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JolX
Published on 01/14/11 at 12:35
I need a mixer to create me a headphone jack and volume control that is not software. I plug my soundcard (Echo Mia MIDI) on the Alesis Multimix, which I plug my monitors and my headphones. The volume controls for headphones and monitors are separated, which is very convenient. Good point, inputs support all of +4 dBu.
I never used the Alesis MultiMix as sound card, since I have a pretty better. There are no drivers. When you plug in USB, Windows automatically installs generic drivers. I have not tested the behavior of the sound card drivers with asio4all. The fact that there are no dedicated drivers is still not a priori bad. The quality is not top of the preamp, I think I remember they blow a lot, but for the price is normal. The map resolution is limited to the 44.1 kHz and above, 16 bit, which is not terrible. My
UTILIZATION
MultiMix is being repaired for 3 months. What happened is that from time to time, especially when the volume with which I returned to the table was low, the signal was sent over to the right output of the MultiMix. And so, from time to time when I was mixing in Cubase with great headroom (and thus a volume output from my PC rather small), my right speaker stopped working. It started doing that 3 months after purchasing the MultiMix. To resolve this, should significantly increase the output volume of the MultiMix to resend the signal it right. It happened very often, but I could reproduce the problem to envy, and so I decided to return it for repair. Since I bought a Yamaha MG102C, because 3 months is a long ...
SOUNDS
Since I was using it as a mixer, and not as sound card, I have not much to say. No problem, just plug in and it works. For the sound card, I can not say ...
OVERALL OPINION
It works well, but because the problem I mentioned, I can not put more than 4 for general view. I could endure the problem, but hey, when I buy something like nine I get it right. For cons, I do not know if this is the design of the Alesis Multimix 4 in general is not great, cheap components, for example, or if my card had a problem.
I never used the Alesis MultiMix as sound card, since I have a pretty better. There are no drivers. When you plug in USB, Windows automatically installs generic drivers. I have not tested the behavior of the sound card drivers with asio4all. The fact that there are no dedicated drivers is still not a priori bad. The quality is not top of the preamp, I think I remember they blow a lot, but for the price is normal. The map resolution is limited to the 44.1 kHz and above, 16 bit, which is not terrible. My
UTILIZATION
MultiMix is being repaired for 3 months. What happened is that from time to time, especially when the volume with which I returned to the table was low, the signal was sent over to the right output of the MultiMix. And so, from time to time when I was mixing in Cubase with great headroom (and thus a volume output from my PC rather small), my right speaker stopped working. It started doing that 3 months after purchasing the MultiMix. To resolve this, should significantly increase the output volume of the MultiMix to resend the signal it right. It happened very often, but I could reproduce the problem to envy, and so I decided to return it for repair. Since I bought a Yamaha MG102C, because 3 months is a long ...
SOUNDS
Since I was using it as a mixer, and not as sound card, I have not much to say. No problem, just plug in and it works. For the sound card, I can not say ...
OVERALL OPINION
It works well, but because the problem I mentioned, I can not put more than 4 for general view. I could endure the problem, but hey, when I buy something like nine I get it right. For cons, I do not know if this is the design of the Alesis Multimix 4 in general is not great, cheap components, for example, or if my card had a problem.