Exactly. I'm just learning right now. I don't need a $5000 mixer for
the same reason a beginning violinist doesn't need a Stradivarius. If
some day I become a great recording engineer then I can always upgrade
eh? g

Currently I'm in need of some help with understanding how the mixer is
going to integrate with my DAW. I need the mixer in order to create a
small mix of instruments that will be sent to the inputs of the
computer soundcard. That part I'm pretty sure I understand how to do.
But I also need to be able to monitor the output of the soundcard
itself, seperate from the mix that is being sent into the soundcard.
Can I do both these tasks with the same mixer? Or do I need a seperate,
dedicated device for the purpose of monitoring the output of the
soundcard?


Phildo wrote:
"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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Phildo wrote:

For a small home studio !?!?!?
I'll have some of whatever you are smoking. Must be really good stuff.

The behringer are the best bang for the buck here but at the money you
are
spending you really won't get much of a mixer.

I don't recall seeing "Bang for the buck" as a technical specification.
It may be a great bang for the buck, but few bucks still means small
bang.

The poster asked which of the desks were the best from the ones he chose.

But I understand what you're talking about. It's nice to have the
appearance of funcitonality even if the quality isn't all that great. A
beginner won't get any better sound working on a Neve than a Behringer,
at least not for a while. But at some point, and it comes too soon for
most, he figures out that he doesn't have enough bang.

You don't need a Neve for "a small home studio". It's pretty obvious from
the desk choices this guy gave that he is not in the market for something
like a Neve. It's a small home studio not a commercial house. You don't need
an expensive professional mixer at the level this guy is obviously at. In
most cases you do not need an expensive professional mixer at all given that
most of the audio will be done on a computer these days anyway. A couple of
good preamps and mics to go with your DAW is about all you need for a lot of
applications.

If I were you I would up the budget and look at the Behringer DDX3216.

Well, that's going in the direction that I was pointing him. It's quite
a step up from the the 4-input Samson that someone recommended.

Yes it is and it will do him for a long time to come.

I still think telling an obvious newbie to get a Neve for his "small home
studio" after he's said he's looking at Samson and Behringer level is
ludicrous.

Phildo