Hi. I'm thinking of e-baying a load of gear and using one of these digital mixers as both a practise room/live mixer and audio interface.
I quite like the Mackie because it just looks simpler. The Presonus offers a whole lot more (and is a bit more expensive) but I don't want to spend all my time figuring out the mixer instead of playing or recording.
Anyone else looked at these (or other options?) and have any comments about using them with Logic 9? Comparable preamp quality?
Part of me say wait till all this kit moves to Thunderbolt, but it doesn't seem to be happening very fast. There's a new Thunderbolt to FW800 adapter from Apple. Do we think this will talk to FW400 okay? - as found on most FW interfaces.
Any help would be much appreciated.
I quite like the Mackie because it just looks simpler. The Presonus offers a whole lot more (and is a bit more expensive) but I don't want to spend all my time figuring out the mixer instead of playing or recording.
Anyone else looked at these (or other options?) and have any comments about using them with Logic 9? Comparable preamp quality?
Part of me say wait till all this kit moves to Thunderbolt, but it doesn't seem to be happening very fast. There's a new Thunderbolt to FW800 adapter from Apple. Do we think this will talk to FW400 okay? - as found on most FW interfaces.
Any help would be much appreciated.