Hi fellow elektronauters! Im looking for some advice for a small setup for a homestudio. Ive asked about mixers before but This is a more overall question.
My setup at the moment is A4,AR -> Octatrack -> Allen&Heath Xone DB4 <- Technics 1210 MKII…and out to monitors.
And i have a Macbook PRO running Ableton that i rarely use and an Ipad that i want intergrated sometime in My setup in the future
My future plans are to buy a Monomachine and to sell My Allen&Heath Xone DB4.
What i want is to have all This connected to a mixer with enough inputs so all the stuff is on a own channel and be able to route IT all to Octatrack for sampling and mashing and from Octatrack back to mixer from there to audio interface or straight out to monitors.
Anyone with a similar setup and whats ur advice? Pics maybe? Anything i should think of that Im maybe missing?
P.s there will be a Allen&Heath Xone DB4 for sale in a near future
I would seek a mixer with 4 Aux sends that are each switchable pre/post fader/eq. And 22 inputs. (10 Rytm, 2 A4, 6 MnM, 4 OT-just in case).
Soundcraft has one coming called the Signature 22MTK, and it also gives you 22 inputs into a DAW over USB. plus the aux flexibility you need, and fun things like limiters, on board fx, and versatile EQs.
Same A/D converters as their high end digital mixers, if you do decide to track to a DAW. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Sig22MT
If you don’t want the multitrack DAW streaming, you can pay $100 less for the not MTK model. I think its worth having because you never know.
Should be out in a month.
Some folks would dog it for lack of inserts, but a normalled patchbay is an easy solution to that.
No. For that you would need a phono preamp with an RIAA curve.
The ART DJ Pre II comes to mind (around $40-$50)
Rolls and BBE also have simple phono preamps in the same price range.
You’re not going to find that in a live/recording mixer like you do DJ mixers.
