Best FW mixers to use with Live

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Tyrexionibus
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Best FW mixers to use with Live

Post by Tyrexionibus » Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:52 am

Hello,

I'm wondering what are the best FireWire (read: to use with Macs) mixers to be used with Live.

I'll start listing them with the KORG ZERO4/ZERO8.

Do you know others?

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Re: Best FW mixers to use with Live

Post by babkubwa » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:15 pm

mackie onyx satelite has some pretty nice converters - come up real cheap on ebay too -

http://www.mackie.com/products/satellite/index.html

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Re: Best FW mixers to use with Live

Post by aeon_flux » Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:06 pm

usb 1.0:

- a&h xone:3d [3 stereo ins]

usb 2.0:

- a&h xone:4d [4 stereo ins]

fw:

- korg zero8 (i've read lots of complains about that one, but not about zero4) [8 stereo ins]
- korg zero4 (i own one, thinking about 4d now) [4 stereo ins]
- ecler evo5 [4 stereo ins]
- mackie d.2 pro [2 stereo ins]
- mackie d.4 pro [4 stereo ins]

zeros, evo and xone offers also a lot of midi control posibilities
zeros and evo lot of digital effects

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Re: Best FW mixers to use with Live

Post by funky shit » Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:15 pm

mixer? as in.. performance, or studio funkery?
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Re: Best FW mixers to use with Live

Post by aeon_flux » Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:29 pm

for studio funkery, here are some fw surfaces:

- tascam fw-1884
- m-audio projectmix i/o

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Re: Best FW mixers to use with Live

Post by hacktheplanet » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:02 pm

I used to have an Onyz 1220. I regret selling it!
It was rock solid. A bit expensive, but quite versatile.
Recommended for studio use and live sound, but probably not for live sets.
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Re: Best FW mixers to use with Live

Post by nate_D » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:15 pm

aeon_flux wrote:for studio funkery...
- tascam fw-1884

i love mine, it's been fantastic so far. especially when you can actually take advantage of all the inputs this thing has. not enough arms :x
Macbook 2ghz c2d, 2gb ram, osx 10.5.5, live 8.0.8, fw-1884, ms20, x-session, 2xLP

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Re: Best FW mixers to use with Live

Post by Jekblad » Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:42 am

has anyone used the new presonus board? the studio live
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