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I have great equipment as far as the mixer,mics,monitors,and so on. Iam looking for a good sound(doesnt have to be great).And this would be my first time trying anything like this and the digital recorder seemed the easiest way out. We are building a studio the dynamics are about 20by 20 by 8 ft tall.Once again $800 will be about my final budget.Also I was reading some of the other post and they were mentioning about having a band and recording to a 4 track.How is this possible if you have more than 4 to 5 instruments.
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You say you have great equipment:

what mics?
what mixer?
what monitors and so on?


What kind of digital recorder are you considering? If you are looking at a stand alone recorder (like a Tascam 16 track or whatever), then you don't need a soundcard, you only need a soundcard to record to a PC. There you also need software.
Do you have a PC for recording? If not, $800 is not going to get you a computer, soundcard and software.

as for recording to a 4-track with a band, you would need an additional mixer to blend several instruments/sources together to one track. Don't forget the Beatles did all their recording on 4-track. It can be done, but it takes a lot more work, and you are left with far fewer options because you don't have each instrument/mic on a separate track: you have to get the balance right from teh get-go.
 
What kind of "great" equipment do you have & why are you only settling for a 4-track recorder when 8 or more would suit your needs?


Just curious!
 
no name

heh 800...
good luck

you do however have the option to bounce your tracks when dealing with additional tracks..

and what I mean by this is record say two tracks...
drums and bass for example...

after recoding those two tracks seperately
mix the sound how you want those two levels to be.
get your levels sorted.. FX if you have to, the you will create a master of those two tracks onto ONE track.

Once you do that however mind you you will NOT be able to seperate them again. so make sure you keep BOTH tracks avaiable in seperates s well so you can remix those two tracks again if need be.

once you have merged your drums and bass onto one track
you then add your additional track
in this case (example: guitar,guitar lead, vocals)
then you mix those three with your bounced drums and bass track.

This is not always recommended for you can lose some quality when bouncing tracks if you are not careful, and again you will lose the ability to mix these bounced tracks seperately..
but after you play with the concept a bit.. you learn how to assume what and how you need to mix to assist your final mix and what instruments and tracks you CAN bounce together better than others.

Hope this makes sense to you.
I had an old fostex analog recorder for a while and had to finagle tons of crap on that thing to get what I wanted...

depends really on how serious you are about your sound.

Jen
 
No Name said:

1) I have great equipment as far as the mixer,mics,monitors,and so on.......

2) .......Once again $800 will be about my final budget......
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1. You'll need to provide us with a list of your equipment.

2. Eight hundred dollars is your final budget for what?
 
By the way...the Beatles originally recorded on 3 trk. This is true. Geof E. (the engineer for George Martin), told me so himself when they were re-mastering.
 
Rick Iantosca
 

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You did mean: "albums", didn't you Jennae? Records are the one's with the big holes, while albums are the ones with the little holes... Unless we're talking CDs...oh never mind.
 
don't get me started Rick...
you know what will happen..
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
Your right Jennae. Sorry...I was just following you around...as usual.
 
You could get a good analog tape recorder, then you would not have to get the PC.
 
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