Mixers and my band

[Ae57]

So i want to get a mixer for my band and for recording in general as i asspire to be a recording major in college, i currently have a Line 6 POD UX2, this has 2 inputs i can record with at once with Abelton Live but with this i can only record a guitar and or bass at the same time and well try a click track, however our drummer has a bit of trouble figuring out the difference between quarter note=60 and quarter note=120 so a click track would be rather annoying. Also were fairly new so playing together is a little different everytime we do it

my main question is i was looking at a Behringer SL2442FX-Pro, it looks fairly nice, but im new to mixers.

now it has 16 inputs i believe, but since my UX2 only has 2 inputs available to record, how do i get say like 8 inputs to record in those 2 tracks? i just want to know what im buying before i blow 450 dollars and realise i cant do anything more than i did before.

If anyone could give me a quick tutorial on how to use the mixer, how i can get 4 mics and guitar bass and 2 singers totally 8 inputs into two tracks, 4 and 4 if possible.

thanks,
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[gecko zzed]

Your UX2 only has 2 inputs . . . so you are stuck with that.

If you want to record more than two tracks simultaneously, then you need a different interface. Start searching around!

 

[philbagg]

As far as I know, you could use those 8 inputs and mix them down to the
2, but thats it. You'd then have two tracks with probably everything on them.
Everything would be recorded, but you couldn't take individual instruments
apart.

I'd agree with Gecko. Shop around for a different interface.

Oh, and welcome to the board

 

[darrin_h2000]

They make an UX8...but what you can do is record two tracks with room mics and then individually redo everything...its possible to get an OK drum track with 2 mics.

 

[Ae57]

thanks for all the help, i understand that i can only get 2 tracks recorded with my UX2, but what im really wondering if and how it is possible to mix 8 inputs into two tracks, cause i think id be fine with that for now with some playing around with the mixer, and are there any audio interfaces that people would suggest other than Line 6? like the UX8 you said, is there anything else you may like better? Also are there any affordable mixers that can double as an interface through USB, the one i mentioned early i think may be able to do that.

 

[gecko zzed]

but what im really wondering if and how it is possible to mix 8 inputs into two tracks, cause i think id be fine with that for now with some playing around with the mixer.

Well . . . yes . . . that's what happens anytime anyone does a live mix of a band. And yes . . . it will be fine for now. However, I'm not sure if I've understood the first request properly.

, and are there any audio interfaces that people would suggest other than Line 6? like the UX8 you said, is there anything else you may like better? Also are there any affordable mixers that can double as an interface through USB, the one i mentioned early i think may be able to do that.

There are barrow loads of interfaces out there; both stand-alone, and built into mixers. Some are cheap, some are not . . . you need to do a bit of searching around.

 

[darrin_h2000]

thanks for all the help, i understand that i can only get 2 tracks recorded with my UX2, but what im really wondering if and how it is possible to mix 8 inputs into two tracks, cause i think id be fine with that for now with some playing around with the mixer, and are there any audio interfaces that people would suggest other than Line 6? like the UX8 you said, is there anything else you may like better? Also are there any affordable mixers that can double as an interface through USB, the one i mentioned early i think may be able to do that.

With people out there paying $1000 a channel for the sound you can get from that UX2, it pretty much makes the UX8 the top cannidate as a preamp interface...the Neve 1076 models and API 512 are top knotch...and they are popping up on equipment lists in many studios because the secret is out on them.

There are plenty of nice clean ones on the market arround the same price too if you want to shop arround...you can get a wonderful Tascam one with way more inputs that you would ever need for $300.