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Hey. I am playing at a party with my band in about a month and i am head of all the sound. We are not going to need a full PA setup because both guitarists have half stacks (Dr. Z Perscription and Marshall mk2) and the bassist has a 2x12 agular setup with a nice QSC poweramp. My problem is this. We need to amplify the vocals and maybe a little snare. We are planning on recording everything into my firepod and using my moms ibook g4. My bassist and i would also like to run our IEM's but we do not need our own mixes. My dad has 2 Laney Lineback Pro guitar amps that he said I could use. Should i dedicate a output of only vocals and snare and send it to the 2 laney amps for vocals? I dont want to spend any extra money. Would that work. For the IEM mix, i am going to run the headphone out to the headphone amp, so that aint a problem. PLEASE HELP!
 
I also had a question about this - is it possible to lead the guitars into the firepod, then take their lineouts into the guitar amps? ...Will this mess anything up?
 
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I've done a similar situation with my band in a rehearsal recording sesson. This is what we did:

1. Drums Left Overhead (Mic Direct into 1010LT)
2. Drums Right Overhead (Mic Direct into 1010LT)
3. Rhythm Guitar (Splitter at instrument/effect input)
4. Keyboards (Submix from mixer)
5. Lead Guitar (Line out from amp)
6. Lead Vocals (Line from mixer)
7. Backup Vocals (Line from mixer)

This 7 channel setup actually worked out pretty well for my first attempt. The guitars don't sound completely wonderful being direct lines from the amps, but a bit of modeling can help that, and there is the unfortunate bit of bleed from the mics that will ease the situation. Since it is a live recording, it won't matter so much as getting the eventual levels correct.
 
I am miking the amps. The bass will be from the agular preamp FX out. Vocals will be direct in and then a aux out with the vocals to probably the 2 guitar amps for the vocals. I am not worrying about mixing down or anything. I have a lot of expirence with my firepod.
 
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