What can I use this for??
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What can I use this for??
I have a Shure M367 mic/line mixer like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... eName=WDVW
just sitting around my house, it has been used very little, and I am thinking about selling it, unless you guys can give me an idea of some uses for it.
thanks
justin
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... eName=WDVW
just sitting around my house, it has been used very little, and I am thinking about selling it, unless you guys can give me an idea of some uses for it.
thanks
justin
Re: What can I use this for??
Have you tried using it as a summing mixer for mixing out of the box?
Re: What can I use this for??
How do the pres and limiter sound?
If it has a unique tone, I'd try it out as a simple channel strip. Try pushing a kick drum through it hard see how it reacts
If it has a unique tone, I'd try it out as a simple channel strip. Try pushing a kick drum through it hard see how it reacts
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Re: What can I use this for??
Try it on a bunch of stuff before you sell. If you don't like it, make it go away.
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Re: What can I use this for??
I'm really sorry, but i'm not familiar with this process. What, if you can briefly explain it, does it mean?MT wrote:Have you tried using it as a summing mixer for mixing out of the box?
Justin
Re: What can I use this for??
If you record on a DAW, run six outputs (bypass your software's master fader) through your soundcard into this unit, then take the 2 outs of the unit back into 2 inputs of your DAW and record the mix into 2 channels in your software.
Compare it to a mixdown file exported from your recording software and see what kind of differences you find.
Just a suggestion. Null if you're not recording on a DAW.
MT
Compare it to a mixdown file exported from your recording software and see what kind of differences you find.
Just a suggestion. Null if you're not recording on a DAW.
MT
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Re: What can I use this for??
It means sending a number of tracks or subgroups from your DAW out through individual D/A converters so that they can be mixed (summed) in the analog realm and then recording the 2-track result. It's a hot topic right now. I believe the mixer you're referring to has a mono output and no pan assigns so it's probably no good for this purpose - unless of course you're mixing in mono.JustinHedrick wrote:I'm really sorry, but i'm not familiar with this process. What, if you can briefly explain it, does it mean?MT wrote:Have you tried using it as a summing mixer for mixing out of the box?
Justin
Re: What can I use this for??
That would pretty much kill the summing idea.Family Hoof wrote:I believe the mixer you're referring to has a mono output and no pan assigns so it's probably no good for this purpose - unless of course you're mixing in mono.
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Re: What can I use this for??
yes check out the limiter before you get rid of it. it might be useful as a pre for a different things too. also just try hitting it really hard with various things like synths, other keys, guitars what have you. it may distort very nicely. im a firm believer that you should NEVER get rid of a piece of gear. even if you only find one use for it. once its gone you'll never be able to get that sound again. but then again you don?t know how it sounds until you try it.
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Re: What can I use this for??
send a copy of your drum kit room or overhead mic through the limiter. squash it silly. mix it mildly with your overall kit.
Re: What can I use this for??
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Re: What can I use this for??
Isnt the limiter like a faster level loc in that thing?
Check out the limiter, or send it to me to check out.... I love funky limiter/compressor stuff of all kinds...
Check out the limiter, or send it to me to check out.... I love funky limiter/compressor stuff of all kinds...
Re: What can I use this for??
Hey Takeout. I was looking at your avatar, and was just wondering,after that "haymaker", did that guy get back up yet!...takeout wrote:"Well... you could make a hat, or a brooch, or a pretodactyl..."
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Re: What can I use this for??
They are tough and reliable little mixers meant for conference room installations or news gathering. I can't imagine it would be too terribly useful in recording other than having around for an occasional odd sound, and it's up to you to decide whether that sound is worth keeping it, or if selling it for $200 on eBay would get you something else that lends a more useful weird sound more often.
But then, if you play out live, these kinds of mixers are very handy since they allow you to submix a bunch of mono channels if the board is too small. That's handy for backing vocal mics, horns, or multiple mics/pickups on the guitar rig that could get summed there and then sent down one channel on a board. That's why the box has a line level & mic level output.
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But then, if you play out live, these kinds of mixers are very handy since they allow you to submix a bunch of mono channels if the board is too small. That's handy for backing vocal mics, horns, or multiple mics/pickups on the guitar rig that could get summed there and then sent down one channel on a board. That's why the box has a line level & mic level output.
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Re: What can I use this for??
i've got an older crappier 6ch version of this lying around somewhere. i don't think that i've used it in 5+ years. what was nifty though, is that you could run it off from a 9v battery. excellent for budget remote recording to video. that's when i last used it...
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