USB mixers

[phsycoandy]

Been looking to set up a home studio, and have homed in on a Yamaha wm10 mixer which comes with cubase software, does anybody have any exp of these or any alternatives b4 I plunge?

[slaphappygarry]

I dont but Yamaha make good kit and cubase, although not really to my liking, is a good piece of saftware.

I dont think you will go far wrong with either mate.

Garry

[Darcy]

I like Cubase, used a few versions over time and I find it easy to get on with, but then again havnt really used any other. The MW10 looks good but you can only record a maximum of 2 tracks at a time.

[Wullapache]

yeah ive got the MW12 its fairly easy to use,
i think its good, but at the end of the day its just a really big interface i think.

[tylerlangan]

Dude, as a music tech student/proper geek I would seriously stay away from usb based mixers..

Not saying that they're bad because there are some fine usb interfaces out there but because of the nature of how usb handles data transfering it means that you're unable to multitrack anything beyond a main stereo bus straight out of the mixer.

For a few more quid Alesis do a firewire multimix series which are fantastic and I mean even if you dont have a firewire port on your pc a PCI interface should only set you back like another tenner.

I think that in the long run it's easier to spend a little more now and avoid all the multitracking headaches

And it comes with cubase LE!

Edited June 3, 2007 by tylerlangan

[karlbbb]

I definately second going for a FireWire mixer, you'll thank yourself later!