On Mon, 30 Mar 2015, David Santamauro wrote:
On 03/30/2015 09:10 AM, Len Ovens wrote:
with AES50 OOTB. The Xair does have USB, 18 i/o. There are 11 points on
the channel strip where the audio can be routed from including raw from
the ADC to post fader. You can also choose Aux in, fx in and out, bus
and mains. The Setup page seems to suggest USB can be set to 18 or 2 i/o.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/XR16
The product description for the X16(air) says:
"X Air Series 16-input StageBox/Rackmount Digital Mixer for iOS/Android
Devices with 8 Programmable Midas Preamps, Integrated Wi-Fi Module, 2-channel
USB Interface, and Rackmount Ears"
==> 2-channel USB Interface
So a simple stereo audio interface.
I was looking at the X(R)18. Which acording to Sweetwater has 16 i/o but
on the Behringer site says 18/18. I would hope the manufacture is the
right one. Actually, the sweetwater site says 16 USB channels in one place
and 18 io half a page away... so I can see both numbers at the same time.
:P
The XR16 on the other hand appears not to do USB interface at all. Rather
it allows one to record audio dirrect to USB drive. That is it has a host
port but not a client port so far as I can tell. So for using it as an
audio IF, the X18 or XR18 are the minimum requirement. $200 more for the
USB IF.
Not a bad price I guess, for me the idea of buying a mixer over an AI is
to get the control surface. So $700 plus $600, $1300 for the xr1800 with 9
motor faders or $1500 for The x32 Producer with 17 faders and 32USB i/o,
16 Mic pre, 6 more line inputs and 16 outputs with no extra gear. (I may
be off, I also see another Talkback input, but don't know the quality of
the pre) The motor faders are set up as 8 input strips (with banking), 8
bus strips (may be otherwise asignable as VCA control) and one master.
This would not be a full MCP controller, but then Ardour is a long way
from using the whole of an MCP surface anyway. The OSC part may be better
though it would require middleware to work with Ardour.
On the other hand, I do want to try some things in control surface design
so by the time I am ready to buy I may not need/want another surface.
--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
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