8 Track Band Recording

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hey i mostly record with software but I'm trying to help out a guy I know. he wants to use an 8 track recorder to record his band, which I assume is Drums, Bass, two guitars and vocals.

The 8 track has 4 XLR inputs and two 5/6 7/8 stereo inputs. Basicallly i need some general hints; should he record the drums by themselves? Or drum and Bass together? I dont think he has enough inputs to record 'live'. What should be recorded via the 5/6 and 7/8 ins? Is a 1/4 inch jack input only suitable for instrument cables? Or can you convert a mic cable? Any help would be much appreciated, im trying to help him out.
 
Well if you have a Mixer you can Plug all of the Drum mics into that and then into the 8 track in stereo and then you would do all of the Drum mixing on the Mixer and still have 6 inputs on the 8 track for recording the other instruments Live....

If you don"t have a Mixer you can record the Drums useing the 4 XLR Inputs (Bass ,Snare and 2 overheads) and just record the Drums first and then over dub the Guitar and Bass and vocal Tracks after .....

the 1/4 inputs are "Line inputs" so you can not plug a Mic into them and get a good signal, But if you had external Preamps you could use the 1/4 inputs....

My computer recording set up only has 4 Inputs (Delta 44) but I have a 8ch mixer which I use for mixing the Drums and then output from the Mixer to the Delta 44 useing Inputs 1 & 2 and then I record Bass and Guitar through inputs 3 and 4 useing external Preamps or going DI so I can record a whole 3 Piece band at once and then over dub Vocals and any other tracks.....

This setup works Fairly good but you must have the Drums Mixed Perfectly on the Mixer because you can not change levels on the drums after recording useing this method.....

Well Good luck......

Cheers
 
I would recommend using:
1 track for bass kick
1 track for snare
1 mic for each hat, tom drum, cymbal mix into 1 track if you have a small mixer

1 track for bass
1 track for guitar, 2 tracks for 2 guitars
1 track for back up vocals
1 track for main vocals


This will have give you the most flexiblity want you try to mix everything down without losing a good live take.
 
Are the 5/6 and 7/8 inputs on stereo jacks? What's the routing like on this machine? How many busses?

I suspect the stereo jacks are for high output line level instruments (like synths) only: though I could be wrong. There's also the question of whether or not they can be used as mono inputs and assigned to single tracks. The answers to those questions, and the ones above, will determine just how much flexibility you have.

Side note: you're not using a 424 are you? Because if so I hate to have to tell you this, but, it's not an 8 track
 
Bouncing is heaps of fun :)

I bounced ten tracks on my most recent work (6 down to 2 then 4 down to 2).
 
Mark7 said:
Are the 5/6 and 7/8 inputs on stereo jacks? What's the routing like on this machine? How many busses?

I suspect the stereo jacks are for high output line level instruments (like synths) only: though I could be wrong. There's also the question of whether or not they can be used as mono inputs and assigned to single tracks. The answers to those questions, and the ones above, will determine just how much flexibility you have.

Side note: you're not using a 424 are you? Because if so I hate to have to tell you this, but, it's not an 8 track
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Cant be sure, was described to em as an 8 track.
 
Well, the description matches the last version of the 424 (mk 3).
 
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