Which Is The Best 4-8 Tracks Audio Interface |
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Sep 9 2012, 09:49 AM
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Do we have interfaces that integrate thunderbolt of FW800 yet ? Don't want to get old unit which might become obsolete in a year or two.
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Sep 10 2012, 08:56 AM
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Make sure that whatever interface you get can use all the channels concurrently. The issue with the MBox is probably down to this - although it has 6 inputs it can only use 2 at any one time. This is the same with quite a few of the prosumer interfaces.
There are few interfaces that use FW800 but most newish ones will get a patch for Thunderbolt at some stage. I think Todd means the Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 or Pro14 - I think he's he's referring to the number of inputs rather than the product name. If you want to stay with what you have you can. There are a lot of recordings done with just 2 mics, you just need to get the mic placement and mic technique sorted. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 12 2012, 03:46 PM
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QUOTE (maharzan @ Sep 12 2012, 02:57 PM)  Thank tony and Todd. I want to capture acoustic guitars (2) and a vocal/back vocal. And probably in future some more equipments. I want to record them separately in live session so I can mix them. 4 inputs would have been great only if I could find a way to use Mbox Pro to its fullest. They say external clock and what not, I have no clue. What are the 6 inputs for when you can only use 2 at a time.  External clocking is when you want a master clock to help with issues like clock jitter. The idea is that all digital equipment is sample rate locked to the frequency of the master clock. If you have clocking issues there are other things that you would need to investigate before you should start looking at external clocking anyway. To be absolutely honest they are very, very rarely needed and one wouldn't solve your input issue here anyway. 6 inputs when it only does 2 at a time - it's supposed to increase flexibilty as the inputs are different formats. If you want to record the tracks as separate concurrent spots then you 'll need to look at either the Tascam that Todd recommends or something similar. As Todd's is an 8track it will also be able to cope with some future expansion. Also a small console/mixer like Todd suggests can be a bit more intuitive to use. Or you could always record each track one at a time and then mix them together. You don't have to record everyone at the same time  but some people have difficulty playing along with headphone mixes. You can also stereo mic what you want to record if you want. A near coincident or coincident pair set up would do it and a lot of small group recordings have been done this way. The Beatles live recordings were done on 3 tracks - a stereo track for the group and 1 extra track for vocal overdubs. We record a lot of jazz and small chamber groups using a stereo near conincident set up. Some instruments can be better multimiced though so a simple stereo set up ,ay not meet your future needs. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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