It's over a grand though. There is no way I can afford something like that. I would want to be spending no more then £600tone-def wrote:i think you should go for it mate. you will be a lot closer to that professional sound your after. a friend of mine has just got the ZED-R16 and he say it's the best thing he's ever brought and he's probably spent about £6000 on equipment and software.
Allen&Heath Zed Series
I like the look of these: http://www.allen-heath.com/zed/zed-24.asp
Well I've also looked at the Zed 24, but bear in mind that you'll need some kind of interface with 20 analog outputs in order to put a zed 24 to full use. I use a Macbook with firewire and I cannot find any audio interface that has this many outputs (I don't think a firewire interface with that many outputs exists).
Something like a MOTU 24i/o + a zed 24 would be a great combination, and would cost less than a r16. But you need a desktop with a PCI slot to utilize the 24 i/o. For me, the r16 is the best option.
Something like a MOTU 24i/o + a zed 24 would be a great combination, and would cost less than a r16. But you need a desktop with a PCI slot to utilize the 24 i/o. For me, the r16 is the best option.
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Well I couldnt take it anymore gents. I crumbled and bought a zed-r16. I'll let ya know how it goes.
I'm scared as heck to sell my trusty apogee stuff to fund this, but my aforementioned friend has such a sick workflow and sound right now I had to get in on the game.
I'm scared as heck to sell my trusty apogee stuff to fund this, but my aforementioned friend has such a sick workflow and sound right now I had to get in on the game.
"Why does this process have to be SO complex" -- Ritardo Montalban
Dont these mixers produce sound on their own??nrjizer wrote:Well I've also looked at the Zed 24, but bear in mind that you'll need some kind of interface with 20 analog outputs in order to put a zed 24 to full use. I use a Macbook with firewire and I cannot find any audio interface that has this many outputs (I don't think a firewire interface with that many outputs exists).
Something like a MOTU 24i/o + a zed 24 would be a great combination, and would cost less than a r16. But you need a desktop with a PCI slot to utilize the 24 i/o. For me, the r16 is the best option.
I'm confused...
They mix whatever signals you plug into them, of course. Since I was responding to BLM specifically, and he previously indicated in the thread that he has never used an analog mixer before and uses ableton, I presumed that he wants to mix a lot of signals originating from his DAW. In which case he would absolutely need an interface to be order to use the Zed to the full potential.miniMAL_420 wrote:Dont these mixers produce sound on their own??nrjizer wrote:Well I've also looked at the Zed 24, but bear in mind that you'll need some kind of interface with 20 analog outputs in order to put a zed 24 to full use. I use a Macbook with firewire and I cannot find any audio interface that has this many outputs (I don't think a firewire interface with that many outputs exists).
Something like a MOTU 24i/o + a zed 24 would be a great combination, and would cost less than a r16. But you need a desktop with a PCI slot to utilize the 24 i/o. For me, the r16 is the best option.
I'm confused...
That's correct. I'm going to want to send each channel from my DAW to the channels on the mixer so I can mix properly.nrjizer wrote:They mix whatever signals you plug into them, of course. Since I was responding to BLM specifically, and he previously indicated in the thread that he has never used an analog mixer before and uses ableton, I presumed that he wants to mix a lot of signals originating from his DAW. In which case he would absolutely need an interface to be order to use the Zed to the full potential.miniMAL_420 wrote:Dont these mixers produce sound on their own??nrjizer wrote:Well I've also looked at the Zed 24, but bear in mind that you'll need some kind of interface with 20 analog outputs in order to put a zed 24 to full use. I use a Macbook with firewire and I cannot find any audio interface that has this many outputs (I don't think a firewire interface with that many outputs exists).
Something like a MOTU 24i/o + a zed 24 would be a great combination, and would cost less than a r16. But you need a desktop with a PCI slot to utilize the 24 i/o. For me, the r16 is the best option.
I'm confused...