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I'm looking for a mixer and interface (possibly combined) for home jamming and recording.
I got a couple of the volca synths for Christmas, and I want to be able to jam and record up to 4 synths at a time. I will probably want to be able to run my guitar into it too.
I get confused by the number of inputs, as they're not all the same right? I don't really understand all the differences. I see the XLR inputs are generally used for mics. I probably will only need one of those at most, but if a mixer had two, could I used one for guitar or synth with a jack to xlr lead?
This Behringer mixer is what I'm looking at (http://www.music-group.com/Categories/Behringer/Mixers/Analog-Mixers/Q802USB/p/P0ALM) but I don't know if it's giving me what I want.
Any suggestions would be most welcome.
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I believe your requirements would be better met by something like this:-
https://uk.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-18i8
which would allow you to record 4 synths, guitar and mics simultaneously to seperate tracks. It is considerably more expensive though.
The other downside is that the mixer you linked to has basically 2 mono and 2 stereo inputs, lets say you use 1 mono input for guitar, one for a mic, you do technically still have 4 inputs left for your synths however 2 would be panned hard left and 2 hard right, so you would probably need a model above this that had more input channels to achieve a reasonable mix, assuming you are happy to record the mix in a live take to stereo.
Hope that helps!
It certainly does, thank you @wave100 @spark240 .
I plan to record into a mac and use garageband. Not so bothered about the recording output only being stereo, as I think I'd prob be recording parts individually anyway. One thing that someone said is that the Behringer mixer/interface all in one might struggle with the guitar input, as the input is not an instrument or hi-z input?
Looking at it, I'd probably be best getting an interface. But if I want an interface with more than a couple of inputs, it's looking like big money.
Might consider getting a cheap interface https://www.music-group.com/Categories/Behringer/Computer-Audio/Audio-Interfaces/UM2/p/P0AVV#
and a cheap mixer.