[mullet]

Originally Posted by xonox

i've been thinking about this for some time. I wanted to hear what others think...

A bit about how i work... I make techno for fun, using only hardware. I only use the computer as a glorified 2 track recorder. I use analogue and digital machines. My favorite way of working is to have everything running and do everything myself in realtime. I tried many times to use the computer for music making but it doesn't work for me most of the time.

Muting/unmuting, knob tweaking, pattern changing all done in realtime. No multi tracking.

I once thought of going with multi tracking but it seems very complicated to integrate this in my current workflow.

My questions are :
1. Can you overdrive the channel of a digital mixer without having harsh digital clipping ? I overdrive channels on my mixer often. Sometimes just a bit, sometimes a lot.

2. I thought of getting an a&h mixer. Mixwizard, zed or gl2400. However that new studiolive digital mixer from presonus looks like it would provide me with a lot for the price... Yamaha have the 01v96vcm... Any suggestions for a mixer ? Has to be brand new, under 2500$, i don't use any microphones but need eq. 16 channels is the minimum but i'd really want something with more channels or something i can expand later (like when i have more money). I love the feel of anything analogue but digital mixers have so much for the same price.

3. How do you work ? What kind of music do you make ? I'm genuinely curious. In any synth forum people can talk about their synths for ages but not much is written on their mixing/recording. I mix everything live through an analogue mixer and record the main output into the computer or a synth workstation.

I'm not really knowledgeable about recording techniques, it is an area i'm working on. My songs sound better than they used to but i don't aim for pro quality anyways.

I don't want to start a flame war or a digital vs analogue war. Everyone has their opinion, that's what i want to know. No need to bash someone that has a different opinion.

Thanks!

pioneer djm 800 - tha shhhit!!