Recording multiple tracks...
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Posted on Feb 26, 2004 05:41 pm
FIlmguy
Member Since: Feb 26, 2004
Hey all, I am a semi-newb to home recording, and have a question. My band's recording setup right now is as follows:
Drums-6 mics running to a mackie mixer
Main sound runs from RCA outs to the mic-in on my computer(RCA-->1/8" plug adapter), which is running Cakewalk. Right now, we record the drum track, with me playing the guitar part into the drummers headphones. Then we record the bass, the guitars, and then the vocals. Everything is recorded seperately.
Now, we are more of a jam-style band, so if at all possible we would like to record more than one instrument at a time. We are using the stock Motherboard soundcard, so there is obviously only one mic-in.
My question is, what kind of computer soundcard would I need to be able to run in, and record multiple tracks in Cakewalk similtaniously. And once I had this hardware, would I run each instrument out of a different aux send on the mixer? Thanks alot!
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Feb 26, 2004 05:49 pm First, DON'T run the RCA's to the mic in, use the line in, BIG difference is sound.
Second, you need one with more inputs to do more tracks. Check out The Gear Bag section of this site www.homerecordingconnecti...st&cat_id=3 for sound card. The Delta 44 and 66 will take 4 analog inputs, the 1010 will take 8 analog inputs...
The Aardvark Direct Pro Q10 www.homerecordingconnecti...views&id=59 is also something many members here like.
Feb 26, 2004 07:18 pm Thanks for the help. I think we will go with the Delta 44. 4 tracks is plenty. Am I correct in that we should run the seperate tracks from the aux sends on the mixer, into the box. is that the way to go?
Feb 26, 2004 07:21 pm yup, well, wait, not sure exactly what you mean there...use the mixers sub out to go into the 4 ins of the sound card.
EdvoMember
Since: Feb 18, 2004
Feb 27, 2004 03:48 am You need a mixer with direct outputs. You can use inserts, but my behringer gives poor signals from inserts (post preamp, pre eq), I had to make additional post fader outputs. Mackie can be better in this case.
Feb 29, 2004 06:01 am one way I do two inputs if I reallly need it (two acoustic guitars) is record both of them in one track, but hard pan , one on the left, one on the right. Then seperate/mixdown the channels into it's own mono track, then pan each instrument like I want. That's the only way I could get it to work when I had just one input.
