12 May
2005
12 May
'05
12:42 p.m.
On 5/12/05, Emiliano Grilli <emillo(a)libero.it> wrote:
I respectfully disagree here. I prefer dedicated mic-pres over a
mixer. I have a small Behringer mixer, but it's not flexible enough
to be useful. I usually run two outputs of my Delta 66 to it and just
use it for monitoring.
gioved?, 12 maggio 2005 alle 06:44:44, lanas ha
scritto:
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Is a mixer
needed ?
IMHO yes, absolutely. Especially if you have external sources to record
and route to the PC. You can find very cheap ones from behringer (under
100 eur). Also here the more you can afford (usually) the best it will
sound, and the more channels/features it will have. Remember that you will
get out of channels sooner or later ;) If you plan to use condenser
microphones the mixer should provide phantom power. Another plus is the
presence of channel inserts (or direct outs, but this is often found on
not-so-small mixers only) and assignable submasters.
Good mixer makers are soundcraft and makie.
> Which speakers system could deliver good sound
quality. I presently
> have some Creative I-Trigue speakers and I'd hate doing any quality
> stuff with it implying listening closely over and over again to
> sequences and sounds. Is it possible to connect regular sound system
> quality speakers to PC sound cards ? What speaker setup would you
> recommend for driving both the external synth(s) and audio sound card ?
I can't afford proper monitors, so I run a stereo pair of line-outs
into the Tape-2 input on my Hi-Fi. This works fine (but I have a nice
system: NAD C350 with Tannoy speakers). You could use any input on a
stereo or A/V receiver except for phono. You cna't directly connect
normal speakers because neither they nor the soundcard have an
amplifier.
Hope that helps...