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Choose a Mixer
How to set up a Mixer
Picking the Right Monitors
Making the Perfect Mix
Using Pan Controls
Using EQ
Mixing in Software vs Hardware
Guide to Control Surfaces
Mastering at Home
16 vs 24 bit Demystified
Basics of Surround sound
Catalog: Studio Monitors
Catalog:  Mixers
Using Waves Plugins
Mixer Calibration
Review: Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro
Review:  Mackie HR 824
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Setting Up Surround on an 8 Bus Mixer
Configuring a Recording Rig-Page 3

 

Analog Mixers Price List

 

A Quick Primer on Mixers:
A 2+2 bus mixer typically has both main stereo outs and an "alt 3-4" or "subgroups out" for connecting to a soundcard. These are fine for using a computer as a recorder. Stereo mixers do not have this bus. I do not recommend them for computer multi-track recording A 4-bus mixer typically has main stereo outs plus two alt or subgroup busses. These are great if you have a soundcard or audio interface with more than 2 inputs.  However, some manufacturers call their 2+2 mixer 4-bus mixers because they count the main outs as 2 and the alt bus as two more.  So  be careful you might find some 2+2 mixers lurking the in zzounds 4-bus category.

Stereo and 2+2 Bus Mixers

4-Bus Mixers

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Allen and Heath ZED14 Mixer with USB Interface
The Allen and Heath ZED-14 has a fantastic pedigree which comes from nearly 40 years of making mixing desks for the professional sound community. The audio circuitry is based on years of continual development and refinement and the performance of all the elements within the mixer is has been perfected to ensure the very best sound quality possible.