Re: Anyone have a hands on for Lexicon Omega Desktop Recording Studio

Danny T wrote:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Lexicon-Omega-Desktop-Recording-Studio?sku=245505X

Its on sale and I sometimes can't resist that :-)

opinions ?

Reasonable converters, preamps quieter than my Rode NT3 mics, true 48 volt phantom power, works either with an ASIO driver or with it's own driver on XP or ME. I've not got Vista, so I can't be sure as to whether a driver's available that'll work.

I paid GBP 329 for mine a couple of years ago, & used it with a pair of Rode NT3 mics on an accordion band successfully enough to be able to sell the result at concerts. :-)

The only problem I've had was with one of the XLR sockets when the lock failed & wouldn't release the plug, but that happens now & again with the all plastic sockets they use. I cut the cable, soldered an inline female connector onto the end & it still works OK. It's all balanced signals with 24 bit converters at either 48 or 44.1. The 1/4 inch connectors are TRS types.

For recording, choose any 2 pairs from the 6 available inputs, there's a built in DI connection (1/4 inch unbalanced jack) to one of the line level channels, 2 analogue channels out, & is easy enough to use. It has a wall mounted power supply, if that matters to you. You can monitor the input, the output or a variable mix of the two.

Works with Cubasis, Audacity, & the bundled Lexicon software.

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John.
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