Novice mixing board suggestions?

Silk · Post by **Silk** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:04 pm

Working on a budget novice recording studio for my computer So far, I've ordered a B1 Studioprojects all-purpose mic and an Audiophile 2496 soundcard, both to the great help of other forums and friends. Now, I'm on to the mixing board. What I had inmind was a Behringer UB802 8 input- it's $50, great price, and it seems from reviews that it's a good buy for the price and quality. Phantom power for mics and 2 working preamps built in for them to go through. Zzounds entry is here: http://www.zzounds.com/prodsearch?form= ... B802+mixer
Any experiences or tips to share? I'd also like to know how exactly I should go about wiring this to the soundcard

trippinants13 · Post by **trippinants13** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:21 pm

I have a yamaha mg/10 and it is great. you can hear it in action here. Really nice preamps.

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=18679

Here is the link to the board:
http://www.zzounds.com/item--YAMMG102

As for to the sound card you need this to the soundcard:
http://www.8thstreet.com/prod.asp?pid=2632

Get two of them and have 4 mono tracks or two stereo. You also could get another and come out of the soundcards outs back to the mixer so you can control the final mix.

EDIT:Sorry just looked at your card. You could just use rca cables from the board to the soundcard.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:27 pm

thats a good one, get this one though...
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHUB1202

great mixer im planning on getting one, my friend has one, 12 fucking inputs... cant ask for more than that can ya?

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:16 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:thats a good one, get this one though...
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHUB1202

great mixer im planning on getting one, my friend has one, 12 fucking inputs... cant ask for more than that can ya?

i own the 1202, and its decent, but if you plan on using it for live shows any time soon, get a bigger one, this one has only 4 mic ins

but for homerecording, i dont think it can be beat

T714 · Post by **T714** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:57 pm

the simplest, cheapest and most inexpensive models are made by Behringer, called the "Eurorack"...

type that in at Musicians Friends and you can read all the details...

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:13 pm

yep, thats what were talking 'bout

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:43 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:
filmdude100cms wrote:thats a good one, get this one though...
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHUB1202

great mixer im planning on getting one, my friend has one, 12 fucking inputs... cant ask for more than that can ya?
i own the 1202, and its decent, but if you plan on using it for live shows any time soon, get a bigger one, this one has only 4 mic ins

but for homerecording, i dont think it can be beat

exactly, hes setting up a studio, and weve gotten some really good recordings off that little thing and been able to do some nice work in a laptop on some cheap software.

Silk · Post by **Silk** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 12:36 pm

Alright.. thanks for all the help. The setup is basically just for getting started, I'll upgrade as time goes on. The Yamaha was one that looked good as well... does it have phantom power? If the preamps are good, it might be worth it. For inputs.. I'm just planning this for home recording, guitar, mic, bass.. misc instruments with the mic. Should I really be looking at 12 inputs, or will 8 cut it?

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 1:19 pm

well it depends, the 8 input one has only 2 mic inputs i think, so if you want to record all that at the same time, you wont be able to

and the 12 input one has 4 mic ins, do it depeneds what you want to do

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 3:41 pm

yeh, just make sure you have enough mic inputs for whatever you're trying to record.