best mixer for 001 under $1500

[bi0force1]

i need to buy a good mixer but i dont want to spend over $1500, otherwise i'l just get a 002 when that comes out.

thanks for any help guys [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[vonbleak101]

i would get the Spirit M series from soundcraft, the one with 8 mono channels and 4 stereo channels. It has much nicer mic pres than the 001, and has direct outs on every mono channel, plus the main outs can use a s/pdif output, so you could have 8 mics going through the direct outs, while a synth module goes through the s/dpif outs while being connected to a stereo channel.

The eq is not bad either, the 8mono 4stereo model is about $1,000.00 while the 12mono 4stereo model is about $1,250.00

check out:http://www.soundcraft.com/products/s...eries_home.htm [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Stone Knife]

It would be easier to suggest something appropriate if you could delineate what your requirements are in this mixer! The Soundcraft is good stuff.

[Phil O'Keefe]

IMO, you'd want it to be automated if at all possible. That leaves two main choices - Behringer's new digital board, or the Yamaha 01V.

Personally, I'd suggest the Yamaha.

Get a lightpipe card for it (MY8-AT) and you can easily send the Yamaha's preamps out, via lightpipe, and into the Digi 001.

[bi0force1]

forgive the newbie question please

but what is a lightpipe?

and i only need it for guitar (line in and mic), vocals (2),keyboard (midi or guitar cable) and 2 more mics (one for accoustic recording and one for my talkbox)......so a 8 input mixer woyuld be fine

thanks agin for your help

[Stone Knife]

Lightpipe is optical, otherwise known as TosLink (invented by TOShiba)... runs S/PDIF or ADAT signals, also TASCAM's digital code, which name I am spacing on right now.
OK we're getting someplace. Do you own a 001 now? Are you hot on outboard controller/automation or no?

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[APAULOS]

I would wait and see, or rather, hear what the 002 has to offer, I bet the pre's will be way better than anything that you could get in this price range + 8 automated faders and pan pots + Total control over PTLE + Onboard FX + Plug-ins + firewire + It will be about $1500+the sell price of your 001. Add all of that up, carry the nine, and it = Have some patience baby.

[bi0force1]

Do you own a 001 now? Are you hot on outboard controller/automation or no?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">yes i own the digi001.
and no to your second question.

and im not gonna wait for the 002 cause my range is $1500 not $2500

[Stone Knife]

The soundcraft will probably produce a slightly clearer sound than will Mackies... that said, I know Mackie will last for-ever, and they have a couple units that will bring in the bacon for $900 or more under your budget.

The CFX-12 features:

32-bit EMAC real time effects
Effects include 16 selections with variable parameters
Eight mic/line mono channels w/pre's,
Two stereo line channels
3-band active EQ with swept mids on mic/line channels
4-band active EQ on the stereo channels
Two aux sends with pre/post switching
Bus assign switches
PFL solo switches
Audiophile-quality, nine-band stereo program equalizer
Separate tape inputs and outputs... not bad for $600

Or consider the 1402VLZ:

Eight high-headroom inputs on four stereo faders
XDR® pre-amps on six mic inputs
Phantom power
60mm log-taper faders
Two aux sends with level, pan, and PFL solo
Four stereo aux returns plus effects to monitor
Three-band active EQ
75Hz Lo Cut for stage rumble
ALT 3/4 stereo bus acts as mute or 2 more Bus Outs

(Probably available for $500 street... I've had a 1402 that's worked flawlessly for 5 years and is still in use.)

See if you can audition both the Soundcraft and Mackies side-by side at a local G.C....

[APAULOS]

and im not gonna wait for the 002 cause my range is $1500 not $2500

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