5 Nov
2008
5 Nov
'08
12:07 a.m.
Arnold Krille wrote:
You should get a mixer. As you are intending to work with mics and
instruments then it will make your life a lot easier. Also aim for a
higher quality brand as it really makes a difference. Even a second hand
Mackie will be better than a new Behringer in most cases so ebay is your
friend. Personally I would get a Midas if I could afford one.
Why should he buy a mixer?
Because he wants flexible audio-routing? That is what jack is for.
Because he wants monitoring via headphone for the musicians? That is why they
produce headphone-amps that you can connect to the 3+4,5+6,...-outputs of
these modern soundcards.
The only reason I see here why a mixer might be needed is when several
musicians are to record at the same time. But even then he (the OP) would be
better of with a soundcard with 8 or more analog inputs to use directly.
That is true.
It may be more fun to get hold of a midi controller unit that can be
plugged into ardour and used to tweak the levels. My main reasons for
suggesting a desk is that is frees you from the mouse for doing every
single tweak and is generally more robust than a soundcard which most
people want to keep safe and secure away from the main action. But you
could also get/build a seperate connector board for that which let's you
hammer it without the risk of damaging the connectors on the card.
Cheers.
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.
Am Dienstag, 4. November 2008 schrieb Patrick
Shirkey:
It's a good point. I haven't heard of anyone who connects a mic directly
to their sound card. Maybe someone else has experience with this method
and can offer advice?
Sean Darby wrote:
Yes and no. If you want to have good mic quality and control you should
go through a mixing desk first.
That _really_ depends on the mixer. Especially when you want to start rather
cheap it is better to connect the mics directly to the 1010. Because probably
all the mixers you have in mind to buy for little money have worse Pre-Amps
then the 1010...
And if you don't like the pre-amps of the 1010, spend the next money on a good
pre-amp instead of a mixer with not-so-good pre-amps.
> Does
the 1010LT already serve as an A/D D/A converter?
>
If you use the analog inputs then alsa or oss will do the conversion for
you. If you use the adat interface then the mixer will do it.
Let's see if I understand this right...
2 mics going into 2 XLR jacks that are part of the 1010LT, which then
(PCI) goes into the rest of the computer where ALSA/OSS will recognize
it and process it.
Most studios
require a mixer but many producers do not...
I plan on making my current music studio (where I teach music lessons)
into a make-shift recording studio, though also plan on doing the
producing aspects after recording (going in and working with the
recordings via the computer).