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Scott Olewiler

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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #100 on: July 27, 2017, 02:33:22 PM »

i have a mackie onyx 1640i analog mixer with firewire connection to a laptop to ableton for effects and the option of recording gigs... the output from the computer is 16 channels not just 2 stereo outputs... so you can send all 16 tracks into and out of the laptop to be routed however you want from the mixer to whatever buses and speakers you decide...

Can someone explain this to me?  I can't seem to grasp what Ableton does here and how we end up with 16 outputs.
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #101 on: July 27, 2017, 02:36:24 PM »

Can someone explain this to me?  I can't seem to grasp what Ableton does here and how we end up with 16 outputs.

I gave up trying to understand the signal flow or actual use about 4 pages ago.
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #102 on: July 27, 2017, 02:43:08 PM »

Can someone explain this to me?  I can't seem to grasp what Ableton does here and how we end up with 16 outputs.

I got confused by this too Scott but thought I was missing something. How can this be done?
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #103 on: July 27, 2017, 03:03:37 PM »

The "signal flow" seems to be "reading product literature and imagining how it works".
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #104 on: July 27, 2017, 06:02:20 PM »

Can someone explain this to me?  I can't seem to grasp what Ableton does here and how we end up with 16 outputs.

The Firewire interface is just for recording / studio use.  It is 16 in 3 out from the PC / Mac. IMO, the only use for this in a live scenario would be to multitrack record to a DAW.  I think the OP is overestimating the capability of this mixer, as Mr. Rees would suggest.
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #105 on: July 27, 2017, 09:48:36 PM »

I have seen a guy who used a multi-channel recording interface and a laptop as a mixer.  This was before rack mounted digital mixers became popular.  He ran a few plug-ins on it but it was pretty easy to get carried away with multiple things on every track and latency.  When I saw him do it, it was in a bar where there weren't a lot of inputs.

I suppose you could use such a set up as multiple external FX loops, but kind of unnecessary given what you can get in a 3U box these days.
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #106 on: July 28, 2017, 11:38:10 AM »

I think you guys missed that he is sticking to electronic drums?? I guess that negates the idea of doing sound for others. I am really confused, so far I gather he is a drummer who wants to build a rig for DJ's and eventually for bands who must use electronic drums.

Did I understand correctly?
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #107 on: July 28, 2017, 06:49:43 PM »

...  I am really confused ... Did I understand correctly?
I am not so much confused as confounded by OP not telling us the whole story. (What does he really want to accomplish, what is the real short and long term budget, what is the business plan if this is going to be a business, is he in a band and is this for his band for starters, etc.)

Did you understand correctly ??? I'm not sure any of us understand what he really wants.

At this point, I simply give up.
(I suspect many others who know more than I about sound, are also smarter than I about when to stop trying and gave up a while back.)
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #108 on: July 29, 2017, 11:08:50 AM »

bands and djs... i own most of the band equipment, 2 mics, mic stands, guitars, keyboard, 16 channel firewire mixer, electronic drums,

along with numark ns7 and laptop and odyssey case...

smaller pubs mostly
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
« Reply #109 on: July 29, 2017, 09:08:51 PM »

bands and djs... i own most of the band equipment, 2 mics, mic stands, guitars, keyboard, 16 channel firewire mixer, electronic drums,

along with numark ns7 and laptop and odyssey case...

smaller pubs mostly
What sort of bands are you doing with only 2 mics?
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Re: best cheap dj/band speakers
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