good recording mixer for live events

hey_mavis · 10th July 2009

im looking into recording live event recording, I am thinking of getting a hard disc recorder (24 track) and a mixer so I can take a feed off the main board and run it thru my mixer into the hard disc recorder.

I think that means I would need a mixer with direct outs yes?

the only one I can find that is affordable is the allen and heath wizard 16:2 which has 16 direct outs, is there a good 24 channel mixer with 24 direct outs?

of course I suppose i could run the direct outs from the FOH mixer straight into the HD recorder and see if the HD recorder has any gain control functions built in.

what would u suggest?

sevendaysoff · 10th July 2009

get an old VS1880.

RockManDan · 10th July 2009

mackie onyx 1640. only has 16 channels, but works like a charm. oh and you'll need a laptop with firewire.

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hey_mavis Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 655 Thread Starter	good recording mixer for live events im looking into recording live event recording, I am thinking of getting a hard disc recorder (24 track) and a mixer so I can take a feed off the main board and run it thru my mixer into the hard disc recorder. I think that means I would need a mixer with direct outs yes? the only one I can find that is affordable is the allen and heath wizard 16:2 which has 16 direct outs, is there a good 24 channel mixer with 24 direct outs? of course I suppose i could run the direct outs from the FOH mixer straight into the HD recorder and see if the HD recorder has any gain control functions built in. what would u suggest? __________________ I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it left.

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sevendaysoff Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2007 Location: cocoa beach FL. Posts: 1,101	get an old VS1880.

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RockManDan Gear addict Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 382	mackie onyx 1640. only has 16 channels, but works like a charm. oh and you'll need a laptop with firewire.