RawDepth
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I’ve come to a fork in the road and need advice.
I am preparing to buy a 24 or 36 channel “splitter” snake for remote recording. I am not sure whether I need the isolating transformers or not. I don’t want to spend nearly $1000 for one without transformers, and then rudely learn that I should have gotten an iso snake instead.
I have read that two or three mixing consoles can play tug-o-war with voltage loads. Though, some folks have told me that they are not necessary because modern equipment gets along much better than it used to.
Can someone with experience give me guidance as to actually how important or necessary are they?
Application: I don’t think I’ll be recording any platinum albums in the near future. I will mostly be making live demos for bar bands. The noise level will probably be high with buzzing amps, bleeding mics, screaming drunks, etc. So, most of my equipment is mid range. I will use a live mixer for a real time 2-mix and a DAW with outboard pres for multitrack recording.
I’ll drop this in two forums because it’s an oddball question.
Thanks in advance.
I am preparing to buy a 24 or 36 channel “splitter” snake for remote recording. I am not sure whether I need the isolating transformers or not. I don’t want to spend nearly $1000 for one without transformers, and then rudely learn that I should have gotten an iso snake instead.
I have read that two or three mixing consoles can play tug-o-war with voltage loads. Though, some folks have told me that they are not necessary because modern equipment gets along much better than it used to.
Can someone with experience give me guidance as to actually how important or necessary are they?
Application: I don’t think I’ll be recording any platinum albums in the near future. I will mostly be making live demos for bar bands. The noise level will probably be high with buzzing amps, bleeding mics, screaming drunks, etc. So, most of my equipment is mid range. I will use a live mixer for a real time 2-mix and a DAW with outboard pres for multitrack recording.
I’ll drop this in two forums because it’s an oddball question.
Thanks in advance.