6 Nov
2008
6 Nov
'08
7:09 p.m.
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...
I was under the impression that the pre, gain, phantom, etc. from the
mixer would be better than from the 1010lt. I'm currently looking at
that Yamaha MG166C, though I don't know yet if it's the right one for my
purposes (nor do I know if it offers enough pre/etc.).
Why should he buy a mixer?
Because he wants flexible audio-routing? That is what jack is for.
JACK will be a life-saver. I look forward to using it. I'll need the
hardware element that offers 8 simultaneous XLRs + simultaneous 1 or 2
MIDI instruments.
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.
Modern soundcards with 3+4 and 5+6 outputs? I'm not sure I understand
what you mean.
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.
Yep. I'd like to record multiple at same time.
I'm leaning toward the mixer right now. I'm guessing I'd have to send
the 8 XLRs from the mixer into 8 XLRs on a PCI card?
Is there a fairly low-priced PCI card with 8 XLR inputs?
Thanks!
Sean