On 5/12/05, Emiliano Grilli <emillo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > gioved?, 12 maggio 2005 alle 06:44:44, lanas ha scritto: [SNIP] > > Is a mixer needed ? > > IMHO yes, absolutely. Especially if you have external sources to record > and route to the PC. You can find very cheap ones from behringer (under > 100 eur). Also here the more you can afford (usually) the best it will > sound, and the more channels/features it will have. Remember that you will > get out of channels sooner or later ;) If you plan to use condenser > microphones the mixer should provide phantom power. Another plus is the > presence of channel inserts (or direct outs, but this is often found on > not-so-small mixers only) and assignable submasters. > Good mixer makers are soundcraft and makie. > I respectfully disagree here. I prefer dedicated mic-pres over a mixer. I have a small Behringer mixer, but it's not flexible enough to be useful. I usually run two outputs of my Delta 66 to it and just use it for monitoring. > > Which speakers system could deliver good sound quality. I presently > > have some Creative I-Trigue speakers and I'd hate doing any quality > > stuff with it implying listening closely over and over again to > > sequences and sounds. Is it possible to connect regular sound system > > quality speakers to PC sound cards ? What speaker setup would you > > recommend for driving both the external synth(s) and audio sound card ? I can't afford proper monitors, so I run a stereo pair of line-outs into the Tape-2 input on my Hi-Fi. This works fine (but I have a nice system: NAD C350 with Tannoy speakers). You could use any input on a stereo or A/V receiver except for phono. You cna't directly connect normal speakers because neither they nor the soundcard have an amplifier. Hope that helps...
