
Tim Walker
New member
Greetings all!
My goal is to be able to record a live 3 piece rock band (guitar, bass, drums) with a couple of vocal tracks. The drum kit is 4 piece. All organic sounds, no midi or computer generated things. My thoughts are to get a Mac laptop, some sort of input device with software (this is where I need help), some monitors, and some decent mikes. I only have a small room, so everything will be played together live... can I run a direct line for the guitar and bass to the computer, and only have the drums miked. In my mind this will get the cleanest sound (no drum bleed in the guitar/bass, but some guitar/bass bleed in the drums, which could be managed somewhat).
Any suggestions on what to buy (I have nothing now except a couple of mics, and of course the instruments). Do I need 8 inputs? Is cubase better than pro-tools, etc. Is there some thing like ampfarm that is not a part of pro-tools - where I can get the guitar sounds "in the mix".
Any thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Tim
My goal is to be able to record a live 3 piece rock band (guitar, bass, drums) with a couple of vocal tracks. The drum kit is 4 piece. All organic sounds, no midi or computer generated things. My thoughts are to get a Mac laptop, some sort of input device with software (this is where I need help), some monitors, and some decent mikes. I only have a small room, so everything will be played together live... can I run a direct line for the guitar and bass to the computer, and only have the drums miked. In my mind this will get the cleanest sound (no drum bleed in the guitar/bass, but some guitar/bass bleed in the drums, which could be managed somewhat).
Any suggestions on what to buy (I have nothing now except a couple of mics, and of course the instruments). Do I need 8 inputs? Is cubase better than pro-tools, etc. Is there some thing like ampfarm that is not a part of pro-tools - where I can get the guitar sounds "in the mix".
Any thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Tim