> how does the choice of live mixing console vs audio interface affect production?
1) A mixer "mixes" multiple inputs down to one output. An audio interface maintains separate channels.
2) Prosumer mixers don't have MIDI-in. That's often ok for just guitar or vocals, but add a couple of synths and the routing gets complicated fast. Hope your computer has lots of USB ports!
3) The dedicated audio interfaces have adequate DACs, no idea about the prosumer mixers.
Most people doing recording want to keep the channels separate and mix in their DAW, so they don't use mixers for recording.
In this case with the AG03, there's only one or two channels, so he's really just using the pre-amp feature in isolation.
So technically he's using the wrong device, but the AG03 is so limited it doesn't matter. :)
I have a Yamaha MG10XU 10-channel mixer, and I wouldn't use it for recording since the 10 input channels get merged into 1 stereo output channel, so there's no way to individually adjust gain or effects in the DAW, only using the physical knobs. I always use my Focusrites, Steinbergs or synth interfaces for recording.
1) A mixer "mixes" multiple inputs down to one output. An audio interface maintains separate channels.
2) Prosumer mixers don't have MIDI-in. That's often ok for just guitar or vocals, but add a couple of synths and the routing gets complicated fast. Hope your computer has lots of USB ports!
3) The dedicated audio interfaces have adequate DACs, no idea about the prosumer mixers.
Most people doing recording want to keep the channels separate and mix in their DAW, so they don't use mixers for recording.
In this case with the AG03, there's only one or two channels, so he's really just using the pre-amp feature in isolation.
So technically he's using the wrong device, but the AG03 is so limited it doesn't matter. :)
I have a Yamaha MG10XU 10-channel mixer, and I wouldn't use it for recording since the 10 input channels get merged into 1 stereo output channel, so there's no way to individually adjust gain or effects in the DAW, only using the physical knobs. I always use my Focusrites, Steinbergs or synth interfaces for recording.