Ok, my grandpa gave me a 24 channel mixing board, and a dig. 8 track. the 24 doesnt work, it was dropped by the fedex guy, so, we dont know what/how to fix it, so we might just take it in if its worth our time. anyways, i really want to start recording/my band does, so, what do i need, can i just use the 8 track? just help me out, thanks-
OK, so, i got some recording stuff for....
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you theoretically don't need the mixing board.
it depends on what you're recording.
how many mics are you setting up?
if its just you and an acoustic guitar/bassist then an 8-track is excessive.
if you're going to do a live recording of a vocalist, background group, 2 guitar players, a pianist, a drummer, and a bassist.. you may need to group some tracks together (especially if you have drums, a drumkit will need multiple mics on it for sure)..
see what i'm saying
but if you need to record more than 8 tracks to a song you can just track them separately. you'll probably get the best results tracking in that manner anyways.. do a rythm track, then go back and record all the parts over individually, bouncing multiple tracks into 1 as you go along if you need to. i really have no idea what kind of setup you have so its hard to say.
it depends on what you're recording.
how many mics are you setting up?
if its just you and an acoustic guitar/bassist then an 8-track is excessive.
if you're going to do a live recording of a vocalist, background group, 2 guitar players, a pianist, a drummer, and a bassist.. you may need to group some tracks together (especially if you have drums, a drumkit will need multiple mics on it for sure)..
see what i'm saying
but if you need to record more than 8 tracks to a song you can just track them separately. you'll probably get the best results tracking in that manner anyways.. do a rythm track, then go back and record all the parts over individually, bouncing multiple tracks into 1 as you go along if you need to. i really have no idea what kind of setup you have so its hard to say.
HeyHeyMyMy
Red Member
yofe said:
And while you're at it you should file a claim against FedEx if they wrecked one of your items.
well, heres a pic ofthe setup stuff http://www.geocities.com/moo1822003/bandpic2001.JPG well, ym band of friends is two guitars, one piano, one scratchboarder person/dj, one bass....
notbradsohner
Compression Addict
get another 8 track and you should be set. The 8 track you have is called an ADAT. That particular model is a blackface made by alesis. Another one will work well with what you already have. That way, you have 16 tracks to work with, which should be enough.
I say all this assuming your mixer has ouputs on each channel
I say all this assuming your mixer has ouputs on each channel
giraffe
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you need the pre's off the board.
if you can get power to the board at all you can 1/2 jack out of the inserts on each chanell to go directly to the recorder, bypassing most of the board.
but you need to board, at least that much.
even if that works, you'll have no was to monitor the sounds, not even headphones.
you probably need a new board (or that one fixed)
the more i think about it the worse it gets (sorry)
if you can get power to the board at all you can 1/2 jack out of the inserts on each chanell to go directly to the recorder, bypassing most of the board.
but you need to board, at least that much.
even if that works, you'll have no was to monitor the sounds, not even headphones.
you probably need a new board (or that one fixed)
the more i think about it the worse it gets (sorry)
EizingerIsGod
New member
You can, but you already have the ADAT. Theres better ways to do it based off what you have. I'm not too familiar with ADAT because I do mostly digital recording. But youre probably best off not doing computer.