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Brainbelly
Joined: 05/03/02
Location: Mellow Mendocino California
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My studio gets IO upgrade
Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 1:32 PM
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The io I was waiting for finally arrived (sorry earth for all the pollution created in transport just to satisfy corporate greed and feed a few more Chinese citizens) This is a firewire connected mix input output. It is a nice compact unit the size of a thick book. Easy 8 in and out plus adat inputs to raise the number more than twofold. next task for me is to optimize my Sonar platform (a questionable mission on a business machine Dell 4700)
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination, but crossing the road with your eyes closed is easy" -John Lennon - “What relates to reality, is not certain; and what is certain, is not real.” --Albert Einstein
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Sonic Wallpaper
Joined: 05/22/01
Location: San Diego, CA
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RE: My studio gets IO upgrade
Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 1:41 PM
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wow... 8ins!
But the real question is, can the PC handle recording 8 channels at once 
Looks like a great unit. I've always liked Alesis products. I used to have a Quadrasynth, an SR16 and an ADAT - all solid products.
have you previously done your mixing live down to stereo, then into your PC?
Most of my hardware based tracks are done that way.
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Brainbelly
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Location: Mellow Mendocino California
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RE: My studio gets IO upgrade
Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 2:17 PM
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Previous input methods include M-Audio FW410 and Tascam 1884. The 410 was a vast improvement over various cards and breakout boxes I used previous. I managed on several occasions to pipe 4 channels direct from instrument to computer but that was rare mainly because I had to keep moving and changing my set-ups due to severer space restraints. I oh too briefly was in the process of setting up a studio outside of my house in a commercial building where for some various technical labor I exchanged to get use of room at night. I purchased the Tascam to take a "professional" approach and had some learning sessions on it, but alas, the doctor I was doing the exchange with had a serious reversal in the practice that was being set up and I lost the space. So I had to pack it all up and the 1884 sat stored atop my refrigerator for two years. When I built my music shed last summer I brought out and set up the Tascam but I constantly had problems with it dropping the firewire connection. After checking my setup and connections and then reading various user forums I found that there is probably a bad intermittent connection with the firewire control chip on the 1884. Various solutions were suggested and I tried them but the work around seemed way too much hassle for having spent $1200 USD. Since so much time had passed the warranty is expired and the closest service company is 100 miles away so I figure for the moment this Alesis is cheaper than the repair. Plus I hope I might get lucky and e able to use the adat out off the 1884 and input into the Alesis 26i|o. To answer your quesion I've most always recorded direct to computer except for a time i used a Korg D12. The D12 is good but the interface was hard to see and as you get older those kind of things can be important. I will note here one of the attraction of the Alesis 26i|o was the inputs on top (instead of through the back), the spacing and size of the knobs (though I think I do prefer faders).
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination, but crossing the road with your eyes closed is easy" -John Lennon - “What relates to reality, is not certain; and what is certain, is not real.” --Albert Einstein
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