Topic: alesis hd24

[im hungover]

thinking about getting one of these since ive ben wanting to start dabbling in the multitrack world... any thoughts on this machine?

[gtalife]

i have one....served me well for live work....the HD24 is now a great starter rig for multitrack, look out for some great deals on ebay. Depending on your budget, try and pick the XR, it has better converters, there is a fantastic and very active HD24 Yahoo news group here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24/

[mepaca]

I have the Hd24xr to use as a backup to my computer rig. I also bring it on it's own if I am going multi-track out of the board. It is rock solid
reliable and sounds great too. Make sure to get the optional fireport to get files onto your computer.
Good luck

[im hungover]

awesome thanks for all the info... would be manly using this to multitrack off the board for shows and maybe record demo's of my band.

[SmokinJoe]

I've been thinking of grabbing one too.   How do you generally hook up?  Especially on SBD's that don't have a direct out on each channel?  The ones I frequent have groups which the sound guy doesn't bother to use.  The one at my local bar does not have individual outs, but I guess I could push 1/4" plugs into the inserts, only going into the first click?  Do you use splitter snakes? 

[mepaca]

I've been thinking of grabbing one too.   How do you generally hook up?  Especially on SBD's that don't have a direct out on each channel?  The ones I frequent have groups which the sound guy doesn't bother to use.  The one at my local bar does not have individual outs, but I guess I could push 1/4" plugs into the inserts, only going into the first click?  Do you use splitter snakes? 

Plugging in to the first click of the insert channel with a trs plug is fine. The signal will be unbalanced but that will hardly matter with short cables. I do not use splitter snakes.

[fobstl]

I have used one of these on 2 different occasions to do live 24 track recordings from the direct outs of a board. I also synced a 722 via the word clock to add a 25th and 26th channel stereo aud - these 2 channels just had to be lined up with the rest in post. I found the unit very easy to use and I'm very happy with the results.

The audio in the video linked below is from one of these recordings. I can't claim the mix which was done by the band's engineer in a studio but I did record it.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1240355848787&comments=