Alesis Multimix FW vs Phonic Helix FW

elmkid · 28th June 2006

Guys..
ive read some reviews about people complaining the Alesis' driver doesnt work. while Phonic, on the other side is cheaper, more-features and got higher-resolutions compared to Alesis'.
i really need to know about these;
1. the quality of the pres
2. quality of the ADA converters (phonic got 96khz, while alesis only 48).
I know some of you might ask to buy audio interface instead, but i dont have much money to spend. so ive figured out that mixer with FW is the cheapest option. pls help me. thanks.

elmkid · 29th June 2006

anybody?

deafboy · 6th July 2006

i'd like to know the answer to this as well...

greggp · 8th September 2006

I asked before, and got no response. I'd like to know too, because I think a Helix 24 FW could be a decent PA board (although I'm sure it wouldn't be as nice as an Allen & Heath Mix Wiz), that could allow for fairly simple simultaneous multitrack recording.

kojdogg · 8th September 2006

i don't have experience with these units, but i have seen that alesis also makes the io firewire mixer series that doesn't have integrated effects, but the sample rates go up to 192 khz. musicians friend doesn't carry them-- only offering the multimix series instead.

28th June 2006	#1
elmkid Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 33 Thread Starter	Alesis Multimix FW vs Phonic Helix FW Guys.. ive read some reviews about people complaining the Alesis' driver doesnt work. while Phonic, on the other side is cheaper, more-features and got higher-resolutions compared to Alesis'. i really need to know about these; 1. the quality of the pres 2. quality of the ADA converters (phonic got 96khz, while alesis only 48). I know some of you might ask to buy audio interface instead, but i dont have much money to spend. so ive figured out that mixer with FW is the cheapest option. pls help me. thanks.

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29th June 2006	#2
elmkid Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 33 Thread Starter	anybody?

6th July 2006	#3
deafboy Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 13	i'd like to know the answer to this as well...

8th September 2006	#4
greggp Gear Head Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: formerly America's finest city Posts: 35	I asked before, and got no response. I'd like to know too, because I think a Helix 24 FW could be a decent PA board (although I'm sure it wouldn't be as nice as an Allen & Heath Mix Wiz), that could allow for fairly simple simultaneous multitrack recording.

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kojdogg Gear interested Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: westchester, ny Posts: 14	i don't have experience with these units, but i have seen that alesis also makes the io firewire mixer series that doesn't have integrated effects, but the sample rates go up to 192 khz. musicians friend doesn't carry them-- only offering the multimix series instead.