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Hardware Mixer Question
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| RIPassion |
Just a quick question I can't find a fast, definite answer to (please only answer if you're sure of the truth, whatever it may be):
If you use a hardware mixer (let's say 10 channels) each with a different synth/sampler/whatever else hooked up to it, but you are using software to mix as well as vsts and software samplers, do you take the hardware mixer and assign that to one channel of your software mixer, and then use other channels of the software mixer for your vsts, so that the final output of the hardware mixer is just one channel in the computer? Or am I way off, or both...
I'm not experienced at all with hardware, but I'm trying to get a general knowledge of everything so I can start. |
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| DJMaytag |
| quote: | Originally posted by RIPassion
Just a quick question I can't find a fast, definite answer to (please only answer if you're sure of the truth, whatever it may be):
If you use a hardware mixer (let's say 10 channels) each with a different synth/sampler/whatever else hooked up to it, but you are using software to mix as well as vsts and software samplers, do you take the hardware mixer and assign that to one channel of your software mixer, and then use other channels of the software mixer for your vsts, so that the final output of the hardware mixer is just one channel in the computer? Or am I way off, or both...
I'm not experienced at all with hardware, but I'm trying to get a general knowledge of everything so I can start. |
If you're recording the output of your hardware mixer back into your computer, you might run into feedback problems, since the input would be going back out to your computer's output.
If you're recording the output of your hardware mixer WITHOUT the computer output being plugged into the HW mixer, then you're all good. |
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| hey cheggy |
Mate, there is always more than one way of setting up a mixer, so it really depends on how you want to do it. I would say (this is how I do it), that you would mix all your VST instruments through a host mixer and then run the computer out (i.e. all the vst sounds mixed) into one channel of the hardware mixer and all your other hardware synths/samplers into their own individual channels. Generally speaking, channels on a hardware mixer are mono, so you will need 2 channels per device to get stereo sound.
You shouldn't have any problems with what was mentioned above with running computer (VSTi) out --> mixer channel in --> mixer record out --> computer in to record. I do it and don't get any problems. Just make sure your ASIO drivers and all that are set up. |
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| DJDIRTY |
Hi there.
You can do it that way RIPassion.
But I woudn't reccomend using just one input if you're recording whole bunch of synths at the same time. If you're only recording one at a time than it's no problem. I rented a mackie 32channel 8 bus console before for a project I was working on, and the way it was hooked up was like this. Fiew synths into the mixer, than 4 stereo buses on the hardware mixer run to the 4 stereo inns on my audio card, than I had the 4 stereo buses visible and ready to record in my software mixer, ready for recording directly to audio track or just for direct listening to what's comming out of the hardware mixer and than out of the computer's audio card to the monitors. |
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| scarletibis |
Hello ,
You may want to check this tutorial on Tweakheadz - "How To Hook up a Mixer"
Click here
Cheers |
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