home studio

wild_eyed

i am currently building a home studio, which will mostly be used for live demo recordings, i.e. all instruments miced up.i currently have a basic pro tools setup, using a mac, pro tools 4 and a 888 audio interface.the 888, has 8 analog inputs for the mics, but i believe that for best sound levels that i shud pick up a small studio console mixer, with 8 in/s and out/s + phantom power

im looking for nice mackie desk for a resonable price, or i have been told yamaha do another small model, can anyone please shed some light on my dim subject.

feylya

Hmm, home studios, an area I'm not fimiliar with. Gimme a couple of days and I'll ask a couple of people who are more knowledgable than me.

I just noticed I have no life. Cool

Smiler

I bought a nice Behringer Desk for my studio. I know people don't like Behringer but this desk is actually quite nice. And it was resonably cheap.


It's the MX2642A

http://www.behringer.com/02_products/prodindex.cfm?id=MX2642A&lang=eng

wild_eyed

i dont suppose u have a pic of the back of it?
how much was it?

Smiler

Originally posted by wild_eyed
i dont suppose u have a pic of the back of it?
how much was it?

I'm afraid not.

But you can download the manual from the link above.
I had a look to see the prices on Thomann and they don't seem to be selling it anymore. But Behringer are still advertising it on their site.

It was about €300 when I bought it last year.

It has 8 Direct outs on the back. I use these to go straight into my 8 input soundcard via a 1/4 " multi core. I've never had any trouble. It's better then routing the channels to the buses as you get less noise generated.

When I bought it I actually bought a Behringer B1 mic with it too. Really nice warm and Cheap mic. I've done loads of acoustic guitar & vocal work with it, it's also nice as an ambient mic on a guitar cab with a SM57 close up.

musician.ie

I'm happy with my Behringer desk too, although it's generally accepted that the preamps are not as good as the Mackie pre-amps. They are about half the price though. musicians gear Usually have decent prices on behringer stuff. I've personally bought from them and had no problems.