My bandmates and I unfortunately have busy schedules in activities other than music so we don't get to practice enough. We'd like to tape record the practice sessions we do so each can practice individually.
At this point we have very little equipment so will need recommendations (NOTE this is NOT for producing a demo; we will go to a studio for that)
genres played are all over the place: 70's rock, 20th c. concerti, jazz fusion a la Jean-Luc Ponty, 50's blues
here is the instrumentation:
lead vocal (tenor)
backup vocal (baritone)
viola (acoustic)
elect. bass
MIDI keyboard
rock drum set
Equipment:
A. Microphones for vocals
Shure SM58. Is that OK any other suggestions at $100
B. viola microphone (this is where the melody line is)
Recommended microphone at $50, $100, and $200 price points?
C. drum microphone
Any ideas?
D. direct box or bass microphone
Which do you recommend? Or can a bass just be plugged into the 1/4" line input. If DI, How is the $30 Behringer box?
Does anyone know the frequency range of an electric bass?
E. mixer
I'm thinking of getting the Yamaha MG10/2 which is a 10-channel mixer that outputs stereo mixdown. (We have a good stereo tape deck to record to.) This mixer is $100 which is the most we could spend in this area.
F. monitoring
For the proposed application, how important is monitoring?
If a bass is plugged in to DI, does the player need a monitor to hear it?
Can I just hook up to my home stereo? How about using headphones? Most mixers only have 1 headphone output how could I connect three people to it.
G. cables
Does it make a difference? Any recommendations?
H. tapes
what type/brand of stereo cassette tapes do you recommend?
At this point we have very little equipment so will need recommendations (NOTE this is NOT for producing a demo; we will go to a studio for that)
genres played are all over the place: 70's rock, 20th c. concerti, jazz fusion a la Jean-Luc Ponty, 50's blues
here is the instrumentation:
lead vocal (tenor)
backup vocal (baritone)
viola (acoustic)
elect. bass
MIDI keyboard
rock drum set
Equipment:
A. Microphones for vocals
Shure SM58. Is that OK any other suggestions at $100
B. viola microphone (this is where the melody line is)
Recommended microphone at $50, $100, and $200 price points?
C. drum microphone
Any ideas?
D. direct box or bass microphone
Which do you recommend? Or can a bass just be plugged into the 1/4" line input. If DI, How is the $30 Behringer box?
Does anyone know the frequency range of an electric bass?
E. mixer
I'm thinking of getting the Yamaha MG10/2 which is a 10-channel mixer that outputs stereo mixdown. (We have a good stereo tape deck to record to.) This mixer is $100 which is the most we could spend in this area.
F. monitoring
For the proposed application, how important is monitoring?
If a bass is plugged in to DI, does the player need a monitor to hear it?
Can I just hook up to my home stereo? How about using headphones? Most mixers only have 1 headphone output how could I connect three people to it.
G. cables
Does it make a difference? Any recommendations?
H. tapes
what type/brand of stereo cassette tapes do you recommend?