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A very close musician friend of mine recommended this interface for my current needs. Any thoughts?

http://www.echoaudio.com/Products/FireW ... /index.php

Hi Dash,
Sorry, no experience of that one.
It only has 2 mic inputs though.
I'd recommend getting something with more inputs - from the instruments you've listed wanting to use, I'm sure you'll be glad you did.

*UPDATE*

I am now using my new Macbook Pro.

Mixer: I am most likely going to get the Mackie Onyx 1220 http://www.mackie.com/products/onyx1220/

Sound card: I still need help with this. Some have suggested I use the Motu Ultralite. Since I have a mixer pre amps aren't completely necessary. Any more ideas? I am going to be working with ableton live, reason, and maybe logic/reaper/Digital Performer.

Speakers: I have narrowed it down to three choices. I found a pristine pair of Mackie HR824's that are 650$ http://www.mackie.com/products/HR824/specs.html. They are only 5 years old with little use, they look brand new. I have a fairly small room about 11X12 so I was thinking these may be overkill. For this reason it may be better to step down on the size so I was looking at the Yamaha MSP5's http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MSP5stu/ and the Alesis M1 Active 620's http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/M1Active620/

Any thoughts on these?

Keyboard: It seems like alot of people have been telling me that the ReMOTE SL 61 by Novation is a great buy especially now that the prices have dropped because of the newer model.

So as you guys can see I am still quite serious. I have slimmed down the range of options substantially but still need a little help and emotional support from your great minds .

sweet.

sound card
http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxfirewire/

The SL series are powerful but a bit over-techy. as a keys player you'll get more out of the left side LCD screen than me.

monitors - haven't heard either for a while but you're in a good neighborhood.

enjoy!

For the price of that onyx soundcard I might aswell get something that has more functionality.

Im actually not a keyboard player.

Good to hear about the monitors.

Dash wrote:




Speakers: I have narrowed it down to three choices. I found a pristine pair of Mackie HR824's that are 650$ http://www.mackie.com/products/HR824/specs.html. They are only 5 years old with little use, they look brand new. I have a fairly small room about 11X12 so I was thinking these may be overkill.

hi Dash,

i have the Mackie hr824.my studio is 3x4 meters(acoustically treated),don't have any problems with them in terms of roomspace(i listen to them at a pretty low volume).i produce,mix and master everything on these as well,they translate to other systems perfectly everytime(from ultracheap to very expensive speakers)you could even use these for those intimate concerts.
mind you,this comes from MY experience with them.i know there are better sounding speakers out there,but i would buy these again in a heartbeat.they scream at you when anything is wrong,they make love to your eardrums when all is mixed&mastered well......

but hey,we can only show you the doors.YOU are the one that has to walk trough them.......

cheers!

bump for Dash.

Thank you Tone Deft!

I was thinking about getting the Echo AudioFire 4 or even better the Echo Indigo IOx express card since my Macbook has an express card slot. Any thoughts or experience with either of these?

I would be interfacing this with the Mackie 1220 Onyx mixer. I just ordered the Alesis M1 620 monitors aswell.

P.S. Tone Deft - I am going to be driving through San Francisco from the 24th of July to the 3rd of august! Just thought Id tell you. Know of any sweet spots or awesome shows?

for concerts:
http://www.foopee.com/punk/the-list/
is an epic resource. it says punk 'cause that's how it started a looong time ago, as a 'zine' for punk shows.
De La Soul is playing the night before. damn, need tickets for that!!

for local stuff, check this post, about halfway down
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?p=871940#p871940

search the site for my name and 'san francisco' I've written lots about spots to check out. love this town.
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?p=698941#p698941
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?p=611569#p611569
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?p=537232#p537232

Thanks Tone Deft. Ill check this out.

I was thinking about getting the Echo AudioFire 4 or even better the Echo Indigo IOx express card since my Macbook has an express card slot. Any thoughts or experience with either of these?

Any recommendations?

Anyone use Echo AudioFire with Mac and ableton?

Got the monitors the other day. I also got an Audix I5 dynamic mic and a CAD M179 Condenser mic. I just ordered a Mackie 1220 Onyx with Firewire for my interface.

I still cant figure out what keyboard controller to get.

just some thoughts for keyboards (depending on individual needs): Novation Remote MKI series, AKAI MPK series, Edirol PCR series, Korg Kontrol 49; for starting/figuring out maybe just a cheap small 2 octave controller

It seems like most people point to the Novation series mainly for the auto mapping.

If it's any help, I find the M-Audio Axiom to be a good one. Good combination of keys, knobs & pressure pads give quite a lot of control for such a small unit.
I use the 25, but they also do a 49 & 61 key versions. The larger ones have more controllers.