Advice on how to use this equipment?

[nefilim]

I am new to computer recording, this is my equipment list:

Fender 8-track analogue mixing desk
Yamaha MD4
Pentium III 933Mhz
SB Live! Platinum
Evolution MK149 MIDI Keyboard
Various guitars and mics
Roland SRV 3030 Reverb unit
60GB HDD
Cubase VST32
Other pieces of audio software.

How should I connect all this together?
Can I have a setup that will allow me to record multiple inputs through my mixer at the same time?
How can I reduce the latency on my MIDI keyboard for apps like Cubase and Fruity Loops?

Any help would be a life saver.

[Dom Franco]

Use the Md4 for recording... plug guitars and mic's directly into it, or use the Fender mixer for EQ and effects.

Use the computer for e-mail and connecting to this website... or even doing you taxes.

I suppose you could buy some recording software for your computer and dump mixdowns from the Yamaha MD4 to do digital overdubs and editing.

I don't like computers for recording, and I have banned them from my studio, until technology allows simple connections without compatabillity problems.

I also had a big noise problem when the computer monitor was powered on. Not worth it!

I prefer stand alone units like ADAT's and Fostex Hard disc recorders. I know you have to use what you have for now. Good Luck

Dom Franco

[Wallycleaver]

I don't know how many inputs are on the SB. If you get better sound card, that system would rock! I dig the delta 1010, 8 ins 8 outs and midi.

[nefilim]

On the actual card,
there's an analog/digital out jack,
a line in jack,
a microphone in jack,
a line out jack,
a rear out jack and a joystick type MIDI connector.

On the Live Drive there's RCA SPDIF In/Out jacks,
a 1/4" Headphones jack,
a 1/4" Line In2/Mic In 2 jack,
MIDI In and MIDI Out connectors,
RCA Auxiliary In jacks and Optical SPDIF In/Out connectors.

I know the 1010 - a breakout box is the way to go then?

[pratt]

you're only going to be able to record 2 channels at one time with the SBLive! - use the stereo 'line in' and pan according to what you want to send to which channel - for example - pan hard left for channel 1 and hard right for channel 2 - use your mixer for this and make sure that 2 tracks in Cubase are set to the 2 inputs (something like 'SBLive In L' and 'SBLive in R')

you're going to need a better soundcard to record more than 2 tracks at a time