Should I buy... (Page 60 of 87)

you can pick up one ESX for 250 today in the hague, look on SF.nl
One catch; you must pick it up tonite

but pretty darn cheap i would say

yeah

Do you have an audio interface ytz?

I use a Shure SM48 which is the poorer cousin of the SM58. If you decide to go the Condenser route then make sure you have a quiet recording environment otherwise it picks every house noise and interference. That is what I like about a Dynamic mic as I don't have studio I can use it in the kitchen and the fridge and other appliances don't come out.

Edit:for my radio show, most of the time,  I actually use the webcam mic on my laptop cos I am lazy.

I want to start doing hardware only wig outs with a microkorg, er-1 and a TG33 (and other gear in due time). Until now I have been using a computer to make music so I know nothing about the "outside world".

I am looking for a (preferably 2nd hand) 8-channel compact mixer (I know Ruud will say get a 24 channel D&R and you won't regret it  ) for experimenting at home and maybe a little gigging. I don't care about sends or any other fancy stuff. All I want is an honest little mixer that can mix 5-6 instruments total without fuss.

If I go 2nd hand, do I need to be able to inspect the unit or if I buy 'blind' from evil bay what should I look out for and what brands do you recommend. I am based in the US.

@Marco Tulio Thrash
send is a basic feature you'll need it sooner then you think
you do won't to use effects at some point right?

thanks for all the responses, guys, food for thought indeed.

this one looks nice. gonna look into getting one second-hand.

Studer 169: 2900 Euro?

hum not sure about the replacing the rm1x but 90 euro is a good price and its a verry funny l9ttle machine i would like one again

Not tested Univox Flanger/Delay FL1000 for 50 euro?

Fully loaded and mint?
Might wait for a good 089 deal.
I got an almost complete 169 which needs work which i wanna let go.

I think the price is not that bad, if it is really good condition (these Nagra's are supposedly more difficult to maintain than your regular reel recorder). I know little about Nagra's, most aren't meant to be used for recording music, but for speech and instrumentation data in laboratories, stuff like that. I might have the model letters mixed up but I believe this one is especially odd cause it doesn't use have standard inputs and regular pre-eq's and limiters or something. I am however quite sure that (together with the big Nagra T-Audio) the only small Nagra  suitable for music recording was the IV-S , which was for instance used a lot to record classical music. I think you should search more on the net to find out whether this specific one is of any use to you. Didn't Roginator have one or two of the Nagra T's for sale? Maybe he can tell you more.

Maybe... I really don't know if it could work out. For the most part, those limiters and record-and playback eq's are used to avoid the typical tape noise and compensate for the loss of frequency's. And I'm quite sure that these recorders will use a specific bias for specific tapes too, most likely for archive tapes that are really nasty for the recorder heads.  As far as my understanding goes (I don't know a lot about it, I must stress that out), in theory music recordings made without pre-and post equalization should sound more noisy and less musical...
I reckon you could get everything aligned for music and maybe even switch boards if needed, but I wonder if 900 euro isn't a too tough price to find out it won't work as you hoped it would. You could give it a shot if you think you can re-sell it if you need to. Personally, and it's only my opinion, I think it is absolutely beautiful to look at but I'd leave it be and find something that I'm sure will work out. Heck, you moved house, you don't need a small recorder anyway

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