The Alesis iO Mix gives you a hardware mixer with an iPad dock for recording up to four channels of audio onto your iPad, transforming it into a powerful portable studio. With the iO Mix, you can record multiple microphones or instruments directly into compatible apps such as GarageBand. The Alesis iO Mix was announced at Musikmesse 2012.
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Owning a pair of vinyl or CD decks is not enough if you want to start DJing as you will also need a suitable mixer to link everything together and sit at the heart of your set-up. Because the mixer is unlikely to affect how well you can mix, I would say that it is more important to get a decent pair of decks, rather than splashing your budget on a super all-singing, all-dancing mixer and only having enough left over for a pair of poor decks (the exception to this case is scratch DJs who will need something sturdy with a smooth crossfader to complement some decent decks). However, the mixer is likely to have a lot to do with the sound quality of your mixes, as well as determining how many turntables you can connect and mix from at once, and some mixers may even includes additional creative features such as built-in effects and sample recorders/loopers.
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Alto have announced a brand new series of live mixers called Masterlink Live, which make use of the iPad to add a large touchscreen to help you control your live mixes. There are currently two models in the Masterlink Live series; the Masterlink Live 16 (a 16 channel mixer) and the Masterlink Live 24 (a 24 channel version).
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The Line 6 StageScape M20d Mixer is the world’s first ‘smart mixing’ system for live sound. It uses a touchscreen to allow you to mix in a brand new way and also features built-in DSP for powerful audio processing on each channel, including multi-band feedback suppression. The StageScape M20d also includes multi-channel recording functionality, making it extremely easy to capture every rehearsal or show.
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The Mackie DL1608 is the latest product to harness the power of the iPad, combining it with the feature-set of a digital mixer for live mixing like you have never seen before! The Mackie DL1608 features 16 boutique-quality Onyx preamps, which sound absolutely excellent – something that we can confirm as they are the same ones that are featured on the Onyx range of mixing desks. Combine this with the built-in 24-bit Cirrus Logic AD/DA converters and you have yourself one hell of a great sounding product!
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Stuck between a digital rock and an analogue hard place? Let Jono Buchanan and Andy Legg help you out of it…
Before the days of FireWire and USB-based DAW recording, the word ‘digital’ equated to ‘expensive’ and we were all charged a premium for digitally controlled signal paths and other digital features. However, over the years the cost of technology has fallen quickly so digital hardware is now more affordable than ever. Nevertheless, is a digital mixer right for your needs and budget? Well, hopefully that’s what the next three pages will help you to decide!
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The Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2 and 16.4.2 have already established themselves as popular products for both home and studio use. With this kind of momentum behind them, Presonus cleverly decided that the next step was to release a scaled down version that would be more friendly on the piggy bank and more suited to people that simply don’t need all the channels of the original versions. In this blog post I fired up the Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 and found out exactly what it could do…
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I’ve really been treated this month when it comes to DAW controllers! I thought that my luck had peaked when I was asked to review the awesome SSL Nucleus last week, but no sooner had I stopped typing the final sentence, I received an e-mail asking if would mind taking a look at the new Allen & Heath GS-R24 mixer/control surface/interface. Would i mind? Let me think… this job certainly has its perks! 
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Yes, it’s Mackie again! My blogs have gone a little Mackie crazy recently, but it’s for good reason… there are just so many awesome Mackie products that are begging to be reviewed! And I will let you in with a little secret…I’m planning on creating a fair few more Mackie product reviews over the coming weeks as I want to take a detailed look at the fantastic Onyx range of mixers, starting with the 1220i…
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Well, I’ve brought you the Mackie ProFX8 review, so I thought I may as well let you know about the ProFX12 as well! Yes, I know they are both very similar… but the ProFX12 does offer a little more flexibility compared to the ProFX8, so I thought it was worth dedicating an extra blog post to…
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