I love the hell outa the Mackie, but I'll tell you, you use up eight channels in a quickquick hurry! Two for a stereo mic, four for two synths, two for an external audio feed through the Firewire interface, and you're done. If I could afford it, I'd've gotten the 1640, but it's thrice the price. For now, I'm full up, but as long as I don't need everything at once, I can unplug or patch out some things and bring in others. It sounds great, does what I want, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a high-quality lasts-forever entry-level eight-channel board that's portable and lightweight, easy to use, and flexible within reason.
Regarding your equalizer, well, more bands is always better, but with my messed-up ears, I've found anything more than five bands is overkill unless you're in a recording studio with lots of requirements for frequency-band suppression or amplification for certain instrument and microphone combinations. Then you can fine-tune almost anything to resemble almost anything you want, regardless of the mic or instrument or acoustics or anything. On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:11:30 -0600, you wrote: >How is that macky? I almost bought one, I'm also looking for an eq and >saw a dbx 15 band for about 160 bucks, not bad I thought. I don't know >enough about 31 band eq to justify the money on it > > >Dave C. Bahr > >On 9/19/2011 5:10 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: >> Behringer is the king of the USB's, but their interfaces, both >> hardware and software, are quirky at best. The software interface does >> the strangest thing I've ever seen--it locks itself to the USB port on >> your computer to which you attach the hardware interface. The >> hardsware interface is supposed to hook up to the tape in/outs on the >> Behringer, which typically are noisier than the standard ins and outs >> on the main board. If you could adapt XLR to RCA plugs, you could get >> a better quality audio signal into or out of the USB interface, but >> that port-tethering thing, ... that's why I ditched the Behringer I >> had and went with the Mackie 820I. >> >> On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:33:24 -0600, you wrote: >> >>> do you know if they have something similar that has a usb interface? I >>> almost bought a maki, but it was a regular mixer. but not enough money. >>> >>> >>> Dave C. Bahr >>> >>> On 9/8/2011 8:04 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: >>>> Highly recommend the Mackie 820I which requires a Firewire interface. >>>> >>>> On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:13:50 +0100, you wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi. Am based in the UK and found lots on Amazon, but many of them >>>>> were very cheap (£15-ish) and seemed to be called microphone mixers. >>>>> I presume that they're not powerful enough to channel something as >>>>> powerful as a laptop or USB soundcard (hence the low price), so am >>>>> trying to make sure what the differences are and to ensure that I get >>>>> an affordable product which won't go to waste. I presumed there might >>>>> be some people on here who already use appropriate gear for >>>>> broadcasting or DJ-ing and might therefore be able to advise from >>>>> first-hand experience or knowledge of how these things work. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, Danny >>>>> >>>>> On 9/2/11, Paul (Pawel) Loba<pa...@velcom.ca> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> Have you tried google for "compact 4-channel mixer"? >>>>>> You need to avoid a digital one since it can be hard to go around >>>>>> blindly. >>>>>> Hth, >>>>>> Pawel. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org >>>>>> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >>>>>> On Behalf Of Danny Miles >>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 3:38 PM >>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>>>> Subject: Searching for Recommendations: 4-Channel Mixer for Online >>>>>> Broadcasting >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all. I'm looking to do some internet radio broadcasting and, having >>>>>> found that broadcasting directly through my computer or soundcard makes >>>>>> my >>>>>> microphone sound horrible (muffled, buzzing noise behind vocals, popping >>>>>> when turned on/off, etc), I'm looking for a suitable and accessible >>>>>> 4-channel mixer which I can use to channel my soundcard and microphone. >>>>>> I'd >>>>>> also like to have the option of plugging headphones into it so that I can >>>>>> hear the results of my work as it happens, and features such as being >>>>>> able >>>>>> to use more than one channel at once (such as talking over the start/end >>>>>> of >>>>>> a track) are also very important. Unfortunately I'm very short of >>>>>> space, so >>>>>> I need something which has good quality output but which is as compact as >>>>>> possible. I know this is quite a specific set of requirements, but if >>>>>> anyone knows of such a model which is accessible for use by someone with >>>>>> total sight loss (no issues with seeing lights showing feedback etc), >>>>>> I'd be >>>>>> grateful to hear details. I'd also appreciate advice on any adaptors >>>>>> which >>>>>> I might need to help me plug 3.5 mm jacks and an XLR microphone into >>>>>> such a >>>>>> machine, as this is my first time of exploring this area of production. >>>>>> >>>>>> Many thanks in advance for any help and advice, Danny >>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
