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KeithCF
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Hi -- I have a question about how I should set up my gear (which I will be buying very soon
for recording in Cubase.
The plan is to load my buddies' vox/gtr/bass tracks into Cubase LE, so I can play along and record my drum part. I'll be using a Presonus Firepod (8 ins/outs) and recording an acoustic set with mics (8 mics total). The snare/tom/kick tracks will be replaced by Drumagog, and the hi-hat/OH mics I am hoping will sound good enough on their own.
The question is: how do I set things up so I can record and monitor my 8 drum tracks AND listen to my buddies pre-recorded tracks at the same time? Should I monitor everything thru the soundcard? If yes, how do I connect things so I can hear my buddies' tracks while I am playing? Will the Firewire connection automatically enable monitoring of the PC tracks? If I am monitoring tracks from the PC via soundcard, does that mean I have fewer inputs left for my drum mics? Or do I need to get a 10 channel mixer to accomodate everything? (And how would I set that up?? Ahhh!)
I have researched lots of other points on "how things work" thanks to this forum, just can't figure out this portion of the process.
Thanks for your help!
Keith

The plan is to load my buddies' vox/gtr/bass tracks into Cubase LE, so I can play along and record my drum part. I'll be using a Presonus Firepod (8 ins/outs) and recording an acoustic set with mics (8 mics total). The snare/tom/kick tracks will be replaced by Drumagog, and the hi-hat/OH mics I am hoping will sound good enough on their own.
The question is: how do I set things up so I can record and monitor my 8 drum tracks AND listen to my buddies pre-recorded tracks at the same time? Should I monitor everything thru the soundcard? If yes, how do I connect things so I can hear my buddies' tracks while I am playing? Will the Firewire connection automatically enable monitoring of the PC tracks? If I am monitoring tracks from the PC via soundcard, does that mean I have fewer inputs left for my drum mics? Or do I need to get a 10 channel mixer to accomodate everything? (And how would I set that up?? Ahhh!)
I have researched lots of other points on "how things work" thanks to this forum, just can't figure out this portion of the process.
Thanks for your help!
Keith