Members Tom_richard Posted January 16, 2012 Members Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey I sold my behringer mixer a few months ago and bought a zoom r24 recorder, but am thinking about getting a new mixer now for live sound, and im short on money so i am buying a smaller one first, then getting a bigger one later on as i need it Been thinking about buying a Yamaha mg102c for now, then maybe buying a larger mackie vlz mixer later, but i have heard many say that mackie isn't that good nowadays (atleast the cfx and profx?). Is the yamaha any good? when getting a bigger one should i get a yamaha or a mackie? (A&H and soundcraft is out of the picture) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aymat Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 If youre thinking the Mackie route, I personally would recommend a used Onyx 1220. I used one for years and have nothing but great things to say about it. Plenty of I/O's, optional firewire option, nice eq, excellent preamps and they are built solid. You can probably score on ebay for under $300 these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ghostpaw Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 Not fond of Allen & Heath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tom_richard Posted January 17, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 Not fond of Allen & Heath? Well, i am not used to the interface of the A&H and some of their boards just doesn't make sense to me, but i am well aware that most people would probably reccomend a&h as the "best mixer", or atleast from reading other posts it seems that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zzzxtreme Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 check out peavey mixers, good value PV series, feature laden and cheap http://www.peavey.com/products/proaudio/mixers/pv/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 I have a Yamaha MG102C for over 2 years and I'm happy with it. Great preamps for the price and it's well built. I once had a jack input that stopped working but I just had to clean it with a Q-tip and alcohol (just some dust, that's all). The EQ would be decent for most but I don't think it's great (which is the case for most, if not all mixers). It's far better than the crappy Behringer EQ. The only thing I miss are volume sliders, but the rotary knobs work fine and make it small enough to put on a small laptop stand. For its price it's the best mixer you can get. I've been wanting to upgrade to a Mackie for more inputs and an extra aux send, but I've read that Mackie has shifted production of its VLZ mixers to China and it's not the same quality as it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zxcvbnm098 Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 At the time I purchased my mixer, having internal effects was important. I got a Yamaha 16 channel mixer with effects, which I do like. The Mackie was a close second. However, now that I have had the Yammie for a few years, the one thing I HATE about it is the external power supply, AKA the line lump/wall wart. I wished I would have considered that at the time. My only advice is to make sure you get one with internal power supply with the standard universal power cable. Especially when using out, this is a necessary feature in my mind. I know the A&H has this, I think the Peavey does, as does Mackie. My 2 cents.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 thinking about getting a new mixer now for live sound, and im short on money so i am buying a smaller one first, then getting a bigger one later If you're just "thinking" then keep saving and buy what you really need instead of something that will be too small in the future. For live use, will this be a submixer or the main mixer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tom_richard Posted January 17, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 Well, i am only buying one with more inputs if i need to run the whole band through my mixer later on, otherwise the small one have more than enough inputs for my keyboards and for the moment being, the whole band (missing drums and vocals) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Audacity Works Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 I've owned... [counting]... six Mackie mixers over the years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 There's no such thing as "more than enough" inputs on a mixer...trust me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tom_richard Posted January 17, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 True that, hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strenge Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 I ended up getting a mackie mixer (the one with firewire whose model # escapes me) from a buddy for cheap, but I had decided on getting a soundcraft notebook. Very small footprint and more than enough inputs (for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aymat Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 I ended up getting a mackie mixer (the one with firewire whose model # escapes me) from a buddy for cheap, but I had decided on getting a soundcraft notebook. Very small footprint and more than enough inputs (for me). Onyx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Synthaholic Posted January 17, 2012 Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 Soundcraft EPM8 for $299 is a good choice. Maybe find a store where you can make "3 Easy Payments". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 Does anyone make a mixer more geared towards synths/electronic music? I don't need 8 mono inputs and 2 stereo, if anything I need at least 8 stereo inputs and maybe 8 mono inputs for the older analog gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 Don't pay for added effects on your mixer. Go for low noise and high quality preamps and leave the effects for external processors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 Does anyone make a mixer more geared towards synths/electronic music? I don't need 8 mono inputs and 2 stereo, if anything I need at least 8 stereo inputs and maybe 8 mono inputs for the older analog gear. You want what is called a line mixer. They leave out the mike preamps, line level inputs only. That's an Alesis MultiMix 8 line mixer. 8 stereo (or mono) inputs, two units can be linked for 16 channels. About $200 new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 That's better, but I have two Alesis IO/26s that haven't left me exactly wanting to buy another mixer from them. Also, ideally it'd have aux sends on every channel and like Gribs said, no on board effects needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Synthaholic Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 Does anyone make a mixer more geared towards synths/electronic music? I don't need 8 mono inputs and 2 stereo, if anything I need at least 8 stereo inputs and maybe 8 mono inputs for the older analog gear. I use one of these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 Using multiple line mixers going in to a normal mixer? Off the top of my head, right now I need about 20 inputs plus room to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 Two Rane SM 82S's chained together then. The Rane is a very high quality eight (stereo) channel line mixer and is expandable with a TRS cable. Each channel just has volume, balance, and effects send. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sprinklerhead Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 That Rane mixer looks like it might work. How's the audio quality with them chained together? Individual effects sends would be nice, but I should probably just break down and get a patch bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mooginator Posted January 18, 2012 Members Share Posted January 18, 2012 Good deals on these, these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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