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paulst
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Hi everyone, many thanks for your kind help and suggestions. I will try to address the different responses. Sorry in advance for my English as I am French
So what I would like to achieve exactly I think is quite simple:
For all my gears to be plugged in, with no need to do some set up, plug/unplug to record some music.
Using Ableton, I want to press the button "record" from my computer, use some synths, drum machines, microphones...
I want to be able to record all simultaneously, more instruments or individually, sometimes. In audio or midi.
To respond to another important point: no digital mixer for me, it would be more hands on mixer with buttons and knobs. Also, to be able to manage the volume of recording on channels / fade instrument, some standard effects etc.
I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if you need any other detail to advise
There are digital mixers which have faders and knobs, such as Zoom Livetrak L20 or Tascam Model 24. Stay away from the mixers which require you to use an app for control, such as Behringer Xair or A&H Qupac.
You can use the Tascam/Zoom style mixers as an audio interface, and record thru the mixer into Ableton directly, thru a USB cable. Or you can record onto the onboard SD card, then later import the audio files into Ableton, via the USB cable between the mixer and the computer.
If you use this style of mixer, then you would bypass your other audio interface, which doesn't have enough inputs to accomplish what you want.
All of the newer mixers don't have any MIDI interface, except maybe the Tascam Model 12 (or maybe it's the 16? Only one of them has it!) They each have compromises, so do your due diligence.
There are other options. You could set up an AVB studio with templates ready, so that you can start everything and get to recording quickly. I use a digital mixer and don't need a whole studio connected at once... so, you'll have to ask other people how to set up an AVB etc type of system, if you want to go that route.