Recording off an old Peavey mixer
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Posted on Nov 03, 2005 08:28 am
GRiFFiN8946
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We found an old 16 channel peavey mixer at Sam Ash last night for a good price and i wanna know what the best way to put this thing to use would be. I guess just send out from the mixer to a tape deck of some sort, im not too familiar with analog recording all my past projects have been done through computer.
I found some pictures of it here,
phoenix.craigslist.org/msg/105929953.html
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Nov 03, 2005 08:32 am It appears you have a couple of sub outputs there which are nice to run back to the recording devices inputs, run the main outs to the amp/speakers...the mixer isn't really a "recording mixer" perse', but I think you could make it work.
Nov 03, 2005 08:38 am yeah, its mainly for when we play out but i think we can get some decent quality out of it.
Nov 03, 2005 09:21 am Am i gonna be able to get good quality onto a plain cassete tape or should i use some other kind of tape? Were not over dubbing or going back and double tracking or anything so i dont have to worry about what it will sound like when we have to take something out of put something in. Were just gonna play through and press stop.
Nov 03, 2005 09:26 am It's possible, I have recorded up to 8 tracks on cassette with decent quality. Just make sure you use short tapes (30-45 minutes or so) of high quality (TDK pros were may choice at the time) keep the heads clean and have a tape recorder that will allow recording and playing back at double speed...ya get a better recording that way.
jmailjimmie neutronMember
Since: Feb 14, 2005
Nov 07, 2005 07:23 am If you've some cash left, try doing a search on EBay for a reel-to-reel deck, if you're wanting to do tape. The "fidelity" is much better than cassette. You could also hook-up to any-ole-soundcard in your computer with an adapter cable, but an analog deck is definitely easier to transport, and more forgiving of all sorts of audio "sins" than is digital...
