TL;DR What is the process for being able to record drums and mix the track as it plays on repeat using just my mixer? If this is even possible using only a mixer, I don't know lol.
Hey, I'm a little confused as to whether I'm doing this properly, so any advice is greatly appreciated!
I've got a Soundcraft EFX-8 mixer, with 2 overhead mics and a snare and bass mic going in XLR. What I've been doing is sending the raw drums through a cable that plugs into the mixer 1/4" jack (not sure if I've got this cable going into the right spot, what should it be?), and inputs into my camcorder as a 1/8" jack, where I then put the video on my PC, stick the audio in audacity and try to fix whatever I need there.
Now, this mixer has a whole slew of EQ and effects that sound pretty good, but is there any way I can record the drums somehow onto the mixer and play back the track and use the settings ON the mixer to switch the stuff? I don't have a laptop with good recording software that I can directly record the drums into, so I think this is why I'm hitting complications.
My question is basically the process for refining the sound in the recordings is really tedious, where-in I record the drums, change settings on the mixer and compare the two videos, so can I actually edit the sound as the track is playing back on repeat or something?
Sorry for this being long-winded, I just have no clue how to do audio stuff and I'm wondering whether I could be doing it way better. Thanks for any replies!!
Hey, I'm a little confused as to whether I'm doing this properly, so any advice is greatly appreciated!
I've got a Soundcraft EFX-8 mixer, with 2 overhead mics and a snare and bass mic going in XLR. What I've been doing is sending the raw drums through a cable that plugs into the mixer 1/4" jack (not sure if I've got this cable going into the right spot, what should it be?), and inputs into my camcorder as a 1/8" jack, where I then put the video on my PC, stick the audio in audacity and try to fix whatever I need there.
Now, this mixer has a whole slew of EQ and effects that sound pretty good, but is there any way I can record the drums somehow onto the mixer and play back the track and use the settings ON the mixer to switch the stuff? I don't have a laptop with good recording software that I can directly record the drums into, so I think this is why I'm hitting complications.
My question is basically the process for refining the sound in the recordings is really tedious, where-in I record the drums, change settings on the mixer and compare the two videos, so can I actually edit the sound as the track is playing back on repeat or something?
Sorry for this being long-winded, I just have no clue how to do audio stuff and I'm wondering whether I could be doing it way better. Thanks for any replies!!