Alesis MultiMix 16FIREWIRE 16-Channel Mixer with Firewire

8 high-gain mic/line inputs with phantom power, 2 stereo balanced 1/4 in. line inputs, aux send, stereo aux return, Cubase LE included.

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"Amazing!!! Liberating!!! Pristine!!! Sexy!!! Ins/Outs/Options Everywhere!!!"

Feature:
Summary: Amazing!!! Liberating!!! Sexy!!! Review: I own it and have run it through it's paces for over a month despite being very impressed with it's sexy looks and solid build, and it's amazing firewire 18 out/2 in just makes it the leader of the pack! The twin bus and multiplicity of channels and routing options are more than ample to achieve amazing studio quality results when combined with a quality tracking software such as adobe audition...buy it, install latest drivers and firmware update from website right off and you'll be off and running!

Quality:
It's probably the most impressive gear I own and I run an entertainment company; it's sexy, liberating and built to last!!!

Value:
Cutting edge and liberating. Experience it!

Desirability:
sleek, smooth faders, ultra sexy with all the inputs/outputs and routing options I yearned for!!!

Sound:
Cutting edge pro gear, liberating recording experience and the sound is pristine. When I say pristine, I mean ultra quiet including the mic channels - if I'm not making sound the meters don't move; and when I do I'm just so impressed I have to use the term pristine! The FX are so good I run always two vox channels simultaneously one with FX via main (use routing options to get this) and one straight noFX for later edit etc...I've got plugins, still the FX are sweet and if you can do both which this allows, you can't beat it! Kudos to alesis for a job very well done! Wow on this one!

Ease of Use:
Get the latest drivers and firmware update from website and install right off; it's a breaze...find your sweet spot with regard to settings for different applications and purposes. There are many options and you can do your overdubbing monitoring via mixer so if you can't get your latency super low for extended durations it's no bother!

Support:
Haven't needed any, not likely I will for years to come...it's just built very very well (it's the sexiest mixer you'll own as well) and after a over a month of putting it through it's paces it's rock solid.

Overall:
Solid metal built to last and with looks to spare; the knobs and sliders are perfect, stable and smooth. I've put it through paces for over a month run hard and it's rock solid! I'm confident this will be the center piece of my project studio for many years to come!

Submitted: 9/20/2007

Style of Music: Various

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"What a pleasant surprise! Love it!"

Feature:
Tons of features - nice way to mix a whole band for recording straight into the computer via firewire. There's a lot of inserts, aux sends, and event effects, to really have a complex setup/monitoring section.

Quality:
Seems pretty well-built - feels solid. Some of the knobs are plastic. So far so good.

Value:
One helluva value, combine a mixer, with a firewire interface for 600 bucks? yeah, a great bargain. I'm very happy with it

Desirability:
It's really amazing how far technology has come. I still remember the days when a 4 track tascam cassette recorder was a technological marvel and nowadays we have a mixer that will send 16 tracks of clean audio to a computer where you can tweak it with plug-ins to get a really great recording. Wow, if you stop and thinking about it, it's pretty amazing...!!

Sound:
I think this board sounds really good. The mic pre's are decent, although you might want to use a nice tube pre for fine vocal work. Having eq's pre firewire is nice- you can shape the snare and remove the low end if you wish, for example. We've been able to record our band and it has sounded really nice. Pleasantly surprised...

Ease of Use:
Given how complex it is - it's pretty easy to use. I downloaded the latest drivers from Alesis and have not had any problems on the PC - I was a bit worried about that after reading reviews of the drivers not working, but I have had zero issues with the drivers, they have worked flawelessly. I had more problems with getting my MOTU to work...Overall, it's easy to get a good sound.

Support:
No complaints, they update their drivers

Overall:
I am satsified and thoroughly surprised at this unit. I bought it thinking I would trade it in for a firepod if I didn't like it. but it has performed reliably and has sounded good. Good job Alesis! Along with the SR16, this could be another alesis classic!

Submitted: 3/5/2006

Style of Music: Indie

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About This Product!
Description
The Alesis MultiMix FireWire 16 Mixer is part of the new line of MultiMix mixers featuring FireWire data connectivity. The MultiMix FireWire Series includes 3 different tabletop mixers, all featuring exclusive DICE II FireWire technology. Allowing for transfer of multiple audio data streams from mixer to PC using a standard IEEE-1394 interface, these mixers provide lightening fast connectivity to a wide range of PC-based audio production applications.

The MultiMix FireWire mixers are compact mixers featuring low noise analog electronics, 100 studio-grade 28 bit digital effects, and rock-solid construction. The mixer features high-gain mic/line preamps, phantom power, auxiliary send/returns, and on-board effects engine including reverbs, delays, chorus, flanging, 3-band EQ per channel with high/low shelving and mid band pass/reject.

Additional features of the MultiMix FireWire series include separate 1/4 in. balanced main and monitor outs, headphone out, integrated FireWire port to transfer audio directly between the mixer and your computer, and 24-bit stereo simultaneous input/output over a FireWire 1394 connection. Plug and play operation is available under Windows XP and Mac OSX. The FireWire mixers also come bundled with Cubase LE recording software. With the MultiMix FireWire Series Alesis has made multi-track recording to PC a viable and affordable possibility for the modern artist/producer.

Features
Compact, affordable 16-channel analog mixers and Multi-channel FireWire audio computer interface

MultiMix 16 has 8 high-gain mic/line (XLR and 1/4 in. balanced) inputs with phantom power, 2 stereo balanced 1/4 in. line inputs, aux send (can sent to onboard or external effects), stereo aux return.

100 28-bit onboard preset effects including reverbs, delays, chorus, flanging, pitch, and multieffects

3-band EQ per channel with high/low shelving and mid bandpass/reject

Separate 1/4 in. balanced main and monitor outs, headphone out

24-bit, 44.1/48 kHz operation with high-end A/D and D/A conversion through integrated FireWire audio interface using next-generation Dice II FireWire chip

Compatible with Mac OSX and Windows XP

Steinberg Cubase LE included

Technical Info

Multimix mixers only support operation under Windows XP Home and XP Pro.
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