<div dir="ltr">I've had two Zeds, and they are indeed nice if you don't need the multi tracking function. I've heard great things about the Soundcrafts as well. I personally have no need for a mixer anymore, as I have mixers inside the modular (Befaco Hexmix, I'm a Eurorack guy) and have balanced cables running from there straight to my interface, and back for processing recorded audio through modules.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 3:23 PM Tom Bugs <<a href="mailto:admin@bugbrand.co.uk">admin@bugbrand.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Without wanting to hijack..<br>
I've just got a 2nd Soundcraft signature 12 mtk - had one already
for home - perfectly reasonable mid size desk (can be rack
mounted) with built in multitrack USB interface which is a very
convenient & useful feature.<br>
I'd previously tried the A&H Zed series and, while I like the
desks, those only had stereo USB recording built in.<br>
T<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Seconded, Tom. A new mixer or a good audio
interface so you can multitrack into your computer. I have the
Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre USB and it sounds phenomenal, deals with
my Synth levels just fine without anything in between, and no
ground loops.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 3:05
PM Tom Bugs <<a href="mailto:admin@bugbrand.co.uk" target="_blank">admin@bugbrand.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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simply suggest investing in a better mixer rather than
spending <br>
excess time/effort/monies on one which can't deal with such
basic usage <br>
specs!<br>
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On 20/02/2020 19:54, John Speth via Synth-diy wrote:<br>
> I'm hoping somebody can enlighten me if it's practical to
take the XLR <br>
> outputs from a passive DI box (transformer based) and use
an XLR to <br>
> 1/4 inch cable to drive my -10 dBV mixer inputs.<br>
><br>
> I'm looking at an ART 2 channel passive DI box <br>
> (<a href="https://artproaudio.com/product/dualzdirect-dual-professional-passive-direct-box/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://artproaudio.com/product/dualzdirect-dual-professional-passive-direct-box/</a>).
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> The problems I'm trying to solve are:<br>
><br>
> 1. My MOTM has such hot signals that they need
attenuation<br>
><br>
> 2. A ground loop problem between my MOTM and mixer<br>
><br>
> For this DI box to work, I'd need to buy or make a cable
with XLR on <br>
> one end and 1/4 inch TS on the other. The DI box has a
ground lift <br>
> which I'm nearly certain I would use. I would probably
use one or both <br>
> of the DI box input attenuators.<br>
><br>
> Is my idea practical? How do you guys solve such
problems?<br>
><br>
> Thanks - JJS<br>
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