Help Please

[MetalDrummer91]

hi, im sure you all get tired of answering these kind of questions, but before you say so, i already did the search and came up ampty handed. ok so this is my first time at this so i dont know much. i have been reading a series about home recording for drummers in modern drummer, and i THINK i know kinda whats going on. im still researching but here's what im thinking of now. woundering if im moving in the right direction or now. please tell me if there's something i'm missing or dont need in here:

Steinberg Cubase SE software
Nady Audio PRA-8 mic preamp
CAD 6-piece drum mic kit
Digidesign MBox USB interface (not sure on this)
Mackie DFX-12 with effects


If any of you guys have some of this gear, would you please include how you like it, or if you would recomend something else? I want to be able to grow some and will need to add a couple guitars and maybe a vocalist, will this alow me to do that, or would i need a larger mixer/preamp? thanks guys!



btw here are the specs on my computer if they make a difference in all this. Dell dimension 4600 w/ intel 4, 80gb hard drive if i remember right, XP home opperating platform, Sound blaster audigy 2 thx sound card. be happy to post anything else if its needed.

[ssscientist]

You're on the right track, but you definitely don't need the M-box unless you want to go the needlessly expensive 'protools' (ick) route. I would recommend you take a look at this which would solve both your mixer and your computer interface problem in one easy package. You can mix 4 microphones and 2 stereo sources to two tracks thru this mixer, and it has built in FX like the Mackie.

The CAD drum mics have gotten good reviews, but I would hold off also on the Nady mic preamp.

[MetalDrummer91]

wow that looks alot more like what i want, except it doesnt have as many mic lines as i would like, do you know if they have a larger one? it would probably work for me, but i want something i can put guitars into aswell as my drums when they actually get their guitars (such slackers) hey, would it be possible to record drums, then guitars, and like over dub them together? but thanks for getting back with me so fast man

[ssscientist]

Here's the top of the line with 8 XLRs and the capability to premix up to 16 tracks to a stereo pair on the computer.

Most other sub-$500 audio interfaces only let you record 2 or 4 or some as many as 8 separate tracks @ once, all with their own idiosyncrasies and unique-ity's.

The method of working I suggest is for you to lay down the drums first, then the guitars and bass, then the vocals - that way you have the maximum flexibility all the way down the line.

[jrod418]

I dont personely like the CAD mikes. Try the Shure PG series for some good enexpensive mikes

[jrod418]

also I know I'm gonna catch some flack for this but the Behringer UB2442Fx-PRO has been a good mixer for me. And at around $300(american) you cant go wrong

[MetalDrummer91]

cool guys, ill be sure to check these out. thanks