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johnstbs

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Since: Jul 27, 2004
Mar 15, 2005 10:22 am

eres a quick question..

iv been goin over to my mates hose recently cos his dads got a computer and a good mixing desk set up and weve been recording some guitars in to cubase sx..

now were gonna set up his drum kit, mic everything up go through the mixing desk to individual channels and attempt to record a full kit through cubase sx..

now i have a tutorial and it says to do multi track recording so every track on cubase starts recording ill need to enable each track to a different "BUS"..

the main question is would we need a "MULTITRACK SOUNDCARD" ?? thats what weve heard..

and if yes or no, will each track on the mixing desk (eg. kick, snare, hats, toms) come up as individual tracks through cubase sx??

john
Walt
Secretary of Insight

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Since: May 10, 2002
Mar 15, 2005 10:43 am

Oh my, yes; there is some corn-fussion going on here somewhere.

Let's say you spot eight mics on the drum kit. Each one goes to a seperate channel on the mixing board. If the mixing board has direct outs on each channel you can route each direct out to an input on a sound card 'audio itnerface' given the interface has eight input channels. If the mixing board does not have direct outs but has eight submix or buss outputs then you would have to route each channel on the board to a seperate buss, on the board and again route the mixer busses to an eight channel interface.

Ok, we now have eight seperate channels going into your computer. In Cubase Sx you will need to route each of the audio interface's channels to a seperate track. There is no need to route each track in Cubase to a seperate buss inside Cubase. Cubase has the facility to route tracks to busses just as a physical mixer does, but for what you are trying to do it is not necessary to use this facility.

So in review,

Yes, you will need an audio interface with as many inputs as mic's spoted on the drum kit to get each mic as a seperate track in Cubase.

No, you will not have to buss anything in Cubase.

You may have to buss the signal on the mixing board to get seperate channels to the audio interface depending on the configuration of the mixing board.

In Cubase you will have to route the outputs of the audio interface to individual track inputs.

I am thinking the text you reviewed used the term 'buss' in very general terms.

Bus stops, she goes, love grows, ... under my umbrella.
johnstbs

Member
Since: Jul 27, 2004
Mar 15, 2005 10:59 am

haha ok dude!.. well basicly i will need a sound card that has as many inputs as i want tracks goin in??

i was just woundering if i could hook up about 8 mic's in the desk, then 1 lead goin in to 1 input on the sound card from the desk and then cubase might recognise that there is more than 1 input been used..(8) but i guess that doesnt work??

ok cool

john

dB Masters
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HRC Czar

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Since: Apr 03, 2002
Mar 15, 2005 11:02 am

nope, one input = one track. If you invent an app that can separate signals, I'll buy it from you for $100...then I'LL make a fortune.
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...bringing sexy back

Member
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Mar 15, 2005 11:19 am

one stereo track could be split into 2 monos in wavelab or something.

so, if you recorded, say, a kick panned far left and a snare far right you would in effect get 2 mono inputs from any soundcard.

do i get $100? some icecream would do...
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...bringing sexy back

Member
Since: Jul 01, 2002
Mar 15, 2005 11:20 am

i realise you probably know this, but it might be usful for johnboy here...
johnstbs

Member
Since: Jul 27, 2004
Mar 16, 2005 04:14 am

dude, your more than useful!! haha

all this help is unbelievable!!

thanks!!

john

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Aidan Plaidan
Member
Since: May 02, 2006
May 17, 2006 05:11 pm

Hi
Can you recommend a suitable interface with just 4 input capability

I want to transfer my 4 track recordings to PC and clean them up

Is Cubase the easiest to use ??
and should I ditch the Soundblaster Card ??
Any minimum Ram requirements I have a 1300 Amd with over 300 ram

Any suggestions for a budget card with spdif and / or digital input ?

Thanks
Aidan
dB Masters
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HRC Czar

Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002
May 17, 2006 05:12 pm

ditch the soundblaster and use the M-Audio Delta 44 www.homerecordingconnecti...udio+Sound+Card tho it has no digital input...

I'd get as much RAM as you can afford.
Noize2u
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Czar of Midi

Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
May 17, 2006 09:17 pm

If you look into the next one up the Delta 66 it has digital i/o on it.

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