Audio Interface Or Usb Mixer? |
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Mar 10 2016, 02:18 AM
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I've been trying to increase the quality of my REC takes, so I recently picked up a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 to record my guitar tracks to a DAW and edit it into the video. I will be using a couple of mics, a Sennheiser e609 and MXL ribbon mic to record the amp.
From the videos I've seen on Youtube, the sound of a dynamic mic up close and a ribbon mic a bit further away is pretty much the sound I'm looking for. The Scarlett has two mic inputs so I should be good. However, I would rather record directly in to the camera, a DSLR, and remove a tedious step of editing from the whole process. So I've been considering getting a USB mixer, such as the Alesis MultiMix 4 USB or the Behringer 802 USB to record. It seems like the USB mixer also acts as a sound card, so the backing track will play directly into the mixer. Then the mics will record the amp, and I can monitor it through a pair of headphones. I may be wrong, but it seems like I can plug the the Mains Out directly into the camera. Do you guys see any issues with this setup? --------------------  He who laughs last thinks slowest. "That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." - Christopher Hitchens Gear: Guitars: Uncle Rufus' Twanger Classic Amps: Mississippi Boom Box Mojo: Hammer of Odin and a pair of Ox gonads Inspiration: Samuel Adams Boston Lager Zero to Hero: 1,387/10,000 |
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Mar 10 2016, 06:06 PM
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You got it
 It does make everything easier once you have it set. You are front loading the work is all. Like crsn said. But once you get things set right. its pretty much, turn on the camera, start your DAW and play! You can watch back the results or just do several takes and let the camera run and pick the best one. Recording direct to camera takes a lot of work out of the way.I do something similar. I record directly to a quicktime movie. Quicktime will take different audio and video, there is a PC utility that comes with logitech web cams that does the same thing. You set your camera video source and your mixer as audio source and it records to a quicktime movie with sound. Bam, done. Just upload. No need to transfer data from the camera or anything and you can watch it on your computer right then to see if you like it. Not every camera can do this and I dont know of any dslr that can do it. I'm using an older canon camera with firewire and the audio comes with with USB. It weaves them together and bingo. Done. Todd QUOTE (Mudbone @ Mar 9 2016, 08:18 PM)  I've been trying to increase the quality of my REC takes, so I recently picked up a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 to record my guitar tracks to a DAW and edit it into the video. I will be using a couple of mics, a Sennheiser e609 and MXL ribbon mic to record the amp. From the videos I've seen on Youtube, the sound of a dynamic mic up close and a ribbon mic a bit further away is pretty much the sound I'm looking for. The Scarlett has two mic inputs so I should be good. However, I would rather record directly in to the camera, a DSLR, and remove a tedious step of editing from the whole process. So I've been considering getting a USB mixer, such as the Alesis MultiMix 4 USB or the Behringer 802 USB to record. It seems like the USB mixer also acts as a sound card, so the backing track will play directly into the mixer. Then the mics will record the amp, and I can monitor it through a pair of headphones. I may be wrong, but it seems like I can plug the the Mains Out directly into the camera. Do you guys see any issues with this setup? |
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Mar 14 2016, 01:01 AM
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Cool! Give it a shot and let us know
 )QUOTE (Mudbone @ Mar 13 2016, 06:41 PM) I got a stereo 3.5mm splitter cable, so I think I should be able to do it  |
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