Interface for laptop mixing
Interface for laptop mixing
I'm looking for an inexpensive interface for laptop mixing. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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If you just need a decent stereo out for monitoring, the Dragonfly costs $149. It plugs into your USB port and gives you a 1/8" stereo output that all the audiophiles have been raving about, and they're pretty anal retentive people. You could either plug in headphones or connect it to monitors with an adapter.
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The dragonfly sounds like it might be the ballpark of what I'm looking for. Here is my situation. My main recording setup is at the bass players house, due to more space for tracking. I've been taking the raw tracks and copying them to the laptop to take home and mix on my own time. I really just need something to lighten the load on the computer for audio processing. No crazy inputs, or preamps or any of that.
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OMG - someone is taking my advice? I'm not used to this - even from my students or children!jakeao wrote:The dragonfly sounds like it might be the ballpark of what I'm looking for. Here is my situation. My main recording setup is at the bass players house, due to more space for tracking. I've been taking the raw tracks and copying them to the laptop to take home and mix on my own time. I really just need something to lighten the load on the computer for audio processing. No crazy inputs, or preamps or any of that.
Could you please sign a waiver for me in case it ends up I had my head up my butt?
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I used a Tascam US-1641 at my rehearsal space and an ART USB DualPre at home. I would lug my computer tower back and forth. Lately, I've just been carrying my laptop back and forth. I use the onboard soundcard for playback most of the time while at home. I just plug in some headphones and I can work on edits, automation...things like that. I've even mixed this way and had pretty good results.
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Yeah, no shame in using factory sound cards!kevin206 wrote:I used a Tascam US-1641 at my rehearsal space and an ART USB DualPre at home. I would lug my computer tower back and forth. Lately, I've just been carrying my laptop back and forth. I use the onboard soundcard for playback most of the time while at home. I just plug in some headphones and I can work on edits, automation...things like that. I've even mixed this way and had pretty good results.
See for example Ethan Winer's famous soundblaster listening challenge in this demo at http://youtu.be/BYTlN6wjcvQ?t=41m15s
High-quality files from him for testing yourself at http://ethanwiner.com/aes/
...and you can use my program to do the ABX test so you know your results are for real :-) : http://lacinato.com/cm/software/othersoft/abx
That said, the factory soundcard in my laptop is terrible, so it's definitely not a sure thing. :-)
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chconnor wrote:very cool.. thanks for posting.. checking out some Ethan Winer videos now!! Enlightening!kevin206 wrote:
See for example Ethan Winer's famous soundblaster listening challenge in this demo at http://youtu.be/BYTlN6wjcvQ?t=41m15s
High-quality files from him for testing yourself at http://ethanwiner.com/aes/
...and you can use my program to do the ABX test so you know your results are for real : http://lacinato.com/cm/software/othersoft/abx
That said, the factory soundcard in my laptop is terrible, so it's definitely not a sure thing.
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if anyone out there could make an amazing u47 clone as good as flea or wagner for under $2k I would visit every studio in Melbourne and flog it for free. Seriously this must be possible??
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