No problem, final mixes are always done using just
Ardour, and I
have no intention to buy a 40 input external mixer...
But the one I do have is very useful, for the reasons I gave
in the previous post - flexible routing and monitoring while
recording. Also for
simple but
practical things like talkback.
And in many cases I do mix 'live' and just record the stereo result.
For
some types of music
that's the natural way to do things - you
don't want to fiddle with it
afterwards.
Fons,
To respond to your original question, I believe that the behringer 1204
(not 1202) has the same "alt out" buttons as the mackie that you had.
Another alternative is the yamaha mg12/4 - basically the same routing
options as the mackie and the behringer. Both these come in a "fx"
version that I've found useful for, say, adding a bit of reverb when
monitoring but sending a dry signal to the pc for recording.
Cheers,
Stuart