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Alesis Multimix 8 Firewire Issue

Wildguardians Posted messages 18 Status Member -  
 pdeber -
Hello, I had a little problem with the new mixer I just bought. It's the Alesis Multimix 8 Firewire.

I installed everything I needed and the audio input devices are set to ASIO Full Duplex Driver (new card). But when I try to record to test with the microphone (connected via XLR) on track 1, it doesn't work.

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I'm trying to record on a mono track.
My mono input device 1 is set to USB Microphone co..
Configuration: Windows Vista / Safari 532.5

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    Wildguardians Posted messages 18 Status Member
     
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  2. pdeber
     
    Hello,

    there are several possible causes for the card not functioning.

    It all depends on the operating system (Alesis has not released a driver for system 7, the last driver - for Vista - works but crashes sometimes).

    On XP, we need to install the ASIO driver version 3.4.2.6300 (download the latest version from Alesis.com) before connecting the Multimix to the computer (otherwise Windows will try to install a generic driver which will not be the right one).

    If in doubt, it's better to uninstall the driver on the computer and reinstall it properly.

    Then it depends on the software, but we can adjust the Windows sound control panel (set the audio properties, then audio playback panel, set it to Alesis Multimix and then do the same for recording (in the same window). This allows using the Multimix to listen to music coming from the computer and possibly record with Windows Media or any other software. Obviously, we won't have all the tracks separately as input.

    In Cubase or others, we must select the ASIO Multimix driver for input/output (VST connections window) and then assign the Multimix channels to a track, for example track 1 = channel 1, etc., read the Cubase manual or others. Then we also need to choose the desired input level on the track to be recorded (which allows recording several tracks successively with the same instrument without having to disconnect the cables on the Multimix).

    To listen to what comes from the computer, we must switch on the mixer the button Y / 2 TK to control room (headphone monitoring) or the button Y / 2 TK to mix or both depending on what outputs we have for monitoring.

    I noticed that under Windows 7 (64 bits), the frequency 44.1kHz does not work (crackling), we need to set Cubase (project menu) to 48kHz 16 bits and then it works - but the driver, designed for Vista, is not very stable and sometimes crashes the computer.

    Good luck, pdeber
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