Lonemusician
New member
Thanks for any advice ahead of time.
A friend who has been to college for recording/engineering helped set up new equipment in my home studio. I have two Focusrite 18i20s into a PC with Studio One Pro. We ran a snake from the live room, and ran it into my effects rack, then into the 18i20s.. My friend said we should use rack effects to minimize glitches, crashes, etc., recording 16 tracks.
Problems I see are not having my live rack (use it with the A & H GL2800 mixer), and possible analog noise.
My question....... Is it 'normal' to use outboard effects (pre-interface) to minimize crashes? I'm set up for recording 16 tracks (4 vocals, A. Guitar, E. Guitar, Bass, Sax, Keys L/R, Kick, Snare, Tom 1, Tom 2, OH 1 and OH 2).
Bonus question...... Recommendation for inexpensive 2 channel analog to spdif so I can connect electronic drum kit to 18i20s and get 18 channels recording.
Thanks everyone.
A friend who has been to college for recording/engineering helped set up new equipment in my home studio. I have two Focusrite 18i20s into a PC with Studio One Pro. We ran a snake from the live room, and ran it into my effects rack, then into the 18i20s.. My friend said we should use rack effects to minimize glitches, crashes, etc., recording 16 tracks.
Problems I see are not having my live rack (use it with the A & H GL2800 mixer), and possible analog noise.
My question....... Is it 'normal' to use outboard effects (pre-interface) to minimize crashes? I'm set up for recording 16 tracks (4 vocals, A. Guitar, E. Guitar, Bass, Sax, Keys L/R, Kick, Snare, Tom 1, Tom 2, OH 1 and OH 2).
Bonus question...... Recommendation for inexpensive 2 channel analog to spdif so I can connect electronic drum kit to 18i20s and get 18 channels recording.
Thanks everyone.