New, possibly complicated question.

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rockironwebb

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I am currently using an Alesis multimix 16 firewire to record my band while just jamming (tired of forgetting some awesome shit we just played) I have used up all of my xlr inputs with preamps on the alesis. I have a behringer x2222 that I am using to route a guitar and bass through to the Alesis. It is all set up and works great so here is my question............. Should I still set the guitar/bass level to 0db/unity on the behringer? Just curious if I should bring the levels down a little before going into the Alesis. I realize it may seem like a bit much since for guitar and bass I now have a gain control and four faders that all affect the sound. My hope would be to get things set pretty good and not have to f*ck with it too much. The guitar and bass are not micked up but ran through a DI box. We also use the Behringer for our vocalist, but he being routed to a PA and will not be included in the Alesis.(I'll record him seperate. Anyway, any thoughts?
 
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To keep things simple, set all the faders that the signal goes through to unity. Adjust the gain on the mixer to get a good level, then use the one channel fader on the mixer to control the level thereafter.
 
Thanx for the help. Guitarist is coming today so I will try and get everything set.
 
DI shouldn't need a pre-amp should it? you can run it through a channel without a pre and just normalize the track in your DAW. What are you mic'ing now thats using up all 8 pres?

You know you can easily run a pair of cables out from your Behr to one of the stereo channels on the Alesis.
 
rockironwebb said:
drums are taking up all xlrpres
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So you blend the bass and the guitar through a Behringer mixer, but seperate all the drum signals?

A more conventional way would be to mix the toms together on the mixer and give the guitar and bass seperate tracks.

Just a suggestion.
 
I think I got it worked out. guitar through main/L on behringer to alesis, Bass through Main/R to alesis. Tried it out the other day and sounded good. Seems like I will be able to use the sub 1 and 2 the same way, although I haven't looked into how it is routed in the behringer. Right now I have the Bass/guitar in/out of the Main L/R to alesis, and I am using a sub channel for vocals to PA and it works how I want it to. I glad I didn't get rid of the behringer.
 
Also, the guitars are not blended, everything is on it's own track.
 
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