Ok, i've had quite a lot of experience recording acoustic guitar and voice on what most would consider a very limited budget. Ive been using an old 2 input Audiowerk soundcard with an Audiobuddy pre-amp and an SP B1 mic for everything. However now that im going to be recording drums, im undecided as to whether or not i should upgrade my small behringer mixer which was just used for monitoring...
So im going to use the SP mic for an overhead, sm57 on snare and a senheiser mic on bass drum, and i could either get another audiobuddy (£50) then go into the line ins on the mixer ive got, or get a new mixer (£100 Mackie dfx 6, £60 Soundcraft notepad) and use the pre amps on the mixer. Again, i know the sound quality isnt going to be world class, but im happy with the quality i get just now so on that basis what would be the best combination?
Cheers
So im going to use the SP mic for an overhead, sm57 on snare and a senheiser mic on bass drum, and i could either get another audiobuddy (£50) then go into the line ins on the mixer ive got, or get a new mixer (£100 Mackie dfx 6, £60 Soundcraft notepad) and use the pre amps on the mixer. Again, i know the sound quality isnt going to be world class, but im happy with the quality i get just now so on that basis what would be the best combination?
Cheers