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woody777
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Hi guys,
I'm looking into recording a full band simultaneously (and on seperate tracks). The Ardvark Q10 looks awesome, but probably is a little out of my price range as of now. Basically, I want to record the most number of tracks simultaneously (16 would be ideal, but 8-10 would probably suffice), with the highest sound quality possible (given consideration to price) for the least amount of cash possible. I don't really have a specific price range, but the Q10 is about $800, so please suggest some cheaper alternatives.
Also, does a piece of equipment like the Q10 or others negate the need for a mixing board? It looks like you set EQ/level through the provided software. Currently, we mic every piece of equipment in the band and run that into a 16 channel Carvin board and run that into a Laptop equipped with Sonar 2.0. The soundcard is only one channel, so everything records onto one track - not a bad overall mix, but obviously not much can be done to mix/master something like that.
Also, the Q10 has a seperate preamp for every channel, so no worries there. But would we still need to buy a seperate sound card, or at least a soundcard better than the stock sound card? Does the Q10 or other units like it have a multi-channel soundcard built-in (forgive the newbie questions)?
Thanks guys!
I'm looking into recording a full band simultaneously (and on seperate tracks). The Ardvark Q10 looks awesome, but probably is a little out of my price range as of now. Basically, I want to record the most number of tracks simultaneously (16 would be ideal, but 8-10 would probably suffice), with the highest sound quality possible (given consideration to price) for the least amount of cash possible. I don't really have a specific price range, but the Q10 is about $800, so please suggest some cheaper alternatives.
Also, does a piece of equipment like the Q10 or others negate the need for a mixing board? It looks like you set EQ/level through the provided software. Currently, we mic every piece of equipment in the band and run that into a 16 channel Carvin board and run that into a Laptop equipped with Sonar 2.0. The soundcard is only one channel, so everything records onto one track - not a bad overall mix, but obviously not much can be done to mix/master something like that.
Also, the Q10 has a seperate preamp for every channel, so no worries there. But would we still need to buy a seperate sound card, or at least a soundcard better than the stock sound card? Does the Q10 or other units like it have a multi-channel soundcard built-in (forgive the newbie questions)?
Thanks guys!
Does it replace the soundcard you currently have or does it plug in through your USB port? Does it have preamps like the Aardvark, or would I need to use a sound board?