
pisces7378
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Alright, I am doing a total project studio overhall. I am still swinging on a super-dooper PC or the Super-Dooper dual 1Ghz Mac. But that is not my point for this thread. Judging from the way things are looking now I am probably going to be going with the Mac platform for standardization purposes, reliability, power, and because I like to know exactly whose neck to wring in case something fucks up, and not spend two hours on hot lines hearing people saying... "Well you will have to contact the original drive manufacturer for that." or "You will have to contact Microsoft for those drivers."
N-E-Wayz...
I am looking to do a 24-32 track opperation. Fully capabile of recording 9-10 individual (miced) drum tracks simultaniously so that I can adjust the levels of everything later in the mix.
Now I have been looking at the MOTU 2408mkII because of it's 24 inputs. Now I am no electronics wizz so I am going to ask some pretty basic questions here. The 2408 only has balanced TRS input jacks, no XLR jacks. Now I record using my Rode NTK which of course uses the XLR Mic jack. i am assuming that I would plug the Rode NTK (XLR Jack) into a pre-amp/mixer (like the TASCAM D24) that has pre-amps, and then run a normal balanced TRS OUT from the mixer and into the 2408mkII. Now, that change in format... does it cause ANY problems? Will I get unwanted noise or signal loss because the NTK runs XLR which is being changes into 1/4" TRS?
Question 2:
Do I absolutely HAVE to have a mixer for this 2408mkII? Right now I have the Delta-66 / OMNI studio package set up and I don't need a mixer because the OMNI does all I need it to do. but I am all alone here. When I overhall everything it will be to record my full band with drums, live bass, live guitars et cetera. NO MIDI. (I love MIDI for lonely working, but GOD I will be glad to have a real drummer instead of programming midi all day!)
Question 2 and a half:
With regards to above... if I do need a mixer... what is a good direction for me to look? Do I really need to breakout and plunk down the big bucks for the TASCAM D24 ($2,400) or would an analog mixer give the same results, just a little more old fashion? The reason I ask is... the 2408mkII has A/D converters and D/A conveters so converting the signal to digital before it goes through the mixer only saves me a little signal noise from the mixer, but that isn't tragic I don't think. Being realistic... with the Mac ($2,800) and the 2408mkII ($1,000) I am already looking at near $4,000 here. Do I really need to go for it with the $2,400 TASCAM D24?
please advise,
Mike
N-E-Wayz...
I am looking to do a 24-32 track opperation. Fully capabile of recording 9-10 individual (miced) drum tracks simultaniously so that I can adjust the levels of everything later in the mix.
Now I have been looking at the MOTU 2408mkII because of it's 24 inputs. Now I am no electronics wizz so I am going to ask some pretty basic questions here. The 2408 only has balanced TRS input jacks, no XLR jacks. Now I record using my Rode NTK which of course uses the XLR Mic jack. i am assuming that I would plug the Rode NTK (XLR Jack) into a pre-amp/mixer (like the TASCAM D24) that has pre-amps, and then run a normal balanced TRS OUT from the mixer and into the 2408mkII. Now, that change in format... does it cause ANY problems? Will I get unwanted noise or signal loss because the NTK runs XLR which is being changes into 1/4" TRS?
Question 2:
Do I absolutely HAVE to have a mixer for this 2408mkII? Right now I have the Delta-66 / OMNI studio package set up and I don't need a mixer because the OMNI does all I need it to do. but I am all alone here. When I overhall everything it will be to record my full band with drums, live bass, live guitars et cetera. NO MIDI. (I love MIDI for lonely working, but GOD I will be glad to have a real drummer instead of programming midi all day!)
Question 2 and a half:
With regards to above... if I do need a mixer... what is a good direction for me to look? Do I really need to breakout and plunk down the big bucks for the TASCAM D24 ($2,400) or would an analog mixer give the same results, just a little more old fashion? The reason I ask is... the 2408mkII has A/D converters and D/A conveters so converting the signal to digital before it goes through the mixer only saves me a little signal noise from the mixer, but that isn't tragic I don't think. Being realistic... with the Mac ($2,800) and the 2408mkII ($1,000) I am already looking at near $4,000 here. Do I really need to go for it with the $2,400 TASCAM D24?
please advise,
Mike