I am just starting to get into home recording because my two kids play instruments. My daughter plays guitar (acoustic, electric acoustic and electric). My son plays drums. My daughter also sings (takes voice lessons).
So, occasionally their friends come over for a "jam session" and there may be 3-4 other friends. They want to record some song they perform together. I'd like to record this in a decent way. That is, I'd like to get a mixer that has 6-8 channel inputs (btw - what is the difference between a channel and a track? I see one mixer advertising 8 tracks, but there are only two inputs! how does that work??).
Anyway, my requirements are to have a mixer for under $200 that has 6-8 inputs (I'll figure out which organ to sell to get 6-8 different decent microphones) and a USB input to my computer so I can play with the audio.
Thanks for your help.
-phil
p.s. I have been looking at this one from Yamaha (I am a little bit partial to Yamaha just because I've had great success with them when buying my kids instruments).
Yamaha MG82CX 8 Input Stereo Mixer with Digital Effects
So, occasionally their friends come over for a "jam session" and there may be 3-4 other friends. They want to record some song they perform together. I'd like to record this in a decent way. That is, I'd like to get a mixer that has 6-8 channel inputs (btw - what is the difference between a channel and a track? I see one mixer advertising 8 tracks, but there are only two inputs! how does that work??).
Anyway, my requirements are to have a mixer for under $200 that has 6-8 inputs (I'll figure out which organ to sell to get 6-8 different decent microphones) and a USB input to my computer so I can play with the audio.
Thanks for your help.
-phil
p.s. I have been looking at this one from Yamaha (I am a little bit partial to Yamaha just because I've had great success with them when buying my kids instruments).
Yamaha MG82CX 8 Input Stereo Mixer with Digital Effects