I would try the mic amps in the SSL, and compare them with the A&H, but ultimately I’d like to use the mixer, what I’m more concerned with is the overall sound quality of the converters and monitoring section. Yep, that's why I noted the SSL's line inputs bypass the unit's preamps so your A&H pre ...

Are older early DX7 mk1 synths more noisy that later serial number DX7 mk1 synths? Or is this a myth? If so, what is the remedy to make a early serial number more like a perfect later unit. The serial number that I'm planning on restoring is 4915. I'm considering looking into a way of getting the ...

Like I referenced before, be sure to check out the control software of the Clarett and make sure you're comfortable with it, I wasn't impressed, but then you'd need to check any interface, other than class compliant. Also, given you're using the preamps on the MixWizard, is it important that the ...

I'm another proponent of the flexibility offered by digital connectivity. My journey began with an RME Digiface which I bought to squeeze life from a FireWire interface that wouldn't connect or talk to a new Mac. At the time it was a reluctant purchase of what seemed to be an expensive dongle ...

Another one of those things that just pop up when you’re not expecting them, working on a project that involves a few mono mic's that need individual compression, on my mixer routing for the groups is in pairs, 1/2 3/4 etc, not singularly, and the inserts for my compressors are pre-fade pre-pan, ...

Martin Walker wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2026 3:43 pm To avoid everyone else having to follow the link to find out who Tony is referring to, the YouTube video is entitled:

Capturing the Invisible – Part 1: A Conversation with Robin Rimbaud (Scanner)

And it is indeed fascinating

Trust me to leave out the obvious.

Sat down and all was fine, settings were fine, it’s that ghost again.

... the 2600 as a synth in its own right is ergonomically perfect, the best ever made in that respect. If a Korg reissue ever comes up I’m buying it. I've got a Korg ARP 2600 M and it's a lovely thing indeed. Smaller than the FS of course, but that's never been an issue for me. I quite fancy one of ...

Tomás Mulcahy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2026 7:12 pm Novation are great. KS rack still gets a lot of use here, and the Bass Station 2 beats most things for bass, even a Moog.

Yes.

BillB wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2026 9:48 am

Arpangel wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2026 9:29 am If a Korg reissue ever comes up I’m buying it.

Yer gonna need a bigger table!

Ha Ha! Yes, but they do look cool.
I can remember sending off for a brochure about the 2600 in 1972, from F W O Bauch, I was earning £20 a week, and the synth was 2k! It would be 4 years before I bought my VCS3

If monitor control is an issue, can I just say I bought an Audient Nero and before I’d installed it, found an almost new iD44 at CEX or Cash Converters or somewhere like that at a healthy discount. It has a good chunk of the monitor control facilities I bought the Nero for, if not all the headphone ...

Yes, MOTU have a good reputation and I had a good run with their 828 (many years ago) and their 10pre before moving over to the Apollo. But for Tony, maybe the 16R - 16 line inputs off the MixWizard as well as ADAT, or perhaps the 848, with 8 dedicated line inputs, 4 preamps and ADAT. https://motu ...

I’ve completely gone off the idea of Behringer remakes, they no longer fascinate me or represent benefits of any type, I’m completely de-Behringerising my studio. Apart from the B2600? Got to say, the B Model D got me the basics of the Moog sound in a very small package - I know, not the same exp ...

Just a thought, the UMC1820 has an ADAT input, if 8 channels is enough any thought to trying an ADAT interface into the 1820 to see if that's any better? Good idea, the only thing with that is that I don’t need 16 channels in total, ultimately. I know you’re saying use the expander as my main mic pr ...

I like him, I wasn’t sure for awhile, as he seemed to come across as very nerdy, and a bit too into the tech for my liking, but this video has proved me wrong, I love his studio, lots of books, and some interesting personal insights. I have met him a couple of times, but never got the chance to s ...

Yes, it hasn’t escaped my new broom, today it’s come under scrutiny, do I need to keep it, really. I was playing around with my Novation A-Station yesterday, which I’ve had for many many years, it’s great, and I was using it with a Zoom CDR70, it was very surprising how close I could get to reprodu ...

Just a thought, the UMC1820 has an ADAT input, if 8 channels is enough any thought to trying an ADAT interface into the 1820 to see if that's any better? Good idea, the only thing with that is that I don’t need 16 channels in total, ultimately. I know you’re saying use the expander as my main mic pr ...

Hugh Robjohns wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2026 3:55 pm and I can't face the learning curve posts associated with a new desk of the complexity of the SSL

Neither can I.

Since the MixWiz has a direct out and insert on every mono channel plus 4 subs and 6 auxes you might consider going for an interface with line level I/O only. Lots of ways to configure it! Good idea! SSL? Dave, it is an unknown quantity, as, they’ve either changed their tack, or if it does have t ...

Trying to make bespoke "fitted" studio furniture with slots for this and that, I can’t think of anything more disastrous here, it would only take a few days before it was covered in stuff squashed onto shelves, pointless.
Things are always being moved here, as stuff comes and goes.

Thanks Hugh, James, I get it, could be an option, or the Big Six, but that’s a complete unknown quantity. Somehow I always assumed the Big Six had ADAT? Seems not (couple MIDI DINs wouldn't hurt either!) Dave. The Big Six has no home here, it’s not going to be worth it in terms of a sound quality im ...

Thanks Hugh, James, I get it, could be an option, or the Big Six, but that’s a complete unknown quantity.

So how does this work with the Digiface? is it just converters?

I’d rather steer clear of RME altogether, after my experience with a UCX. No one can persuade me, I'll be on edge all the time using it, my ears didn’t like it. UAD? maybe, don’t want to get an SSL mixer, I like my A&H. Still thinking about a Prism, only because a friend has one, and raves about it, ...

OK folks, what interface then? no budget limit. Must have good mic amps, and at least 6 analogue inputs, and like my Behringer have an easily accessible direct/computer mix knob. I’ve tried RME, didn’t like the sound, too hard, clinical. My short list is Prism, UAD, Lynx, I’ve thought about SSL and F ...