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December 8, 2004

Podcaster's Mixer: Behringer Eurorack UB802

I'm catching up on my favorite podcasts and was sort of tickled when Reel Reviews' Michael Geoghegan went over his new podcasting setup and mentioned he just got the Behringer Eurorack UB802 (he said "820", but I'm sure he meant "802") mixer. That's the one I just purchased. The first podcast using it for will be recorded tonight with Scott. Like Michael, I'm recording off the computer (at least for now). My server running Skype is patched into the mixer, but I will be recording the podcast to MD and playing it back into the computer for final encoding. I've had issues with Total Recorder and Skype, and I only have one full audio interface on the server to play with. For the voicework we're doing on the podcast, the multiple A/D and D/A conversions shouldn't be a big deal.

Apparently the MD unit I'll be getting for Christmas may not be arriving in time - supposedly there aren't any in the country currently. Good things come to those who wait, right? When I get the Hi-MD unit, I'll be able to digitally upload my recordings to the PC and avoid that last D/A/D conversion.

Posted by Alex Harden on December 8, 2004 1:53 PM |

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That is a sweet looking mixer. Hopefully it performs as good as it looks. :)

Posted by: Scotbuff | December 8, 2004 3:23 PM

It works great. I spent a little time last night figuring out the routing, so that you (hopefully) won't hear your own voice on the Skype call. I also have a little surprise.

The UB802 has about half the capability of my main Mackie 1202-VLZ mixer, but the Mackie is a workhorse I've never used the full potential of. And it's a lot less portable than the UB802.

Posted by: aharden | December 8, 2004 4:06 PM

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