[RWP] New audio gear any thoughts?

[Patrick Perdue]

I have a Presonus StudioLive 16.4.2, which offers a little more in terms 
of I/O from and to firewire than does the Mackie Onyx 1640I, and still 
find myself using another dedicated audio interface for things, in my 
case, the Focusrite Saffire Pro14, mostly for it's clean playback and 
SP/dif input capability. I want to occasionally run things digitally, 
and my Presonus board has no such inputs.

I think even if I had a 1640I, I'd still keep another interface around. 
Those Mackies are nice boards. The biggest difference between anything 
smaller than the 1640I is the number of channels and buses. None of the 
smaller boards have the fun channel returns found in the 1640I. I wish 
the 1220I did, at least. Oh well.


On 11/8/2012 10:01 AM, Kerry Hoath wrote:
> I'm considering one of the Mackie 8 or 12 channel mixers the 820i or the
> 1220i.
>
> The 1640I is like $2000 and i'm not sure if I need something that complex.
> I want to record singing with a backing track, and change levels for
> music and voice. I could apply affects but probably better to apply them
> in software later the price jump from the 1220 to the 1640i is rather
> large.
> I'm also looking at getting an interface for the pc, probably the tascam
> as it seems rather analog and behaves well.
> The presonus audiobox seems cool but if Ihave a 8-12 channel mixer
> there's no point having all that i/o on the audio box?
>
> Steff was always battling with volumes on ventrillo although that might
> be Ventrillo's fault.
>
> regards, Kerry.
>
> On 5/11/2012 10:41 PM, Chris Belle wrote:
>> Carey, if you want the best experience with an accessible interface,
>> then my recommendation is with any of the mackie onyx i series mixers.
>>
>> the little 820i clocks in at 4 hundred dollars, but there are no
>> menus, and you get a lot of i-o and routing hands on.
>>
>
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