Need help choosing a mixer...

[xxFT13xx]

im in the market to purchase a mixer for a little home studio...

i was looking at the Behringer MX1604A 12-Channel Mixing Console for $170.

is it any good? or is there something better for around the same price?

i cant go to high, im not rich ya know!!

-Sin
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[blacko3788]

Please do tell what music style and recording gear you are using now and how many instruments you will track at once. IE. will you record a full drum set at once?

[xxFT13xx]

im in an industrial/tekno band

heres the gear:

Ibanez GAX-7 6-string guitar
Zoom 505 Effects Pedal
DOD Amp
Casio HT-700 keyboard
Yamaha SY85 keyboard
Nord Lead 1 keyboard
Korg Electric Analog Synth
Roland VP-70 Voice Processor
Digitech GSP 21 Processor
Shure SM57 mic
Art Tube mic preamp

if anything, we would only record like 2 tracks at a time.

-Sin
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[Ernest828]

Even though I`m not crazy about the Yamaha mixer setup, save your pennies and wait to get an O1V. Don`t you need inputs for you keyboards and sound modules?

Did you ever consider purchasing a DAW first?

What do you use now to record vocals and instrumentals onto?

Peace,
Ernest

PS- I don`t support Behringer products after they tried to rip MAckie off. Any company that does this, is not worthy of my cash. Thats my $.02

(Did you ever wander why Sweetwater doesn`t carry Behringer gear?)

[xxFT13xx]

i have a DAW. heres the specs:

AMD Athlon 1.2gig cpu
512 PC133 ram
Terratec EWX 24/96 soundcard
IBM 40 gig 7200rpm hard drive
Voodoo 3 3000 AGP video card
56x cdrom
4x2x24 cdrw

i won an auction on Ebay for the Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro Mixer...so i cant wait to get it!!

-Sin
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[Ernest828]

Can`t go wrong with a Mackie.
Looks like all you need is a syncronizer.

Peace,
Ernest

[xxFT13xx]

uh...syncronizer...whats that?

-Sin
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[Ernest828]

A synchronizer connects two devices so they are in time. Look up the MOTU MTP AV.
You may not need it for your setup but you will eventually need one.
Peace,
Ernest

[xxFT13xx]

whoo hoo...i got me a Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro mixer off of Ebay...will be here tommorrow!!

i cant wait!

-Sin
http://zwap.to/ft13

[blacko3788]

I like Mackie stuff...I think it's great. Kinda reminds me of when I was awaiting my first Peavey mixing console back in the stone ages....he he.