Mixers In A Keyboard Setup

kylejun06 · Post by **kylejun06** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:49 am

Ok, soooo. I first bought this Alesis Multimix8USB Mixer when i was roughly 14. It was the first piece of musical equpiment I bought, and I bought it for recording purposes. Then, I got into keyboards and synthesizers, instead of recording, and I haven't found a good use for the mixer. I see tons of people's setup pics and there's mixers in most of them, and I don't understand how they use them. What do you all use your mixers for in your keyboard setup?

Clavier · Post by **Clavier** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:54 am

Running a bunch of synths through one PA.

pricklyrobot · Post by **pricklyrobot** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:28 pm

Clavier wrote:Running a bunch of synths through one PA.

Yup, what he said. In a word, we use them for "mixing."

burnt toast · Post by **burnt toast** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:40 pm

my mixer takes the instrument outputs and then outputs the mix into the sound card.

it also takes the soundcard output onto a second bus which i use for monitoring the PC's output.

obviously i can also monitor whatever i've plugged into the desk for when im not using the pc.

i use the mixer to set my input gains into the PC and then do my actual mixing in cubase.

Uncle Screwtape · Post by **Uncle Screwtape** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:56 am

My mixer is at the heart of my rig. I run a Mic, Synths & Misc. Instruments, Turntable, DVD, VHS & Cassette Deck. Everything funnels into a 2 channel sound card for recording without having to unplug anything. Call it working smart or laziness. Plus, I like knobs...

I also monitor everything from the board (instruments, audio components & DAW playback).