2 Part question

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seryozha

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Hey all
Im somewhat of a amature when it comes to sound, but am learning quickly.

I have two questions for you tonight.

1)Im looking into a new mixer (current Behringer 2442 is Crap!)
It needs 16 XLR channels ,Subgroups, and AUX sends.
I have narrowed it down to 2 mixers within my price bracket; The Mackie 1604VLZ pro and the Yamaha MG24/14 FX. The mixer needs to serve as a live sound reinforcement and as a recording point to go into my puter. I also heard that mackie is coming out with a new mixer, the ONYX? which do you reccommend? Or alternatives?

2) This is related to the first question but warrents a new number, With my new mixer i am going to be doing some recording for metal and rock bands. I need to record all of my drums into the puter on one pass, but would like each drum to have its own track (I.E. snare,Kick drum,4 toms, HH,Ride, 2 cymbal overheads, if you couldnt already tell, i am a drummer so, no expense will be sparred for percussian quality, damn guitarist get their sing along mic,muhahaha!) What kind of recording gear will i need to pull this off, keeping in mind that I will be using one of the aformentioned mixers?

I was looking at the Aark 24, with 8 inputs it should work if i send my drums from the mixer to the aark. I guess here is my third question(okay, so there are 3, sue me.)what is the purpose of the 8 outputs on it? Perhaps this is supremely noobish type of question, but i dont know.

thanks in advance.
seryozha
 
A few things you can do with those 8 outs.

Transfer your submixes to another medium, like an ADAT, or a R-R tape deck.

Feed those outputs to your board for headphone monitoring and be able to have individual headphone mixes for different players.

Use those outs to feed outboard processors and feed them back in on new tracks, preserving your original takes.

Use your computer as a source for backing tracks in a live gig, or to send a click track to a drummer in a live gig situation.

I'm sure there's gonna be a lot more ideas on this.
 
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