Gearslutz.com
All Advertisers

Go Back   Gearslutz.com > The Forums > So much gear, so little time!

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 11th July 2009, 12:32 PM   #1
morphlite
Gear interested
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5
Zed-16 or liquid saffire 56/liquid mix combo

OK I could probably squeeze to buying a Zed-r16 (whick looks fab) but I like the idea of some of the Focusrite products......

Anyone got any comments on whether the ZED would give a massively better sound for PRE amps and external DAW mixdown, than say using a combination of Saffire 56 liquid PREs and a Liquid mix.?

Anyone got any samples using both machines?

Cheers in Advance

Paul
morphlite is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12th July 2009, 01:54 AM   #2
morphlite
Gear interested
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5
bump.....
morphlite is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12th July 2009, 05:06 AM   #3
lovekrafty
Gear maniac
 
lovekrafty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 230
We I have the R-16 and Liquid mix, they make a good combination.
R-16 has great pre-amps ( compared favourably to the DAV's )
awsome EQ, and is super flexible, being a mixer you have zero monitor latency and the ability to have outboard effects on your monitor mix
I.E. reverb on vocals with no latency.

You get 16 preamps / AD/DA's and a summing buss for that price also.
As well an an extensive master section.

Don't know much about the saffire but I doubt it's a fair comparison.

Cheers
LK
lovekrafty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13th July 2009, 08:47 PM   #4
morphlite
Gear interested
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5
Cheers for the reply LK.

I suspect there's quite a difference between the Liquid Saffire 56's "liquid channels" but i'd be interested to know just how much....reviewers always give excellent reviews for these products, but it becomes difficult to work out just how much of a difference there is.....

I currently use TL audio's 5001 pre amps, just looking to see if I can improve......

Any further comments from people would be appreciated....

Paul
morphlite is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13th July 2009, 10:11 PM   #5
lovekrafty
Gear maniac
 
lovekrafty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 230
I hear ya !

I'd think the liquid channel may be a bit more versatile ( having several pre-amp models to choose from ), I'd be concerned about latency
have read some reports on it being a problem, after all these a pre's with digital modeling algorithims after the pre.

The R-16 will give you good meat and potatoes pre's, 16 of them
The ability to zero monitor is crucial to me.

These two products are vastly different, you'd gain much more flexibility
other than just mic pres with the R-16, like good EQ's.

To be honest I prefer them over the liquid mix EQ emulations
I use the liquidmix more so for compression and EQ flavouring.

Hope this helps
LK
lovekrafty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14th July 2009, 01:13 PM   #6
morphlite
Gear interested
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5
LK,

Yeah fair enough, cheers for that.

Suppose you still get what you pay for......that gap between mid and high end gear is deffo getting smaller and smaller though .....

Paul
morphlite is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 terminal3 New Product Alert! 135 1st March 2010 05:29 PM
Liquid Saffire 56 vs Liquid Channel pres? dickiefunk Low End Theory 1 10th July 2009 05:56 PM
Focusrite Saffire Liquid 56 anyone got one? bradley So much gear, so little time! 0 4th April 2009 12:11 AM
Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 vs. Presonus Firestudio Mijoo08 So much gear, so little time! 0 27th March 2009 11:36 PM
So if Liquid Mix is alright - Why not Liquid Channel? Electronique So much gear, so little time! 0 15th July 2008 08:41 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:05 AM.

 
 
Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.0.0