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Hello,
I've been working with a M-Audio FW410 for the past 4 years, with no problems, live and studio, using max/msp, logic pro, peak and protools m-powerd on 2 computers: an old powerbook G4/867 and a slight newer Imac G5/1.8. The FW410 is ok, nothing to write home about, but it works in every condition, be it recording from phantom powerd mics live, or tracking 8 to 16 track music studio project or video soundtrack... I bought one of the last (at least here, where I live, in Lisbon, Portugal) surviving 2.4 white macbooks with FIREWIRE!!!. Going from a G4 Titanium, is quite a leap, he's really fast with just 2GB of ram, that shares with the graphic board, running 10.5.6... I'm seeking advise or experiences on the Alesis Multimix 8 FW mixer, it's a small analog mixer with a multichannel firewire interface built-in and is incredibly cheap. I keep on reading on the web, lots of problems with this mixer on the PC side, usually driver related, or the lack of 6 pin FW connections on PC's laptops... but almost none on the mac side. Does it work ok, for multitracking? Bus powered? are the pre's clean enough? i know they are not prestine... I know there are much better mixers/FW interfaces, Mackie, M-Audio, but they cost much more and are big to carry around on a bagpack, besides it can act as a small analog mixer for laptop work in the field where is going to work most of the time... Please some help is needed, Thank you for your patience, CS This post has been edited by kactus: Wed 17 Dec 2008, 19:29 |
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Wed 2 Sep 2009, 16:46
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 03-Feb 03 From: Lisbon - PT Member No.: 11,396 |
Hi all,
Back on the same subject (after a few moths), hope this time is the answer to my needs: small analog mixer with FW interface... The subject now is a Phonic Helixboard 12, Dice II FW controller, does anyone here had some experience with it? On reviews on the net it works well, it's small (almost), smaller than the above mentioned contenders, mackies, m-audio and yamaha... What you all think, any opinions or experiences would be apreciated... Link for the the subject: http://www.phonic.com/index.php?product_id...target=products |
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kactus Alesis Multimix 8 Fw Wed 17 Dec 2008, 19:19
rynn I had a soundcard, usb, Alesis IO2.
On Thomann the... Thu 18 Dec 2008, 07:33 emgcarra Hi Kaktus:
I ´ve been working with a very similar... Thu 18 Dec 2008, 15:36
houstonmusic [Cheap always turn to expensive in the worst momen... Thu 18 Dec 2008, 19:00 CptAnalog I have the io14 Firewire interface.
The first one ... Fri 19 Dec 2008, 09:03 kactus Hello all,
Thank you very much for your opinions ... Fri 19 Dec 2008, 13:13 mortalengines I really liked my Onyx. I wound up selling it aft... Sat 20 Dec 2008, 06:54 emgcarra All is true....
I have heard about the M-Audio Pr... Mon 22 Dec 2008, 19:14 emgcarra Now I don´t know what to think ...I´ve been readin... Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:25 |
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