Schniapereli
Active Member
At out high school, our radio department has a big mixer we want to use. It is a Behringer Eurodesk MX9000 with 48 channels, and the radio people only need about 4 channels. (The radio teacher said "it looked a little smaller in the catalog" (being 60 lbs and $1600, of course it did)) This board was selected because of its supposed digital outputs that I have not been able to find out anything about in any of the online manuals and spec sheets. They do not use any of the EQ or routing features. They just need the channel to be up or down.
I know it is a Behringer, and that every time I touch it I lose brain cells (or whatever it does to people) but right now we (the drama department) have a Mackie SR32-4 VLZ Pro which our school district just loves to put into every single cotton-picking school, despite the fact that they invariable die. On our current Mackie, the subs and mains are completely out regardless of how many times we send it in to fix it. (We run EVERYTHING out of auxes...don't laugh...)
So, we are trying to strike a temporary deal with the radio and the administration. Our school is being rebuilt in a year with entirely new equipment, but in the meantime, we would like a bourd for next year with a working master section. So the drama department is looking to swap out the Mackie for the Behringer.
We are looking to find a board to replace theirs, so they can give it to us. The engineer says the board needs digital outputs. (They connect a CD player into the board along with a microphone. (They record someone saying the title and artist at the end of the song.) The board outputs stereo to the computer which records it) I may be a little off, but I am pretty sure that is the signal path we have to deal with.
Does this Behringer board really have digital outputs from an analog mixer? (I haven't really heard of anything like this...)
Does this situation really need digital outs?
What is a good board to replace it that will be a closer fit to what they need?
Should stop worrying about the blasted Behringer and just go for another board for the drama deptartment?
(I can talk to the engineer if this is not enough information, but he is really hard to get a hold of.)
Any input is greatly appreciated. =)
I know it is a Behringer, and that every time I touch it I lose brain cells (or whatever it does to people) but right now we (the drama department) have a Mackie SR32-4 VLZ Pro which our school district just loves to put into every single cotton-picking school, despite the fact that they invariable die. On our current Mackie, the subs and mains are completely out regardless of how many times we send it in to fix it. (We run EVERYTHING out of auxes...don't laugh...)
So, we are trying to strike a temporary deal with the radio and the administration. Our school is being rebuilt in a year with entirely new equipment, but in the meantime, we would like a bourd for next year with a working master section. So the drama department is looking to swap out the Mackie for the Behringer.
We are looking to find a board to replace theirs, so they can give it to us. The engineer says the board needs digital outputs. (They connect a CD player into the board along with a microphone. (They record someone saying the title and artist at the end of the song.) The board outputs stereo to the computer which records it) I may be a little off, but I am pretty sure that is the signal path we have to deal with.
Does this Behringer board really have digital outputs from an analog mixer? (I haven't really heard of anything like this...)
Does this situation really need digital outs?
What is a good board to replace it that will be a closer fit to what they need?
Should stop worrying about the blasted Behringer and just go for another board for the drama deptartment?
(I can talk to the engineer if this is not enough information, but he is really hard to get a hold of.)
Any input is greatly appreciated. =)