On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 06:15:22AM -0700, Len Ovens wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, Felix Homann wrote: > > >Am 19.06.2015 02:23 schrieb "Len Ovens" <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > >> The line between "audio interface" and "digital mixer" is getting pretty fuzzy. > >There are a number of Audio interfaces that could also be used live digital > >mixers. (have eq and effects and can be controlled by a computer GUI) > > > >How many are there that you can control from Linux, Android, Windows, Mac and > >iOS? How many are there that you can control completely via OSC? > > > >For my purposes the only alternative to the XR18 I know of would be another > >Behringer device, the X32 Rack that I had on my shopping list for quite a while > >last year until I realized that it is too heavy for me: I just would not want to > >carry it around with me to every show. > > In general, the big thing with a digital mixer is lots of mic pre. You have > 16. The motu 8M has only 8 but is a class compliant USB2 IF and can be > controled by OSC (I downloaded the OSC spec out of interest) or by browser. > More pres could be added, but at the expense of lugging more stuff around. I > agree that for your purposes The digital mixer is probably better. Certainly > the remote gui for linux has got to be better than a browser interface. > > I have tried the linux mixer gui for the xr18 and it is better than any of > the browser gui I have tried. The android version is not as nice :P > > > -- > Len Ovens > www.ovenwerks.net > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user The XR16/18 looks great for my live work but how good a recording interface are they? (if at all) I can't find anything in the specs. How many channels can you record at one go & are they through the USB or ethernet or either/both. That is the only question remaining between maybe from cq in the post. Many thanks in anticipation, Steve _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
