Newbie Recording Help Please!

[kpnutz52]

hey all,
Well what im trying to do is record a 3 piece band....... we tried doing it seperatley..... but we cudnt get a good monitor level in the headphones for the drummer drum to.. so that failed.... what we have is
drums, bass, elec guitar, Vocals, Pa and Pc........ what wud be the best way of recording?

[SPINSTERWUN]

You will need to give a TON of more info.....

Budget?

Equipment?

Skill level?

ETC.......

Peace......

spin

[kpnutz52]

Originally posted by SPINSTERWUN
You will need to give a TON of more info.....

Budget? erm..... 200 maybe

Equipment? that i have? 1 akg mic, yamaha emx860st pc, win xp, 1.8ghz cool edit pro....

Skill level? intermidiate

ETC.......

Peace......

spin

[keilson]

a headphone amp would be good to amplify it. Can you explain your problem in more detial?

[kpnutz52]

Originally posted by keilson
a headphone amp would be good to amplify it. Can you explain your problem in more detial?

just looking for an everall way of recording th eband at the moment.... im thinking of getting a di box for the bass and another mic for the drums..... so do you think recording us all together ( everything thru the p.a to pc ) will sound ok aslong as we check the levels before hand because we'll be recording to 1 track.......

and the problem at the moment was the headphones as a monitor for the drummer...... the audio wasnt loud enough and i couldnt make it any louder......

[keilson]

I only thought you were talking about monitoring problems while playing. I didn't think you meant recording the whole entire band on 1 track. What type of sound card do you have? Recording the entire band on one track usually will not sound very good.

[Track Rat]

It's my opinion that you ain't gonna be happy at all recording in that fashion. Multitracking is about the only way to get the controll you need to get a good mix.

[kpnutz52]

Originally posted by keilson
I only thought you were talking about monitoring problems while playing. I didn't think you meant recording the whole entire band on 1 track. What type of sound card do you have? Recording the entire band on one track usually will not sound very good.

the sound card is a 'SiS 7018' and is there anyway to record the different channels ( we'll be using 4 ) to individual tracks at the same time? or can they only go to one track?

[kpnutz52]

Could someone also explain the best way to record my band 'live'? and how many mics etc... and anything else that wud be needed...