> That _really_ depends on the mixer. Especially when you want to start rather > cheap it is better to connect the mics directly to the 1010. Because probably > all the mixers you have in mind to buy for little money have worse Pre-Amps > then the 1010... I was under the impression that the pre, gain, phantom, etc. from the mixer would be better than from the 1010lt. I'm currently looking at that Yamaha MG166C, though I don't know yet if it's the right one for my purposes (nor do I know if it offers enough pre/etc.). > Why should he buy a mixer? > Because he wants flexible audio-routing? That is what jack is for. JACK will be a life-saver. I look forward to using it. I'll need the hardware element that offers 8 simultaneous XLRs + simultaneous 1 or 2 MIDI instruments. > Because he wants monitoring via headphone for the musicians? That is why they > produce headphone-amps that you can connect to the 3+4,5+6,...-outputs of > these modern soundcards. Modern soundcards with 3+4 and 5+6 outputs? I'm not sure I understand what you mean. > The only reason I see here why a mixer might be needed is when several > musicians are to record at the same time. But even then he (the OP) would be > better of with a soundcard with 8 or more analog inputs to use directly. Yep. I'd like to record multiple at same time. I'm leaning toward the mixer right now. I'm guessing I'd have to send the 8 XLRs from the mixer into 8 XLRs on a PCI card? Is there a fairly low-priced PCI card with 8 XLR inputs? Thanks! Sean _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
