Allen&Heath Zed Series
Ok thanks.tone-def wrote:you have your tracks in your sequencer assigned to each channel on the mixer where you do your mix, then you record the mixers stereo outputs either to a spare stereo track on your computer or another recording device.
I would quite like a mixer, especially since I'm making warm sounding music so it might add something extra. I’m happy with the sounds I’m making, but would really like concentrate on my mixing and the final product so it might help me.
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I just looked at the r16 out of curiosity. When it says it has a Firewire link with 18 I/O, does that mean you can plug the r16 straight into your computer and pipe audio signals from your DAW straight into the mixer via the FW line? That would practically negate the need for a dedicated audio interface, wouldn't it? Although if you had hardware synths that you wanted to process in your DAW and then send to a mixer, you'd probably have to use an aux send or something like that, right?
yes, this is main reason i want one.nrjizer wrote:I just looked at the r16 out of curiosity. When it says it has a Firewire link with 18 I/O, does that mean you can plug the r16 straight into your computer and pipe audio signals from your DAW straight into the mixer via the FW line? That would practically negate the need for a dedicated audio interface, wouldn't it?
just record the synths into the DAW.nrjizer wrote:Although if you had hardware synths that you wanted to process in your DAW and then send to a mixer, you'd probably have to use an aux send or something like that, right?
So theoretically, I can plug in a hardsynth to one of the analog inputs at the top of the channels, send it up the Firewire and into the DAW (for reverb/delay/other treatment), then back down the FW and into that same channel to be mixed, and that'll take one I/O total? And the Zed will handle MIDI out coming from my DAW as well? That's fucking brilliant.
Can this only be done with FW, what about the USB option?tone-def wrote:yes, this is main reason i want one.nrjizer wrote:I just looked at the r16 out of curiosity. When it says it has a Firewire link with 18 I/O, does that mean you can plug the r16 straight into your computer and pipe audio signals from your DAW straight into the mixer via the FW line? That would practically negate the need for a dedicated audio interface, wouldn't it?
just record the synths into the DAW.nrjizer wrote:Although if you had hardware synths that you wanted to process in your DAW and then send to a mixer, you'd probably have to use an aux send or something like that, right?
The reason I got rid of my Alesix USB mixer was because it was simply Stereo into and out of the computer