No need, unless you want your gear to last longer than, oh, say, a month.  Behringer EXCELS at copying others' stuff, quite cheaply and badly.  I would stay away from them...I am sure some may provide counterexamples, but I've known a people who tried products and generally the consensus is UGH.  Sound quality is only one consideration in gear (and not one I'm qualified to debate, I haven't given critical a/b blind listening to B. gear vs. others)...it only takes picking the piece of gear up and/or moving a couple of its controls to realize you have one serious piece of Fisher-Price crap.

T
-----Original Message-----
From: orb-bounces+timc_orb=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+timc_orb=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jon doe
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:07 AM
To: What were the skies like when you were young?
Subject: Re: [Orb] Advice needed re: Music Setup

if its just for those inputs you could get a small behringer desk which comes with fx onboard- i assume most of the work will be one with the laptop-
hook up some midi to control it (a great usb soundcard with midi is an Alesis IO2 £99 it only needs the asio driver installed and its ready to go) and run ableton live- then you can trigger loops or any samples. I am only suggesting behringer instead of Mackie as a cheap alternative- unless you are a real sound guru there is no need for the extra expense.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Tim C
To: 'What were the skies like when you were young?'
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Orb] Advice needed re: Music Setup

That's what I was gonna say - one caveat (I know this is NA to present discussion) - their DJ mixer is a turd, WAY not what I expected from them.  But their studio boards are great, esp for the money.

T
-----Original Message-----
From: orb-bounces+timc_orb=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+timc_orb=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of M L
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 3:43 PM
To: What were the skies like when you were young?
Subject: Re: [Orb] Advice needed re: Music Setup

I'm personally a big Mackie fan. Those same mic inputs double as line inputs on most models.



On 8/10/07, Stephen Wright < steve@donsolaris.com> wrote:
Hi Guys, Im looking to have a small music setup for a project Im
involved in.
So far the plan is to have a Korg MiniSynth, an Electribe MX and my laptop
hooked up to a mixing desk and using a Kaoss Pad for some live effects.
I dont know much about mixing desks and would appriciate some advice on
what would be a good choice.
My problem is all the desks i have seen, seem to have loads of mic
inputs and
just a couple of other inputs and what i would want is the opposite.
Any ideas, advice would be appriciated.

Steve


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