Messageif 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 _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com