how do you afford all of those preamps when multitrack recording?

  • Thread starter Thread starter minofifa
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sorry, i meant DMP3!!!! it's friday night.

my UB1204 doesn't have individual outs, but it does have four busses so i can have one out for each pre, i.e.:

- Ch1 - Pan hard left, main out
- Ch2 - Pan hard right, main out
- Ch3 - Left, Sub3-4
- Ch4 - Right, Sub3-4

Like you used to have to do with 4-track tapes!!

The one disadvantage of a Yamaha with this setup is the stereo faders on the mains. On most Behringers you have seperate L-R faders even on the Sub groups.
 
Now you know why good studios charge so much money. Imagine tracking a live band with 20 mics up. That's 20 preamps which could get you into 50 grand just for preamps. Let alone microphones. Let's not even figure in the console, tape deck, insurance, property taxes, bills, etc. etc. etc. Now you could buy a bunch of cheap preamps, a eight channel converter, a computer, software, mics (don't forget cables and mic stands) and on the cheap you are approaching 5 grand. Why not take that five grand and spend it at a studio with really good gear, good rooms and a knowledable, experienced engineer? Of course if you band sucks you'll end up spending lots of money. I have jazz bands come in, do first takes and they are done tracking in 2 hours. Mix the next day, that's it.
 
ya i guess you could spend you dough at a studio but for me, I enjoy doing that shit myself. I like dinking around with this and that and recording whatever i want, whenever i want. It's more a hobby for me than a quest for a perfect album
 
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