they? (if at all) I can't find anything in the specs. How many
channels can you record at one go & are they through the USB or
ethernet or either/both. That is the only question remaining between
maybe from cq in the post.

Many thanks in anticipation,

Steve