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Originally posted by spolitta Are you on MAC or PC? and what is your current sound card?

on a powermac, the new one with intel xeon nahelam processors.. so stock apple audio card

real good analogue mixing desk?
SSL X-Desk

real good multiport FW interface?
Steinberg MR816

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yeah just get an audio interface

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Originally posted by TylerM on a powermac, the new one with intel xeon nahelam processors.. so stock apple audio card

Good, so you have a MAC. Just get the duet and call it a day. Very clean pres with good enough headroom and good sounding conversion, it's within your budgets too, you'll love it.

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Originally posted by Raphie real good analogue mixing desk? SSL X-Desk real good multiport FW interface? Steinberg MR816

I always thought a "real good" desk should have pres and eqs but then again what do I know about audio.

Really depends on what you want, the X-Desk is all about signal path and summing. high end decks always use external pre's

But then again, the Steinberg is considered to have the best pre's in it's class and it's DA<>DA is pristine, right up with LAVRY, Apogee and Prizm.

As mentioned earlier "a real good desk" is quite a broad requiremeny. it really depends on what functionality you want.

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On a similar note, what is the top 2-3 digital desks on the market right now for under 10-15k? I know which are out there in that range but it's not easy to demo these things and I don't want to make a purchase I regret or be forced to return things and shit. I want to make a decision I can stick with. I think(?) I can count on you guys opinions! I'm sure some of you have worked on them at some point.

I plan on staying in the box for the foreseeable future.

X-desk is more of a mixing tool with monitoring than a tracking mixer. The title is misleading, OP was looking for a mixer to use its pres, not a summing box with faders.

for 15K i would buy the SSL Matrix

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What would you guys recommend for PC?

DAW : Ableton! i was looking at the APC40, but i think there's also other good choices out there.

Last edited by henryv on Jul-29-2009 at 08:33

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Originally posted by Raphie for 15K i would buy the SSL Matrix

Why? Do you have lots of outboard?

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Originally posted by spolitta Good, so you have a MAC. Just get the duet and call it a day. Very clean pres with good enough headroom and good sounding conversion, it's within your budgets too, you'll love it.

This. Screw the desk.