Alesis Multimix 16 firewire

[Thorax the Herdsman]

Just a quick message to see if anybody else here uses one of these, and if they can give their opinions? Just starting to set up a studio for my band now, got a 58, 2 57s, a set of cheapish drum mics and my macbook with 2 gigs of ram, so really it's just the interface/mixer to go. Amp wise we'll be using my 5150II and a DSL60, along with a 4x12 loaded with greenbacks.
Would be good to hear any thoughts

 

[equilibriax]

I had the Multimix 12FW for like 2 days. It was too hissy and did not run well with my Mac or PC. I traded it in for a Firepod which I love.

 

[Thorax the Herdsman]

Supposing I go for the firepod instead (I'm still researching) - what's the maximum channels I can record at once? Ideally I'll be needing to record from 8 drum mics plus a guitar guide track from my GT6 at the same time...

EDIT: Don't worry, went and had a look and it appears I can record 8 mic channels at once plus a stereo line-in channel too, so 10 in total.

So would people generally consider the firepod a better choice than the multimix? Thinking about it the mixing desk side of the multimix is surplus to our needs, so perhaps that money is better spent on a dedicated interface where the pre's are probably of a better quality?

 

[AStacy2]

It can record 10 at once. The only way you can record 10 though is by expanding it via SPDIF. It only has 8 Mic Pre's.

 

[Thorax the Herdsman]

So the only way I'd be able to record 8 mics plus a GT6 would be to connect the GT6 using SPDIF?