For my recording interface, I own a presonus firepod firewire interface, which as you guys know, has 8 mic/line inputs.
Now, when I record drums, I use an 8-piece mic setup. 3 toms, 2 overheads, snare, kick, and hi-hat. When doing this, this takes up all of the inputs on my firepod. While this isn't a huge deal, since I don't record multiple instruments at once, I find it inconvenient to switch cables back and forth for different recording setups.
In a perfect world, I would purchase another firepod, daisy chain them, and boom, I would have double the inputs. But, the firepods don't run cheap, and I wont be able to afford another one for a little while. That being said, I have a spare outboard mixer sitting around that I think I could put to good use here.
The mixer I have is a Behringer Eurorack UB244FX-PRO. It's a great mixer, with 10 mic inputs, 4 aux outs, direct line monitoring, etc. Check out that site for more details.
Anyway, I was thinking I could go about running all the drum mics into the outboard mixer, and mixing them down into 4 or 5 outputs, then bringing them into the firepod. That being said, how should I combine the mics? I like to pan the overheads, and the toms.. so should I pan those in the mixer, or should I set them into separate outputs and pan them in Cubase?
Not exactly a simple situation, I know. How would you go about doing this? I don't mind using 4 or 5 inputs on the firepod, but anymore than that is kind of a pain in the ass. Like I said, the outboard mixer that I own has 4 aux outputs, and 2 separate sub outputs.
Anyway, all and any advice is welcomed. Thanks in advance for your help.
Now, when I record drums, I use an 8-piece mic setup. 3 toms, 2 overheads, snare, kick, and hi-hat. When doing this, this takes up all of the inputs on my firepod. While this isn't a huge deal, since I don't record multiple instruments at once, I find it inconvenient to switch cables back and forth for different recording setups.
In a perfect world, I would purchase another firepod, daisy chain them, and boom, I would have double the inputs. But, the firepods don't run cheap, and I wont be able to afford another one for a little while. That being said, I have a spare outboard mixer sitting around that I think I could put to good use here.
The mixer I have is a Behringer Eurorack UB244FX-PRO. It's a great mixer, with 10 mic inputs, 4 aux outs, direct line monitoring, etc. Check out that site for more details.
Anyway, I was thinking I could go about running all the drum mics into the outboard mixer, and mixing them down into 4 or 5 outputs, then bringing them into the firepod. That being said, how should I combine the mics? I like to pan the overheads, and the toms.. so should I pan those in the mixer, or should I set them into separate outputs and pan them in Cubase?
Not exactly a simple situation, I know. How would you go about doing this? I don't mind using 4 or 5 inputs on the firepod, but anymore than that is kind of a pain in the ass. Like I said, the outboard mixer that I own has 4 aux outputs, and 2 separate sub outputs.
Anyway, all and any advice is welcomed. Thanks in advance for your help.
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