Beacon Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Hi im looking to buy a small desk with only 4-5 channels. Im not sure what one to get, in fact I dont have a clue. I need one that can do, 2 Mic in's, Mini Disc, CD, and then the overall fader. Its need for radio broadcasts. Please message back Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleeting Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Greetings, If your looking for a small desk, have a look at the behringer range of desks. They are not to badly priced and have a range of inputs and features. Starting at around £34.00. Fleeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Russell Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 The audio quality of most Behringer desks can be extremely poor. with many of them being very succepatble to crosstalk between the channels.Another option would be a Spirit Notepad which normally go for about £90 new.If that is beyond your budget have a look on eBay and see if you can get something there.HTH, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 The Notepad is great (I've managed to use mine to get me out of many holes) - but it doesn't have an overall fader, If you don't mind a pot it's great but if you want a fader then have a look at the soundcraft E series. http://www.soundcraft.com/products/eseries_images/E-6.jpg James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicgross Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Mackie Tapco or a DFX I'm not a great fan of soundcraft: they feel very cheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I'm not a great fan of soundcraft: they feel very cheep each to their own, which is exactly why Beacon should try out, beg borrow hire different desks before buying one. Oh and we have both soundcraft and mackie desks of all sizes at work, they all work reasonably well. Personaly I only have A&H soundcraft and sony, and I would find a sweepable mid of more use than the features on the DFX :wub: James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beacon Posted November 3, 2003 Author Share Posted November 3, 2003 ...which is exactly why Beacon should try out, beg borrow hire different desks before buying one. ....Thats what I think I will do. A mates school has loads of desks. Ill speak nicely ** laughs out loud ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Incedentaly - what type of 'radio' station is this for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beacon Posted November 3, 2003 Author Share Posted November 3, 2003 Incedentaly - what type of 'radio' station is this for?Its a 100% legal radio station (on the Net) in which public can register as Presenters and book slots. They broadcast to a server from there own house and then it is Broadcast to the people listerning. j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicgross Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Internet stations tend to have a crappy sound quality anyway so the desk isn't going to make much difference. How are you going to interface with your computer, and more importantly what speed connection are you going to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleeting Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 The audio quality of most Behringer desks can be extremely poor. I work as a Service engineer and the amount of "spirit" desks that come back through my department, that suffer from bad soldering "or jacks dry jointing". I've been installing behringer desks for somme time and have no problem with cross talk providing you don't overload the inputs. Allen and Heath are well worth a look. Mackie desks are ok if you have childs hands..... Fleeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen_mcauley Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I must have childs hands then!!!! Love the mackie eq and preamps! But the behringer desks look oh so familiar!!!! :wub: :P <_< My little mackie has been the best OB/FOH/Monitor board as it takes all the abuse going and still only has one scratch on it! Owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 When I was at school we bought a Soundcraft Folio SX which had a really great 'feature set' for what we wanted. Only thing was, it had really bad crosstalk from the Stereo channels. The replacement had the same problem, and it took a third desk before I was happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Moderation: Unnecessary comercial posting removed. 23:04 03/11/03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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