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Apr 26 2007, 07:42 AM
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My band and I have been very keen to get a decent recoding setup for a long time.
At the moment all we have is a very old laptop with Audacity and an SM58 mic. We're using this mic to pickup the whole band (bass, guitar, drums, vocals) and well... its shocking. The microphone by itself is great for the vocals, but it can't do justice to anything else. I've been doing a lot of research about what we can do and I've come across this http://www.music123.com/Alesis-Multimix-8-...O-i148243.music Now I have quite a bit of experience with using mixers like this so that isn't a problem, but I've never used one to record before and so I'm not sure if that is all I need (e.g. preamp for mics). My computer only has a built in sound card which obviously is not great but the mixer above uses USB so in this case will the soundcard still greatly effect the quality? Assuming that I will be able to get decent quality with it, is this all I need to do: Plug in vocals mic, mic for drum kit, mic for bass amp (it has no line out) and the line out from guitar amp directly into the mixer, and then plug the mixer into the pc? I will get some decent recording software to go along with it. Am I missing anything fundamental here? Cheers Sam This post has been edited by spdalton: Apr 26 2007, 09:26 AM --------------------  Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day. Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way http://www.myspace.com/cashnz |
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spdalton Getting My Head Around Recording A Band Apr 26 2007, 07:42 AM
Andrew Cockburn QUOTE (spdalton @ Apr 26 2007, 02:42 AM) ... Apr 26 2007, 01:41 PM
spdalton Great, thanks!
Yea I would like to be able to ... Apr 27 2007, 12:31 AM
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