Digital Mixer for Cubase posted by sc...

Digital Mixer for Cubase

Posted on Jul 08, 2008 07:58 pm
scrambler
Member Since: Jul 08, 2008

Hey Folks -

I want to be able to do some hands on mixing, of work recorded in the studio. I've been using Cubase since it’s the format my regular studio uses. I've only used the computer interface for mixing (in the box) and I'm looking for a small programmable mixer/controller.

I read somewhere that a firewire controller is great (fast) when you’re working with one or two tracks, but can’t be used to control multiple mixes…ie 7 or 8 tracks to the mixer plus e.q. programming etc.

So…has anyone found that a USB is a better interface for mix down workloads than fire-wire, or is it BS?

Thanks for your input,
Tom

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Noize2u
Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Jul 08, 2008 10:02 pm

Well yes and no.

USB is a bit more stable and are much more common the a firewire control surface. But yes, the only firewire ones I have seen are limited by the control on the box themselves. But that is not to say you can't run through a multi function menu which many of the USB one do anyway. But yes in the end USB is a lot more reliable then firewire for that at the moment.

What kind of budget are looking at? That will kind of set the bar for what you will be able to get in a control surface for the DAW.

scrambler
Member
Since: Jul 08, 2008

Jul 09, 2008 02:27 pm

Thanks for the quick reply. My intention is to do the work more as a function of producing than a final mixed product. Basically I'm taking the raw tracks and cleaning up any bleed, making gain adjustments, and doing some early post production with e.q. and laying out rough mixes. I'm trying to use the process to get an idea of how I want to "produce' the song before I sit back down with the engineer at $60 and hour.

I'm an old analog guy (and I do mean old!) So I'm hoping to get something in the $500-$1000 range that will give me some real rotary pots and faders that don't require tweazers to run.

I just got myself into the digital world as a player (Hammond B3) last year, when I picked up NI B4II and a USB controller for gigs where a 450 pound organ just won't work.

Thanks again for your insight.

Tom