I read it has 28 inputs but only counted 8 XLR & 8 1/4 inch inputs. Am I missing something? And can you use XLR and 1/4 inch at the same time?
65033
No, only one input (XLR or 1/4) on every of 8 input ANALOG channel. Other addition channels is digital over 2 ADAT (16 inputs) and 2 SPDIF.
65034
Hello Micheal, It has 8 analog inputs, two optical inputs that have 8 channels each, 2 SPDF channels, MIDI input and a word clock input = 28 inputs! Nonetheless, it is a great interface. I recommend it.
65035
It has 2 optical ins, so if you connect two 8 input digital pre-amps and use the Spid/f and side chain that adds to 28. The advertising is a bit deceptive, but I own that exact hook up and I love it.
65036
No. EITHER 8 xlr or 8 1/4 inch. The 32 inputs come from an external ADAT. Each input either hades xlr or line input. There's 8 on the liquid 57
2176707
There is no XLR inputs. It supports only two 1/4 phone jack inputs, L and R channels.The input and output sensivitivity / level is at line level.It is not support direct microphone inputs.
1421951
The Behringer has 12 inputs, but 4 are stereo line and 4 are mic. You can use all 8 at the same time as stereo, or if you wanted, you can use some instruments on the left channel and some on the right channel to get all 12 inputs.You mention that you want 7 mics, however, this mixer can only do 4 mics. If you had a second mixer, you could chain the two to get more than 4 mics.
1922777
It really doesn't matter, both will work. However the other answer does make a point. Getting a 3.5mm to dual 1/4 cable is more direct (assuming that you are splitting the signal out to 2 speakers) because XLR is always balanced and 1/4 can be balanced or unbalanced, which is what happens when a stereo signal is ran on a single cable. So in short you are making an unbalanced signal doing this, which XLR does not support BUT 1/4 does (assuming that you are using a splitter cable to 2 speakers)
929577
You should. Though I haven't tried it I don't see why you couldn't run one mic into the xlr input and run another into the 1/4. But make sure you use phantom power. Great question though. I'll have to try it out myself
1085833
I agree that no XLR out is odd but I just patched around that. Not sure about the 1086 comparison. Never used one. I bought it for narration purposes and its gating capabilities so limiting is something I add in post production. For the money, it's a bargain. If you want to spend some bucks though, Aphex Channel Master is much more versatile. Hope that helps.
1885319
yes it has [5] inputs. [2] mic. [1] guitar [2] audio in/ audio out. it sounds great!!! i am selling the same one only use twise for much less. just look for joe9820.
300033
It works only with one. if you have two mics hooked on each it XLR will be the one active (the TRS signal is so low that is kind of useless). I guess the Y would also compromise the quality signal too. Better look for another solution that supports 2 mics
377607
Yeah, I guess, but it seems overly complicated, and unnecessary. I'll assume you want to track both the USB signal, and once you go through all that stereo adapter business, your gonna run it into the computers headphone/mic input? Then you have to convince your computer to record both the USB signal, and the now degraded signal coming from the 1/4" TS to 1/8" TRS Y adapter input simultaneously. If you can do it than you can do it but why not simply duplicate the stereo USB tracks in your DAW?
2156901
USB to dual xlr? hmmm.. weird. Im not an elctrician, lol and im not quite sure what you mean about usb? whats the function of the usb?? have you tried just xlr to 1/4"?
1525428
It should work just fine with the XLR inputs, although it only has 1/4" and RCA out, no XLR out.
1155200
There is only 1 XLR input, The other inputs would require a mic pre-amp unless your mics can generate a line level signal (some do)
1710134
There are two inputs in the back that will work with either a 1/4 inch cable OR XLR. I know it sounds weird, but this type of input has become a bit more common. You see these on various interfaces (see the Focusrite Scarlett II). With the iO dock, there is also a switch next to each input to designate the signal as either a mic line (XLR), or an instrument cable (1/4").
649819
No, it has 8. They are "regular" quarter inch or microphone XLR. (You can insert either type.)
2117578
Yes, the 18i8 has four individual Mic Pre/Line Inputs on the front and 4 Line Inputs on the back. The customer can get 8 individual mono inputs using those, and another 10 using digital devices via the SPDIF and ADAT Inputs.More information on the unit can be found here: http://us.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-18i8
351387
It has 4 analogue inputs--2 mic pre-amps which double as instrument inputs, and 2 line level 1/4" inputs. All the other inputs are via the optical digital input interface allowing you to connect other capable devices.
1856463
my main outputs go to an amp then to my speakers ,im pretty sure you cant go direct to speakers .if u can it would be the main output xlr to 1/4send