live recording with MOTU896HD

[ronfya]

Hello all,

I'm entending to record a live show on 16 tracks with 2 MOTU896HD.
The console that will be used for the live is an Allen & Heath GL2200.

I was wondering if someone has ever tried to record a live show with MOTU896HD because my question is the following ...

Considering that :

-Direct outputs of the console are postEQ only, so I don't wan't to use them to feed the MOTU.
-Inserts of the console might be used so I prefer to keep this as the last solution.
-I don't have any splitters to split the signal PRE-Everything and then feed the MOTU and the console after the split

--> the only option I see is to use the MOTU 8 outputs and then feed the console strips... but as there will be 2 preamps in the audio path (the MOTU preamp and the console preamp), I'm wondering if there wouldn't be a problem of noise and a problem of handling the live mix ...

What do you think guys ?

 

[cawhite12]

One thought would be to handle the live mix via the MOTU solely. I think it has the CueMix software that can handle 4 submixes (if I'm not mistaken). It might be quite a challenge using the software, but you may be able to do it that way as well. Just a thought, probably not the best route to go though.

 

[ronfya]

No, doing a live mix via a software is pretty difficult ... The mix must be done with the console ...

 

[cawhite12]

Not sure if you have the cables for it, but couldn't you go into the console Line In's? You would have to get XLR to 1/4" cables to go from the MOTU to the console, but you could probably pick up a snake of 8 like that for fairly cheap. In the MOTU, you could just set up the ins to go directly to their own outs, and you should be set.

 

[easychair]

That should work, another option is simple passive splits, 1 FXLR to 2 MXLR. They should be pretty cheap. Buy an XLR-1/4" snake as well, or beg/borrow/steal enough mic cables to to hit your mixer.

I would make the decision based on whether this is a one-off, or will be something you do in the future as well. If it's a one-off, just try to do it the way cawhite said. The splits won't be a good investment if it's a one-off, an XLR-1/4" snake is never a bad thing to have.