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looking for a good (and cheap) firewire reocording device.

hello everyone, i was thinking about getting an Alesis Multimix 16 Firewirem mixer to replace my curent setup. does anybody know if there are any drawbacks to the Alesis that i should consider before getting it. i need it for recording bands, and i have not yet decided on a computer for it. are there any other mixers in this same price range that would be better.

Bus Powered Firewire Devices

I have an M-Audio Firewire interface. It's bus powered and doesn't have a power switch. When I turn my computer off, it stays on. It is always on, unless I unplug the firewire cable. I know it's not a big deal, but it bugs the hell out of me knowing this thing is on all of the time. I know it does this with other bus powered firewire interface too.

Aggregated Device

Sorry to double post, but if you have OSX Tiger, you can set up an aggregated device with the Audio MIDI Set Up app. This would allow you to connect multiple interfaces (allows for a LOT of I/O) to your computer, and have them appear as one uber-interface to your DAW. I don't know if that has any relevance to your situation but I figured I'd throw it out there for you just in case.