squidlips89
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Hi all!
Basically what I would like to know is some good options for recording/mixing at home AND playing and recording in a live setting. I think there would be a fair amount of overlap, where the things I use for performing live could also be used for recording live, and at home.
What I would really like is if I could plug my inputs (microphones, processors, keyboard/midi controllers) into a mixer which also acted as an audio interface going to a laptop, back to the mixer, out to the monitors/PA. If the mixer had sufficient preamps for a good live sound and okay recording that would be a bonus. If I had to get a seperate interface that would be a negative, but it might be a better option.
My laptop is decent (MSI GX720) and I have similarly spec'ed desktop (which has an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 soundcard) but I'm considering selling the current desktop and getting a Macbook Pro which I would use Logic Studio for recording and playing. MainStage looks like something I would be able to really take advantage of but I'm not really set on any of this.
I will definitely be getting a Fractal Audio Axe-Fx processor for use on guitar, bass, maybe even vocals occasionally both live and recording at home. I also have a BBE DI-100x which I've gotten good results from so far, maybe keep it for bass, acoustic- that sort of thing.
I will also definitely need a few microphones- I was thinking a Marshall MXL V67G, Shure SM57, and Shure SM58 to start, maybe a Shure SM7b and EV RE-20 down the road- but really I would really like microphones that work great in a live setting as well as okay at home at the moment.
Monitors and sound re-inforcement I can discuss in another thread. The same goes for keyboard/MIDI controllers- even microphones don't really need to be in here.
What I'd really like to know is what is going to be my best option for combining mixers, preamps, compression, audio interface etc (the 'heart' of the chain reall) for digital 'home recording' at home and away?
Maybe I don't need a mixer, maybe I can just get a really good interface and use a midi controller with parameters assigned to Ableton Live on the laptop or something? Someone kick my ass in the right direction please?
Basically what I would like to know is some good options for recording/mixing at home AND playing and recording in a live setting. I think there would be a fair amount of overlap, where the things I use for performing live could also be used for recording live, and at home.
What I would really like is if I could plug my inputs (microphones, processors, keyboard/midi controllers) into a mixer which also acted as an audio interface going to a laptop, back to the mixer, out to the monitors/PA. If the mixer had sufficient preamps for a good live sound and okay recording that would be a bonus. If I had to get a seperate interface that would be a negative, but it might be a better option.
My laptop is decent (MSI GX720) and I have similarly spec'ed desktop (which has an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 soundcard) but I'm considering selling the current desktop and getting a Macbook Pro which I would use Logic Studio for recording and playing. MainStage looks like something I would be able to really take advantage of but I'm not really set on any of this.
I will definitely be getting a Fractal Audio Axe-Fx processor for use on guitar, bass, maybe even vocals occasionally both live and recording at home. I also have a BBE DI-100x which I've gotten good results from so far, maybe keep it for bass, acoustic- that sort of thing.
I will also definitely need a few microphones- I was thinking a Marshall MXL V67G, Shure SM57, and Shure SM58 to start, maybe a Shure SM7b and EV RE-20 down the road- but really I would really like microphones that work great in a live setting as well as okay at home at the moment.
Monitors and sound re-inforcement I can discuss in another thread. The same goes for keyboard/MIDI controllers- even microphones don't really need to be in here.
What I'd really like to know is what is going to be my best option for combining mixers, preamps, compression, audio interface etc (the 'heart' of the chain reall) for digital 'home recording' at home and away?
Maybe I don't need a mixer, maybe I can just get a really good interface and use a midi controller with parameters assigned to Ableton Live on the laptop or something? Someone kick my ass in the right direction please?