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I'm slowly getting tired of people using the Behringer brand name like it was a mixture of Josef Stalin and French carmakers. Yes, I do understand that it is cool to despise Behringer, but just like with Microsoft, there are fine products on the market. Yes, they do steal ideas from other manufacturers (like the Alt 3/4 button from Mackie), but hey, that's business, if you don't like it, move to Cuba or resurrect the GDR or something. I do also understand that there are some quality problems, both with regard to reliability and to consistent quality, but finally, you get what you pay for. And sometimes, in comparison to what other manufacturers offer, you get more. Behringer was the first manufacturer to offer acceptable compressors at an affordable price. And Behringer also has some high quality and/or highly innovative products in its product line. There are some devices which are really crap. Some of the super-cheap mixers come to mind. The mastering processors (for my taste) simply do not sound nice or are simply useless. But then, the foremetioned Composer is still an excellent product. I don't need to mention their FCB1010 foot controller here. I do like the layout of my MX2642(A) mixer (I have two of them, and both in heavy use), and I like the user interface and the audio qualities. Their DX3216 digital console offers really outstanding EQs and effects, and using state of the art software solutions, I've still not been able to replicate the excellent sound of some of my rough mixes done with this very console. And if anybody is interested: Way back, I replaced the integrated mixer of my Fostex multitrack (which back then was the best integrated fourtrack on the market, also superior to all portastudio products) with my first MX2642, and so I think I am authorized to say that, yes, using a portastudio is far worse than using a Behringer mixer. Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill Moinlabs GFX and Soundworks - www.moinlabs.de The Straschill Family Group - www.straschill.de digital penis expert group - www.dpeg.de Eclectic Blah - www.eblah.de > -----Original Message----- > From: S V G [mailto:vsyevolod@yahoo.com] > Sent: Samstag, 2. Oktober 2004 22:03 > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: Balancing Volume Levels? > > > > I used a Tascam portastudio as my main keyboard mixer > for many years. The good news is that > it works pretty well. When I switched to a Mackie VLZ Pro, I > couldn't believe how much more of > the music was present in my speakers. YMMV. Using a > portastudio as a mixer can't be any worse > than using a (shudder) Behringer mixer... > > Stephen > > > >>>Is there any reason not to use the 1/4" "headphone" > out, on the Tascam? > I don't think I have the right type of cable for it's other > out. Will the > Tascam (4-track recorder) add any noise or other bad stuff, > if I use it as a > mixer instead of getting a real one?<<< > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >