Behringer Eurorack UB2222FX-PRO help!!!
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Posted on Jan 16, 2010 07:40 pm
Adriannnnn
Member Since: Jan 16, 2010
Okay so a little bit of background...
I'm trying to record my drums. I have a 7 piece CAD drum mic set (5 dynamics for drums, 2 condensers for overheads) that I have plugged into my Behringer mixer through XLR cables. Just a couple days ago I bought a Behringer UCA 202 USB 2.0 audio interface to connect my mixer to my laptop to record my drums. The interface is connected with an RCA cable from the tape out on the mixer to the RCA input on the interface. The recording program that I'm using (on my MacBook Pro) is the EnergyXT2.5 program for from the Behringer website. I'm a big noobie with the program and a sort-of-noobie with my mixer.
I was able to get some recordings out of it, but when I play it back it sounds very lifeless and dead. I'm guessing it's because I have my drums being recorded through only one channel on the EnergyXT2.5.
I have all my drums each mic'd with their own separate channels on my mixer, but the mixer only gets one channel on the recording program. Is that even the problem??? Help please!
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GeoffSM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic'sContributor
Since: Jun 20, 2002
Jan 16, 2010 07:58 pm welcome to HRC. Sorry to say you'll only be able to get a stereo recording with the set up you have . you have all you drums on a separate channel on the mixer, but you're going into your audio interface with a single stereo signal. in order to record each drum separately you'll 1. have to record each drum 1 at a time (not likely) 2. get a interface that lets you record multiple tracks at once ( M-audio has a few that are not too expensive, so does presonus) . you can get alright recordings with what you have , but you'll have to experiment with mic placement, get the levels on your mixer as balanced as you can and you can use plugins to help bring some life into the track (compressors, reverb, ect.) .
Dematrixhttp://www.reverbnation.com/2ndgMember
Since: Nov 27, 2007
Jan 16, 2010 07:59 pm well the way you have it set up, you'll have to more or less mix it as much as you can before it hits the computer.
things like maybe add a touch of top end, pull out a bit of mud in the mids frequencies, that sorta thing because you you are mixing down to one track on the compy.
Just get your kit, mic placements, and the room your recording in, to sound the best you can get them.
mic wise, can be tricky especially with overheads because you can get phasing issues with the rest of the mics.
try google for that explination. "Phasing issues using overhead mics"
That could well be happening here. not too hard to fix though man.
with your mixing side of things, before it gets to the compy,
i wouldnt go too nuts at first with the eq's, just as i mentioned maybe pull out a little mud around 300k and possibly add just a smidge of top around 10 to 12k. on O/H's, bit of extra crack on the snare, whip out some mids on the kick, that kinda thing.
obviously you cant change individual drums after the fact ya know?
once thats all done and recorded, try adding some compression using your software to bring them to life a bit more.
having no compression on them atm, would be really contributing to the liflessness also.
at first, try a drum style preset and see how tha goes for ya.
also remember, however you are recording the drums, whether it be in mono or stereo, that you add them to the same style track in your software.
eg, if your tracks on your mixer are set as "mono tracks" then you should set up a mono track in your software.
Mono would be best i think, because you can then pan your toms, etc, where you want on the mixer first, then straight into your software.
hope this helps
Jan 17, 2010 01:32 am Thanks Geoff and Deon for your replies, yeah all of that sounds like the case. I was thinking the same thing would be the problem but the other thing is that I'm very limited to gear. I have no compressors but I think there is one in GarageBand if I were to use that to record it through.
I'm not completely familiar with compressors though, but if you had any quick tips on what I would be looking out for to adjust (drum-wise), anything would be greatly appreciated :D
