10-10-2012, 04:11 PM
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Hopefully I'm asking in the right place. Does anyone have any experience with the Avid Recording Mbox? What would you say about it as a beginner tool? Quality? Worth what you pay for?
http://www.amazon.com/Avid-Technolo...1&keywords=mbox (I'm really looking to get into recording demo tracks and material for Calling All Pit Musician competitions, but I have absolutely no recording experience whatsoever. In the next couple of months I'll take a class at a local recording studio but I'd like to start now.)
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10-10-2012, 04:30 PM
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The mbox is alright. You can get better for the money though. I'd spend a little more money on the Saffire 6 or Scarlett 2i2.
Also, that link is not an Mbox. It's an M-audio Fast Track, which pretty much sucks. |
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10-10-2012, 04:42 PM
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Why exactly would this http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:...qtVj1B7TmwuuzmQ blow my mic input? I do not havy another way of recording... I can wait and buy a decent interface but will it really destroy my mic input or wut? |
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10-10-2012, 05:01 PM
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It might, it might not. Depends on your mic port. And it's normally because that port is for taking crappy VOIP mics and not for taking a direct signal from a proper mic or a guitar.
Some people have it work "fine" where as some fuq up their computer doing it.
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10-10-2012, 05:09 PM
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Just wait and buy a real interface or multitracker.
Even if you find a way of getting the mic input to work without breaking your PC, you will be creating the worst possible quality of recording that nobody will want to listen to.
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10-10-2012, 05:16 PM
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so if I used Behringer - GUITAR LINK UCG102 would I be able to record my guitar playing with MY amp onto my computer? I don't want my guitar to sound through some DAW's EQ. So could I connect my guitar to my amp, and get whatever sounds I make onto the DAW ? Thx |
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10-10-2012, 05:19 PM
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Not with a Guitar Link.
If you wanted to use your amp you'd need a Interface with a XLR in for the microphone and a microphone to mic the amp. If you're plugging directly into the interface you're normally stuck with using Amp Sim VST's unless you do some trickery with a dummy load box, which I've done in the past with varying results.
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10-10-2012, 05:26 PM
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I see... so interfaces with XLR are going to be more expensive than Guitar Links for example... and I'd have to get a mic too I'll have to keep saving up! |
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10-11-2012, 01:25 AM
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So, best 8 ch. interface under a grand? Taking a look at Steinberger MR816 CSX and Focusrite Liquid Saffire (or Saffire Pro 40). Any other recommendations?
MOTU's 896 MkIII? We will be using Logic, if that helps.
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10-11-2012, 07:28 AM
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I'll post this again here, just for the record, for anyone else researching this thread.
My goal about two years ago was to find "the best 8 channel (or more) interface for under a grand." After a TON of research, I bought the Steinberg MR816X. These have since been replaced by the UR824, which also meant a move from Firewire to USB2. The preamps are the same ones that Yamaha uses in their $40 000 mixers. They're outstanding. Very, very clear, and provide enough gain for some of the more demanding mics. (like an SM7b) I love it. Sound on Sound review: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov...ergmr816csx.htm RecordingReview Review: http://forum.recordingreview.com/co...-csx-review-67/ Forum discussion: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/low-...ing-studio.html For me, the difference between it and what I had before (a Delta 1010 being fed by a Behringer UB2442FX-PRO mixer) is that before I *really* needed to work a good mix. Now, stuff gets recorded so well that stuff practically mixes itself. CT
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10-11-2012, 11:21 AM
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Well, I've got a Saffire Pro 40 showing up tomorrow so I'll let you know how that is, a lot of people love the Saffire line and its considered one of the best budget interfaces you can get. Plus, if you check eBay, you can get them new for $370, used for less.
I'm personally looking into the MOTU 896 for when I get some extra cash. MOTU has solid pres and great AD conversion & records in 192khz. Also, the new ones are Hybrid USB/Firewire which is a huge plus since most new Windows laptops don't have Firewire. The Liquid Saffires are pretty solid as well. The Preamp Emulation on it is pretty spot on from what I read though I wish they would have stretched them across all 8 pres. I know Chris wrote a pretty solid writeup on the Steinberg but I really have the feeling that to get the most out of it, you'd also need to use Cubase. I wouldn't doubt its good, I just personally hate Cubase so I'm not going near it.
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10-11-2012, 12:05 PM
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But maybe without using Cubase it'll still be a good option, don't you think? Any thoughts?
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10-11-2012, 03:22 PM
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I've got the Pro 40 and I love it. The pres sound great, and all of the routing options are great for separate mixes and such. Very versatile.
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10-11-2012, 03:43 PM
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I looked into getting an MR816X for quite a while and while I have no doubt the pres and A/D conversion are better than the Focusrite (though, I wouldn't say it's as huge as people make it out to be), driver issues and D/A conversion were a concern to me, and in the end, I decided that it wouldn't have been a significant enough upgrade over my Saffire. As someone who doesn't own a decent interface already, though - It might be worth going with. I just wouldn't have seen a large enough increase in sound quality to really justify spending more
 I actually really looked into the new UR series, as they have all the DSP effects the MR816CSX has, at a cheaper price (a REALLY cheap price when I was looking at them), but there were so many horror stories on the drivers that there was no way I was going to sacrifice stability for a slight increase in quality.
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10-11-2012, 06:32 PM
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I am looking to get an mr816x fairly soon. Need to upgrade from my temporarily repalcment that became my primary soundcard (a ux2)
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10-11-2012, 10:32 PM
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Mine is the firewire one, and I think what happens is that a lot of people have difficulties that they attribute to drivers, but are actually due to their firewire card.
They are *really* picky about wanting firewire cards with Texas Instruments chipsets. It took me some time to get mine up and going how I wanted it. Another issue is the "not as well documented as it should be" utility on the install disc (found under "extras" or something as I recall) that adjusts the buffer size of the firewire card. This is an additional setting to where you would otherwise additionally set your buffer size and latency. Mine was crackling and dropping out all over the place until I ran that utility and changed the default buffer size from small to medium. This is probably not as big an issue with USB. The Cubase integration, as a Cubase user, was really the icing on the cake for me (along with the included Yamaha Rev-X reverb... reverbs can be real processor hogs, so it takes some of the load off your computer and gives you a nice quality reverb). You certainly don't need to use Cubase, though, to have a set of eight really solid pres and really high quality conversion. CT
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10-12-2012, 01:09 AM
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What about the Motu 896?
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10-12-2012, 12:23 PM
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Solid Pres, some of the best AD conversion in its price range, great all around unit and very expandable. Like I said, I'm eventually buying one myself, I just had a great deal on a Saffire Pro 40 come my way.
There have been a few issues with windows drivers for the 896 but since you guys are using Logic, you're using a Mac so you're set.
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10-19-2012, 06:00 AM
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Actually, the REAL difference is that USB uses your processor and Firewire uses its chipset to allow the amount of bandwidth. BTW, on a very modest i3 laptop, I can record 8 tracks at a time all day long with pretty heavy effects and that's using USB and haven't ran into any issues over the last few years. |
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10-19-2012, 06:11 PM
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I'm curious, what interface are you using, what sample rate & define "Heavy Effects". Like I said, I've heard mixed things with USB once you hit 4+ simultaneous inputs recording at once. Also, with Effects, things like EQ & Compression aren't going to be as heavy of hitters on performance as Reverbs & Modulations effects.
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