Advice on third party mixers

[martyk]

Hows it going?

Im hoping somebody can give me some advice on buying a mixer.
What i was wondering is if you can use firewire mixers with an intel mac, an mbox2 and pro tools LE?
I would also like if the desk could be used in live situations too.
If so then is there any that you can recommend, i have 1000euro to spend and was looking at the Alesis Multimix Firewire 16 or stretching to 1500 for the Mackie Onyx and Firewire card.
I have read reviews of both and think my needs would be dealt with with the Alesis, but i have no clue as to whether or not it would work with pro tools.

Cheers

[Slim Shady]

It won't work with Pro Tools. Only Digidesign LE hardware can communicate with PTLE via firewire/USB.

If you want to use it like a regular audio mixer though, it should be fine, you just won't be able to get anything that connects directly to the computer and PT.

[martyk]

Cheers man, i somewhat expected that

[Forum Member LE]

Get a digital mixer and use the combo of ADAT and SPDIF.