realhifi Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Anyone have experience with interfaces that take a mixing board signal into a Mac Mini and record it? David Link to comment
bdiament Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Hi realhifi, Anyone have experience with interfaces that take a mixing board signal into a Mac Mini and record it? Are you talking about the stereo output of the board or multiple individual channels? The best way to capture the output of the board would be via a good digital interface, such as those made by Metric Halo. That will work superbly for 2-channel stereo or multiple channels. The Metric Halo interfaces come with software that includes the finest recorder in my experience. For 2-channel stereo, a not so good way to capture the output of the board but one that costs a minimal amount of money would be to rig up an adapter. At one end, the adapter would have 2 of whatever the output connectors on the board are (XLR or phone connectors, most likely). At the other end, it would have a 3.5 mm stereo mini plug to go into the Mac's audio input port. You can use free software like Audacity to record the signals on the Mac. Hope this helps. Best regards, Barry Soundkeeper Recordings The Soundkeeper | Audio, Music, Recording, Playback Barry Diament Audio Link to comment
mayhem13 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 i'd add that there are a significant amount of choices for interfaces within a wide margin of features and affordability. There may be some high production vs costs advantages to units from PreSonus, Apogee, Focusrite, Alesis and others. I guess it all boils down to what level of performance you need. Link to comment
realhifi Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hi realhifi, Are you talking about the stereo output of the board or multiple individual channels? The best way to capture the output of the board would be via a good digital interface, such as those made by Metric Halo. H That will work superbly for 2-channel stereo or multiple channels. The Metric Halo interfaces come with software that includes the finest recorder in my experience. Hope this helps. Best regards, Barry Soundkeeper Recordings The Soundkeeper | Audio, Music, Recording, Playback Barry Diament Audio Thanks Barry. It's for a church and I think they are hoping to spend a but less. Any experience with the M-Audio line? David Link to comment
Audio_ELF Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 If you use a Mac; Apogee are worth a look. Especially now things like the Duet can also record direct to an iPad which can be convenient. M-Audio have a good reputation at the budget end... Eloise Eloise --- ...in my opinion / experience... While I agree "Everything may matter" working out what actually affects the sound is a trickier thing. And I agree "Trust your ears" but equally don't allow them to fool you - trust them with a bit of skepticism. keep your mind open... But mind your brain doesn't fall out. Link to comment
bdiament Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hi realhifi, Thanks Barry. It's for a church and I think they are hoping to spend a but less. Any experience with the M-Audio line? Just sent a PM. Best regards, Barry Soundkeeper Recordings The Soundkeeper | Audio, Music, Recording, Playback Barry Diament Audio Link to comment
gmgraves Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Anyone have experience with interfaces that take a mixing board signal into a Mac Mini and record it? Yes. I do that. I have a dedicated mixer/digital interface that permanently connected to my Mini via IEE1394 (FireWire). It's an Alesis I/O26. 8 XLR Mic inputs and 8 Phone plug Line-level inputs. It also has a stereo phonograph inputs with built-in RIAA and supports 24/192. I use it with Audacity software. The Mini sees it right away and one just connects the device, goes into the sound preferences panel and under the input tab, selects the device by name. Then, if you're doing "hi-res", go: Applications > Utilities > Audio Midi Setup. Then select the interface device and set the maximum sampling rate and number of channels to your required configuration. Then, you have to "point" Audacity to the FireWire inputs. But that's all. When I was recording using a Mac Laptop I used a an audio-to USB interface with Audacity. It only supported up to 24/96. But the computer setup steps were the same as for the FireWire input. Hope this helps. George Link to comment
gmgraves Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks Barry. It's for a church and I think they are hoping to spend a but less. Any experience with the M-Audio line? Try the Behringer U-CONTROL UCA202 It's less than $30 and is more than adequate for your purposes providing you are recording 16-bit, 48 KHz (or less). George Link to comment
realhifi Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks all for the info and suggestions. Will be taking the Mackie DL1608 into the Mac post mixing. Again, thanks for the suggestions! David Link to comment
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