Vegas Video for multitracking
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Posted on Aug 11, 2002 11:47 am
el musico
Freeleance Producer/Engineer/Gtr
Member Since: Aug 11, 2002
I have used SoundForge Vegas products for years now and have great results for what i do. Though i have not needed to record multiple tracks simultaneously until now (drums w/scratch tracks). Anyone with experience know of a great soundcard (that is compatible with vegas) that will allow me to do this? i don't have a mixer yet either so some recommendations would be great!
thanks...
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Aug 11, 2002 02:20 pm Since your multitracking need is minimal I would suggest something like this:
service.bfast.com/bfast/c...mp;bfmtype=gear
It is stereo ins and outs, plus S/PDIF and if you move ahead in the future it will mix in 5.1 surround, plus M-Audio products are very well supported and stable.
Plus, this is nice as well:
service.bfast.com/bfast/c...mp;bfmtype=gear
It's a few bucks more (though still under $260) gives you fours ins and outs, has MIDI and other cool stuff, and best of all it runs on USB so it's portable too!
Without a better knowledge of what type of stuff you actually do, it's hard to recommend much more...
el musicoFreeleance Producer/Engineer/GtrMember
Since: Aug 11, 2002
Aug 11, 2002 03:50 pm i guess i am wanting something on the lines of 8-12 inputs... about 8 or so for live drum tracking and 2 scratch track inputs (for start-up studio, kinda). i don't want to pay more just to have a mobility feature but i'd like the ability to have a mic in the board to speak to person in an iso booth. i was thinking of an Echo Layla with a decent board but i'm worried about compatibility issues... (vegas, asio drivers, upgrading, etc.)
thanks again.
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Aug 12, 2002 09:20 pm Is there a reason you need 8-12 input's. That is a big load of input's? You should also look at the M-Audio Delta 1010. A little cheaper, and no driver issue's, or compatability issue's.
el musicoFreeleance Producer/Engineer/GtrMember
Since: Aug 11, 2002
Aug 12, 2002 11:11 pm its been my experience to use about 8 mics for drums, 1 mic each for hihat, toms (usually 3), kick, snare (sometimes 2, top and bottom) and 2 overheads... is this overkill? this is combined with guitar and vocal scratch tracks. if i am wasting time with this let me know but with all the recording experiences, in which i paid a studio, they used this method. i understand that i'm not a professional producer/engineer but it seems right... give me some feedback. i don't mind saving time and $$$...
sorry if i come across as ignorant about drum tracking but i believe i do some good work with the other instruments, i just want to produce the best drums tracks i can.
Aug 13, 2002 11:56 am I think you are right on target. I am still new to recording myself, but I have recorded in two Professional studios myself and both used seperate mics for each drum and two overheads. I also recently spoke with the enginear at one of these studios for advice on purchasing equipment. He suggested I also buy a compressor/gate for each drum. So I bought an M-Audio Delta 1010 (8 - Analog ins and outs) and 4 Behringer Autocom stereo Compressors. I also have a Soundblaster live card which gives me two more tracks for scratch tracks. I bought some of my stuff used but even at new price you can buy the Delta and Compressors from MF for less than 1000. You can also use up to four Delta 1010s for a total of 32 tracks at one time if you need to expand in the future.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Aug 13, 2002 11:46 pm Yes, that is one of the best way's to mic drum's. But you can get by with less if need be. You can also link 2 Delta 1010's together for more channel's of audio input. You will then have 16 channel's of analog in's all recording at once if you so desire.
