MOTU 8282II as live mixer/recorder

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Anybody here ever tried using a MOTU 828II as a live band PA mixer?

My thoughts are to use an Behringer ADA8000 to preamp 8 mics on drums,
guitars & vocals, down the lightpipe to the MOTU828II to be joined by the 2
built-in preamps & lines - maybe the lineins could be used as FX returns if
I were to keep 1 or 2 pairs of inputs for FX sends. I read that there are 8
outputs which can pump out 4 different stereo mixes so I am thinking 1 mix
to power amps & 3 monitor mixes.

While the MOTU pumps out the mixes & streams the audio over firewire to my
laptop, I am thinking the laptop may be able to do a little more by way of
controlling the mix in place of a traditional desk.

When I want to later I can then remix/produce the captured audio at my
leisure.

Am I completely mad & missed the point? I only require pretty basic set-up
for live PA anyway...

Thanks
Eddie

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In article <U86Vc.211145$a8.17185@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk> eddiejcooper@hotmail.com writes:

> While the MOTU pumps out the mixes & streams the audio over firewire to my
> laptop, I am thinking the laptop may be able to do a little more by way of
> controlling the mix in place of a traditional desk.

You're talking live-in-the-studio, aren't you, where you can stop when
the computer crashes or you need to check something in the manual or
something else unpredictable happens, and do a re-take?

I would think that using this setup to feed what an audience hears in
a real live show would be a very bad idea.

> Am I completely mad & missed the point? I only require pretty basic set-up
> for live PA anyway...

You may not need many inputs and outputs, but you need bullet-proof
reliability and I wouldn't trust a lashup like that. It might work,
but there are too many ways that it could stop working.

There's nothing like simple, straightforward hardware, and a fader you
can move with your finger when something happens that needs to be
taken care of.


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