Hi,

Can anyone recommend a stereo audio mixer? The immediate and primary
purpose of the same will be to mix the output from three microphones.
It will be good if I had the ability to direct the output one or both
output channels.

The need is to record small public meetings commencing with some live
music (piano) followed by a talk.

However, at some point I would like to be able to mix turntable and
line inputs at home. It seems wasteful to buy two mixers when one
might suffice. For this secondary purpose I need two turntable inputs
and/or two or three line inputs. Switchable turntable/line inputs
would be acceptable.

Output will be to a Behringer UCA202 and a Notebook computer.

Many thanks for your input to my thought process!

Adrian

Adrian wrote:

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a stereo audio mixer? The immediate and primary
purpose of the same will be to mix the output from three microphones.
It will be good if I had the ability to direct the output one or both
output channels.

The need is to record small public meetings commencing with some live
music (piano) followed by a talk.

However, at some point I would like to be able to mix turntable and
line inputs at home. It seems wasteful to buy two mixers when one
might suffice. For this secondary purpose I need two turntable inputs
and/or two or three line inputs. Switchable turntable/line inputs
would be acceptable.

Output will be to a Behringer UCA202 and a Notebook computer.

Many thanks for your input to my thought process!

Adrian

I feed a Behringer UB1204-PRO directly into a Dell notebook mic jack,
which remarkably doesn't seem to mind it, at low volume.

It seems like a nice mixer, though I prefer the older and now-unavailable
models with the wall wart power supplies, as they generate less RFI
than the newer switching supply ones. But it doesn't matter, if you
don't use them right next to radios.

It doesn't seem to come with a wiring diagram, so you're left extrapolating
from older models that do come with them, as to what goes through what control
to where.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

On Aug 31, 12:53 pm, Ron Hardin wrote:
Adrian wrote:

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a stereo audio mixer? The immediate and primary
purpose of the same will be to mix the output from three microphones.
It will be good if I had the ability to direct the output one or both
output channels.

The need is to record small public meetings commencing with some live
music (piano) followed by a talk.

However, at some point I would like to be able to mix turntable and
line inputs at home. It seems wasteful to buy two mixers when one
might suffice. For this secondary purpose I need two turntable inputs
and/or two or three line inputs. Switchable turntable/line inputs
would be acceptable.

Output will be to a Behringer UCA202 and a Notebook computer.

Many thanks for your input to my thought process!

Adrian

I feed a Behringer UB1204-PRO directly into a Dell notebook mic jack,
which remarkably doesn't seem to mind it, at low volume.

It seems like a nice mixer, though I prefer the older and now-unavailable
models with the wall wart power supplies, as they generate less RFI
than the newer switching supply ones. But it doesn't matter, if you
don't use them right next to radios.

It doesn't seem to come with a wiring diagram, so you're left extrapolating
from older models that do come with them, as to what goes through what control
to where.
--


Thanks Ron,

I have located the more recent Xenyx 1204, which seems to fit the bill
very well.

Adrian

Adrian wrote:
Thanks Ron,

I have located the more recent Xenyx 1204, which seems to fit the bill
very well.

You'll also need a bunch of 3.5mm to 1/4" adapters, in various combinations
of stereo and mono, and a couple for RCA as well.

Then you'll find you get enormous AC hum when you connect to your computer,
owing to a ground loop. Put a Radio Shack ground loop isolator in that line
(cat 270-054). I keep a bunch of them around to isolate every different thing
that's plugged in on AC mains.
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Ron Hardin wrote:

Adrian wrote:
Thanks Ron,

I have located the more recent Xenyx 1204, which seems to fit the bill
very well.

You'll also need a bunch of 3.5mm to 1/4" adapters, in various combinations
of stereo and mono, and a couple for RCA as well.

Then you'll find you get enormous AC hum when you connect to your computer,
owing to a ground loop. Put a Radio Shack ground loop isolator in that line
(cat 270-054). I keep a bunch of them around to isolate every different thing
that's plugged in on AC mains.

Oh, and finally some brush-on Deoxit, to keep the adapters working. I get mine
here http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=341-215

A tiny bottle lasts forever. It fixes everything, from battery charger terminals
to audio connectors to mains plugs on high current devices that get hot (plug in
and out until the contacts come out clean).
--


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

On Sep 4, 5:36 am, Ron Hardin wrote:
Ron Hardin wrote:

Adrian wrote:
Thanks Ron,

I have located the more recent Xenyx 1204, which seems to fit the bill
very well.

You'll also need a bunch of 3.5mm to 1/4" adapters, in various combinations
of stereo and mono, and a couple for RCA as well.

Then you'll find you get enormous AC hum when you connect to your computer,
owing to a ground loop. Put a Radio Shack ground loop isolator in that line
(cat 270-054). I keep a bunch of them around to isolate every different thing
that's plugged in on AC mains.

Is that true even if I utilize the USB link into my Notebook?

Oh, and finally some brush-on Deoxit, to keep the adapters working. I get mine
herehttp://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=341-215

A tiny bottle lasts forever. It fixes everything, from battery charger terminals
to audio connectors to mains plugs on high current devices that get hot (plug in
and out until the contacts come out clean).
--
Thanks, I will check this out.

Adrian

In article .com,
Adrian wrote:
Can anyone recommend a stereo audio mixer? The immediate and primary
purpose of the same will be to mix the output from three microphones.
It will be good if I had the ability to direct the output one or both
output channels.

The need is to record small public meetings commencing with some live
music (piano) followed by a talk.

However, at some point I would like to be able to mix turntable and
line inputs at home. It seems wasteful to buy two mixers when one
might suffice. For this secondary purpose I need two turntable inputs
and/or two or three line inputs. Switchable turntable/line inputs
would be acceptable.

Sounds like you're into a disco mixer if you want cartridge inputs.
Personally I'd go for a Behringer or Mackie and use external pickup
pre-amps.

For recording speech you want a mixer with a half decent
compressor/limiter.

--
*Never miss a good chance to shut up *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

For recording speech you want a mixer with a half decent
compressor/limiter.

Many ppl have managed without compressors just fine.

Graham

In article ,
Eeyore wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

For recording speech you want a mixer with a half decent
compressor/limiter.

Many ppl have managed without compressors just fine.

Depends on how you define 'fine'.

The OP suggests it will be for recording public meetings with multi-mics.
So by nature no real chance to pre-set levels at a rehearsal - especially
if there are questions from the audience. Of course if recording to good
digital you could simply record leaving plenty headroom. But then
you'll likely end up with a dynamic range far too great for home listening.

I record speech (as well as other things) for a living and even on drama
where you do get a rehearsal I'd end up with clipping on occasion without
the use of a compressor. In my case, an SQN mixer - which has probably the
finest one available for this sort of thing.

Of course like all these aids you need to know what it does and how to use
it.

--
*Why are they called apartments, when they're all stuck together? *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Eeyore wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

For recording speech you want a mixer with a half decent
compressor/limiter.

Many ppl have managed without compressors just fine.

Depends on how you define 'fine'.

My defintion of fine is "avoided disturbing modulation of background
noise".

The OP suggests it will be for recording public meetings with multi-mics.
So by nature no real chance to pre-set levels at a rehearsal - especially
if there are questions from the audience. Of course if recording to good
digital you could simply record leaving plenty headroom. But then
you'll likely end up with a dynamic range far too great for home listening.

And what issues may there be that either freeware or modestly priced
software, say sam-ultralite, aka magix home studio or sam lite, aka sam
9SE or something to that effect can not solve?

I record speech (as well as other things) for a living and even on drama
where you do get a rehearsal I'd end up with clipping on occasion without
the use of a compressor.

You *do* manage to avoid clipping the mic input pre, right?

In my case, an SQN mixer - which has probably the
finest one available for this sort of thing.

IMO the questionee needs a "12 channel" Behringer mixer sans digital
effcts and the required number of external phono-pres. He can even get
one tossed in with one of the software packages that comes to mind,
Magix Audio Restoration suite (or something to that effect), multiple
distribution versions, one of those comes with phono-pre amp. There's a
neat lil' sound editor included, as I recall this with compression
capability. There is also Adobe Audition for those that want to use more
money and of course also SAM9.

Of course like all these aids you need to know what it does and how to use
it.

True, the simpler the better, not just for the novice user, for any
user.

Dave Plowman London SW


Kind regards

Peter Larsen