Confused about channel options

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I have a Yamaha MG82cx 8 channel mixer, an AKAI EIE Pro 4 channel USB Interface, an Mbox and I use Adobe Audition 3.0

I came on the home recording scene with Adobe Audition 3.0 and haven't used anything else... What is everyones gut reaction to this?

My main question involves my mic count vs my available channels... I am about to start using 6 mics on my drums and in order for them to appear as separate tracks in Adobe Audition, I need to put them through the AKAI... but I only get 4 channels.... I also want to EQ them, which the AKAI doesn't offer, but my mixer does. If I use the mixers inputs too and run them into the interface, I get 4 mics on only one channel! I am so confused with this and hoping someone can untangle my dilemma. I hope I explained everything well enough to paint the right picture...

Thanks!
 
Your interface limits you to four channels. You could do two mics direct to the interface, say kick and snare, and submix the other four mics through the Yamaha to the other two channels of the interface. You won't be able to change much on the submix once it's recorded so it may take a number of takes to get the blend right.

Regarding Audition, keep it for certain kinds of editing but get a proper DAW to record and mix with.
 
Like bsg said, your interface only has 4 inputs. So you can only record 4 channels at once. I wouldn't worry about eqing on the way in, because just about any eq plugin will do a better job and be more flexible than the one on that mixers.
You can do what was suggested, and that is probably the most straight forward way to do it. But there should be other outputs on that mixers that you can use besides the main output. You can route signal to the aux outputs and/or effects outputs. If that mixers has busses, you can route a channel or a group of channels to the busses and use those outputs..

If you look on the back of the mixer, everything labeled 'output' can be used to get a discrete signal out of. You just need to find out how to route a signal there without routing it someplace else too. You don't have to only use the outputs for the purpose that the label says it's for. All the outputs are just line level outs, the only difference between them us what you have to do to get the signal to show up there.
 
Or just record your drums with 4 mics. Many do it that way with excellent results. Kick, Snare, two overheads.

Forget about EQing on the way in. Better to experiment with mic positioning to get the sound you want then you can tailor that sound with EQ once you get all your tracks recorded (Bass, guits, vox, etc).
 
Farview said:
I wouldn't worry about eqing on the way in, because just about any eq plugin will do a better job and be more flexible than the one on that mixers.
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If he submixes then he'll probably want to eq the individual elements in the submix relative to each other since once it's recorded those tonal relationships are fixed.
 
Yeah I guess I'll have to fuss with the routing of the outputs... I am about to start experimenting now. I have wanted to use pro tools as my DAW, but I am not sure how to get more than two channels outside of the mbox to work in Pro Tools. Can I use my AKAI and the mixer like I am now?

The reason I have the 6 mic setup is because I got 3 sennheiser e604 mics and want to have more clarity in the toms and be able to pan them to my liking, but now I am faced with some challenges.

Thanks for all the tips so far guys... Oh and this is my first thread on the forum. Supernewb.
 
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