Choose: GoXLR vs audio mixer

[VicenteMMOS]

Hello, everyone! I’m Vicente, I just joined in the forum. I have a question I’ve been doing some research on the internet, but I didn’t find a clear answer to it yet. Honestly, I’m not even sure if this forum is the right place to ask, as it seems to be more related to home theater audio tech.

Anyway, here’s the situation: I have a home studio where I record voice overs on my pc. I have a Rode Podmic hooked to the computer to a simple single-channel audio interface. Im thinking of doing an upgrade to my mic setup, I’d like to treat the input sound before it is sent to my recording software.

So, I came across loads of videos on the GoXLR, which is awesome and has many different features, some of which I might not even need. But given it’s price, I was wondering if maybe a mixer would be a good enough alternative. My doubt is how would a mixer deal with noise, esses and pops, like a digital preamp like the GoXLR would.

GoXLR has 10 band equalizer, noise gate, compression, deesser, among other kinds of modules. I know I can’t demand that a mixer has all those filters built in, but then again, how does a mixer deal with those issues? Is my thinking correct here, or am I asking a question that has no answer and is just preference and need of use? I don’t really know what to do, hopefully you guys can help me.

Thank you so much.

 

[BMXTRIX]

So much depends on what you are really trying to achieve and what your end goal is.

It's not like the Rode mic is up there with the top Shure mics or anything like that, and the hardware/software combo of a digital signal processor (DSP) mixer, is often quite questionable, even if it is decent.

I would be more in tune with getting something like this...

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That's a full DSP with professional grade hardware throughout. The type of thing they use in broadcast television and major live recording setups. Completely digital, but with audiophile grade design for extremely low noise and a fairly extensive list of inclusions available. Plus, it's a full 12x8 mixer with USB connectivity to bring it into a PC. If I was dropping $200, I would go for high end used over brand new cheap.

 

[TLS Guy]

Hello, everyone! I’m Vicente, I just joined in the forum. I have a question I’ve been doing some research on the internet, but I didn’t find a clear answer to it yet. Honestly, I’m not even sure if this forum is the right place to ask, as it seems to be more related to home theater audio tech.

Anyway, here’s the situation: I have a home studio where I record voice overs on my pc. I have a Rode Podmic hooked to the computer to a simple single-channel audio interface. Im thinking of doing an upgrade to my mic setup, I’d like to treat the input sound before it is sent to my recording software.

So, I came across loads of videos on the GoXLR, which is awesome and has many different features, some of which I might not even need. But given it’s price, I was wondering if maybe a mixer would be a good enough alternative. My doubt is how would a mixer deal with noise, esses and pops, like a digital preamp like the GoXLR would.

GoXLR has 10 band equalizer, noise gate, compression, deesser, among other kinds of modules. I know I can’t demand that a mixer has all those filters built in, but then again, how does a mixer deal with those issues? Is my thinking correct here, or am I asking a question that has no answer and is just preference and need of use? I don’t really know what to do, hopefully you guys can help me.

Thank you so much.

It sounds to me that you need better recording software. There is software out there that will do all the tasks you are talking about. It sounds to me that you need to turn your computer into a true DAW and get a good mixer DAC. That is what I do.