17 Oct
2010
17 Oct
'10
8:27 a.m.
Hi everybody,
Looking at the new mixer to connect to my genelec 8030A
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/VMX1000USB.aspx
I read
"Built-in USB interface for recording and playback of any digital
music file. Works with your PC or Mac computer—no setup or drivers
required"
So I can guess that it should be work out-of-the-box also with Linux.
Any additional info?
Regards,
Raffaele
"Raffaele wants a home audio setup with professional quality but
consumer usability"
18 Oct
18 Oct
1:25 a.m.
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Raffaele Recalcati
<lamiaposta71(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Do you really need all the extra "DJ" stuff on the mixer such as
beatcounter etc when (should you want to dj) http://www.mixxx.org/
does a great job in software, sending mixed sound straight into a
high-quality soundcard, along with a separate channel for headphone
monitoring. Depending on the mixer, you may find the BPM counters, EQ
of a DJ mixer is suitable for the noise-floor of a club -- which isn't
much given how loud the music is. It's very possible you'll be able to
hear the beat counters and all the digital crap through the genelecs
during quiet passages of 24 bit material.
If you're hooking up something as nice as genelecs, you might want
something with better fidelity.
The above mixer has Balanced S/N 80dB... crosstalk 70dB... typical DJ
mixer fare.Chances are, it's more or less the same Behringer USB
interface (like on my BCD3000) which works fine for hooking up to a
club system and blasting out distortion at eyeball-shaking volume...
but is certainly not appropriate level of interface compared to a
genelec (my behringer has terrible analog input sound/specs -- I use
it as a very versatile control surface, and use it for playback of
web-audio.).
What about just getting an M-Audio Delta 1010 (used even), run
http://mudita24.googlecode.com
and skip the physical mixer... for laptop i'd skip USB and find a
compatible firewire device. It's too bad there's no linux support for
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx820i/ because that series (
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx1640i/ ) appears to be a proper
integration of a high-quality mixer with a firewire interface.
Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
2:47 a.m.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Niels Mayer <nielsmayer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It's too bad there's no linux support for
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx820i/ because that series (
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx1640i/ ) appears to be a proper
integration of a high-quality mixer with a firewire interface.
its likely that you know this, but the feature set on a DJ mixer and
regular mixer are pretty different.
regarding the onyxi series, Mr. FFADO (Pieter Palmers) wrote:
"It's based upon an oxford chipset, so not really the same. I have
reports that it sort-of works with FFADO. Mackie explicitly asked that
the Linux users would make some noise. So you know what you'll have to
do."
(from the FFADO device support section).
--p
31 Oct
31 Oct
3:08 p.m.
Hi Paul and Niels,
sorry for the delay in the answer.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Niels Mayer
<nielsmayer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I need regular ones.
It's too bad there's no linux support
for
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx820i/ because that series (
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx1640i/ ) appears to be a proper
integration of a high-quality mixer with a firewire interface.
its likely that you know this, but the feature set on a DJ mixer and
regular mixer are pretty different. regarding the onyxi series, Mr. FFADO (Pieter Palmers)
wrote:
"It's based upon an oxford chipset, so not really the same. I have
reports that it sort-of works with FFADO. Mackie explicitly asked that
the Linux users would make some noise. So you know what you'll have to
do."
(from the FFADO device support section).
I believe in opensource because I'm curious and I don't like secrets.
Following an idea from another alsa developer that answered me before
you I'll keep analog mixer and soundcard separated.
I need also usb as external soundcard (I'm sorry Niels...).
So I'll get notepad 124fx
http://www.soundcraft.com/products/product.aspx?pid=172) and usb
soundcard from http://www.esi-audio.com/products/maya44usb/ .
The music is my hobby and so I'll go on this way.
I have seen that soundcraft writes really nice user guides and I think
it is an opportunity to improve my knowledge in this field.
To add a sound path from PS3 to active speaker I'll get something
similar to this one: http://www.ambery.com/2hddodtsdihd.html .
Here you are a "fantastic PA and Home theatre system", where the
stereo PA functionality is preferred in respect of HT usage.
http://www.opensurf.it/PA_HT.odp
http://www.opensurf.it/PA_HT.pdf
Any consideration?
For the first step I'll have 2X8030A Genelec, Notepad 124fx, Linux PC,
TV Bravia, CD player, Headphones.
Maybe, to do also multichannel 5+1 from, should be better another
soundcard than Maya44usb (I have now an awful 7+1 Creative X-fi that
is not flat at all).
Then I'll add the sub, then ...
If anybody wants to modify the odp file is welcomed.
regards,
Raffaele
www.opensurf.it
19 Oct
19 Oct
1:33 p.m.
On 10/17/2010 08:27 AM, Raffaele Recalcati wrote:
Hi everybody,
Looking at the new mixer to connect to my genelec 8030A
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/VMX1000USB.aspx
I read
"Built-in USB interface for recording and playback of any digital
music file. Works with your PC or Mac computer—no setup or drivers
required"
So I can guess that it should be work out-of-the-box also with Linux.
Any additional info?
i hope i don't annoy people with yet another round of behringer bashing,
but the combination of this mixer with the rather decent genelecs
strikes me as a pretty uneven combination.
the mackie onyx mixers mentioned before work great with linux and are
pretty good, but might be over your needs and budget.
you could consider a nice audio interface that suits your needs and
combine it with a good analogue mixer, such as a small allen&heath or
soundcraft one, either of the dj or the f.o.h./studio type.
best,
jörn
20 Oct
20 Oct
3 a.m.
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Paul Davis <paul(a)linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
its likely that you know this, but the feature set on
a DJ mixer and
regular mixer are pretty different.
Yes, DJ mixer's have Phono inputs, and a different cue/bus setup, and
a cross-fader, sometimes with adjustable slopes, conveniently placed
and rapidly acting cut switches, and somewhat sonorous eq section,
etc.... However, some of the best DJ's I've seen -- the true old
school -- used the Urei 1620 rotary mixer and dislike crossfaders....
FYI, this style of mixer appears to have been reissued:
http://www.ureidj.com/product_1620le.aspx -- so they can indeed be
different.
"It's based upon an oxford chipset, so not
really the same. I have
reports that it sort-of works with FFADO. Mackie explicitly asked that
the Linux users would make some noise. So you know what you'll have to
do."
How should one make noise? I asked Linux questions in the conference
(see below) that were never answered nor presented later in the FAQ as
promised: http://downloads.mackie.com/2010/tracking/Tracking%20the%20Band%20FAQ.pdf
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2010/10/19 Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de>de>:
the mackie onyx mixers mentioned before work great
with linux and are pretty
good, but might be over your needs and budget.
This is interesting news, though conflicting with "sort-of works with
FFADO" from device support section of ffado (above).
FYI, I attended a Mix Mag Web presentation (hoping to win the raffle
for the Onyx1640i) on this mixer and it looks quite interesting, from
a mixer design perspective -- e.g. input metering, PFL/AFL, and all
the other things we've argued about on LAU/LAD.
http://downloads.mackie.com/2010/tracking/index.html
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=235818&s=1&k=80AE41DB2AE1F6604D5F461998FF…
(skip the first 19 minutes, it's MixMag advertising expensive outboard
gear... but afterwards they show the mixer :-) )
you could consider a nice audio interface that suits
your needs and combine
it with a good analogue mixer, such as a small allen&heath or soundcraft
one, either of the dj or the f.o.h./studio type.
+1
-- Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
5:11 p.m.
On 10/20/2010 03:00 AM, Niels Mayer wrote:
2010/10/19 Jörn
Nettingsmeier<nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de>de>:
hmm, yeah, maybe i was being a little sloppy here. i know that
_at_least_one_ incarnation of the mackie-onyx-with-firewire mixers works
with ffado. it's a 16ch one, not totally unlike this:
http://www.thomann.de/de/mackie_onyx_1640i.htm
what irritates me is that this one advertises 16x16 firewire support
(whatever that means), and when i used the onyx last, i'd see 18 ins but
only two outs. so i guess there are different firewire interfaces out
there, which means my remark should be taken with a grain of salt.
i'll get the precise model number and maybe some firewire id and vendor
data when i get the chance (the mixer in question is owned by a friend).
best,
jörn
the mackie onyx mixers mentioned before work
great with linux and are pretty
good, but might be over your needs and budget.
This is interesting news, though conflicting with "sort-of works with
FFADO" from device support section of ffado (above).
6:51 p.m.
2010/10/20 Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de>de>:
http://www.thomann.de/de/mackie_onyx_1640i.htm
...
what irritates me is that this one advertises 16x16 firewire support
(whatever that means), and when i used the onyx last, i'd see 18 ins but
only two outs. so i guess there are different firewire interfaces out there,
which means my remark should be taken with a grain of salt.
1640i boasts "Full 16x16 FireWire channel streaming for ultimate DAW
integration"
820i: "8x2 FireWire routing, including aux sends and pre/post EQ
assignment for all channels"
1220i: "16x2 FireWire routing for simultaneous streaming of aux sends
and pre/post EQ assignment for all channels...
Stereo playback from DAW, returned to control room or into channel for
integration into mix"
1620i: "16x2 FireWire routing, including aux sends and pre/post EQ
assignment for all channels ...
4 aux sends with pre/post assignment"
i'll get the precise model number and maybe some
firewire id and vendor data
when i get the chance (the mixer in question is owned by a friend).
It's not like I'm going to buy one anytime soon. Especially ever since
I found out I could only get the features that had me interested in
the platform with a very large and expensive 1640i -- I'd hoped the
feature would have been in the 820i as well -- then you could easily
use it as a DJ mixer, or for live-sound with at least a x4 return (x2
for mains, x2 for headphone). These days, independent of whether
you're DJing, you still need "DJ style headphone monitoring" for
computer music performance, so I am quite disappointed that mackie
decided that "Stereo playback from DAW, returned to control room or
into channel for integration into mix" is all you need. The 820i ought
to be an 8x8, with 4 ins, 4 send/returns, 2 busses, and 4 assignable
bus-output returns.... then it would be very interesting!
-- Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
10:17 p.m.
On 10/20/2010 06:50 PM, Niels Mayer wrote:
2010/10/20 Jörn
Nettingsmeier<nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de>de>:
Afaik none of the Onyx-i series work with FFADO.
Best,
Jeremy
http://www.thomann.de/de/mackie_onyx_1640i.htm
...
what irritates me is that this one advertises 16x16 firewire support
(whatever that means), and when i used the onyx last, i'd see 18 ins but
only two outs. so i guess there are different firewire interfaces out there,
which means my remark should be taken with a grain of salt.
1640i boasts "Full 16x16 FireWire channel streaming for ultimate DAW
integration"
820i: "8x2 FireWire routing, including aux sends and pre/post EQ
assignment for all channels"
1220i: "16x2 FireWire routing for simultaneous streaming of aux sends
and pre/post EQ assignment for all channels...
Stereo playback from DAW, returned to control room or into channel for
integration into mix"
1620i: "16x2 FireWire routing, including aux sends and pre/post EQ
assignment for all channels ...
4 aux sends with pre/post assignment"
i'll get the precise model number and maybe
some firewire id and vendor data
when i get the chance (the mixer in question is owned by a friend).
It's not like I'm going to buy one anytime soon. Especially ever since
I found out I could only get the features that had me interested in
the platform with a very large and expensive 1640i -- I'd hoped the
feature would have been in the 820i as well -- then you could easily
use it as a DJ mixer, or for live-sound with at least a x4 return (x2
for mains, x2 for headphone). These days, independent of whether
you're DJing, you still need "DJ style headphone monitoring" for
computer music performance, so I am quite disappointed that mackie
decided that "Stereo playback from DAW, returned to control room or
into channel for integration into mix" is all you need. The 820i ought
to be an 8x8, with 4 ins, 4 send/returns, 2 busses, and 4 assignable
bus-output returns.... then it would be very interesting!
-- Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
10:38 p.m.
On 10/20/2010 10:22 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Jeremy
Jongepier<jeremy(a)autostatic.com> wrote:
Hello Paul,
He says indeed that he has had reports that they sort of work. But I've
troubleshooted some issues with these devices and in most cases they're
recognized but they fail to initialize.
Best,
Jeremy
Afaik none of the Onyx-i series work with FFADO.
there is a comment from ppallmers in the FFADO device support
discussion for Onyx that suggests that this *might* not be true, i
think.
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