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I tried to solve this with an Allen & Heath zed-r16 FireWire mixer, but it doesn't work with thunderbolt on my system. Anyone used one of their MixWizard 4 series with the usb card? Supposedly you get a nice analog mixer with 16 tracks to the DAW via usb, but that seems too good to be true. I too hate the idea of reconnecting things all the time.
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Jan 25, 2015 20:38
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Try being very close to the mic. SM-57s sound really different if you get up close to them. A condenser will sound really different, be a bit less sensitive to positioning, pick up a lot more nuances (and background noise), and might be more to your liking. 57s are very directional, hard to overload, and a bit unforgiving about technique. If you move the audio source a bit, it will be noticeable. You can use this to great effect, or find it really annoying. From what I've read, and some experience, 57s are good at micing guitar amps and some drums, but they aren't most people's mic of choice for vocals.
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Aug 14, 2015 18:48
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Allen & Heath ZED-R16? I don't know what they go for used, but I wasn't offered much for mine when I was thinking of trading it in.
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Aug 27, 2015 06:42
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It doesn't feel cheaply built. I was generally pretty happy with it, but I've never gotten it to work over Thunderbolt since buying a Mac with no firewire port. I pretty much used it as an input device, and just used the mixer features to apply EQ and send to effects. I was never unhappy with the sound quality, and the driver seemed decent when I had firewire on my machine. Pros: 16 simultaneous input channels A&H mic preamps are pretty decent 4-band EQ Reliable Usable as standalone analog mixer Cons: Doesn't seem rack-mountable Short faders, they say Firewire over Thunderbolt works for others, never for me 4 sends, want 6 Faders not motorized
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Aug 27, 2015 22:47
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JamesKPolk posted:Can't speak to the PCI side but the main issue w/ Thunderbolt and Firewire is that Thunderbolt busses usually don't give things enough power. But if your interface powers itself, as of now (and for the forseeable future) an adapter will work without issue. Unless it doesn't. I just gave up on an Allen & Heath zedr16. The guy I gave it to couldn't get it to work on Windows either. It worked fine for me until I upgraded my Mac to one with no firewire.
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Jan 16, 2017 19:06
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I have an M4. Haven’t used it on Windows but it has been really solid on a Mac.
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