Drum Tracking help!!!!

[fris9]

Okay....so we're doing some drum tracking, and the plan was to run the mics through my Mackie powered mixer and then out to the interface, only to realize......that my individual channels don't have outs, only one main out. Since I'm doing all drum mics on different channels, I obviously need something that can serve as a pre, eq, and then I can send out to the interface. FYI I'm using Pro Tools, with a Firewire 1814 interface and I do need to keep the tracks separate. What's the easiest way to do this? Buy a board with individual outs on each channel? Does it need to be powered or unpowered if I'm going directly to the interface (besides phantom power). Thanks!!!

 

[littledog]

You don't need direct outs - if the board has insert points you can use them by plugging a cable halfway in. That will give you a pre-fader output.