ok i need help here

[daveblue222]

okay I have cubase and am planning to get a small behringer mixer.

I want to connect the mixer to my pc (which im sure i can do). i want to record tracks simoultaneously. if i was recording straight into cubase would the parts me and my band are playing be recorded on one track in cubase (i dont mind if this is the case, because it would be fun to get the mix right on the behringer mixer, rather than later within cubase). If it is possible to record all instruments on seperate tracks how is this done and what other equipment would i need. basicly i want to record maybe a five piece all at once straight into my computer with cubase and a small mixer.

if someone would kindly explain i would be very gratefull

bluemusic222@hotmail.com

 

[Minion]

What I do is I use the Mixer to Mic the Drums and output from the Mixer into my Sound Card (Delta 44) in stereo through Inputs 1 and 2 and I record the Guitar and Bass through Inputs 3 and 4 of my Sound Card so I get Drums recording in a Stereo track and the Bass and Guitar get there own Track and I over Dub Vocals last.....

You will need to get a Real Sound Card that has at least 4 inputs for this as you can not use the Crappy Sound that comes in Most PC"s and an Audigy won"t do either, something like the M-audio Delta 44 or the Delta 1010 would be good....

You could Run everything through the Mixer but I would Not recomend it because you won"t have very much seperation between Instruments and you won"t be able to adjust levels after recording so it will be a Very frustrateing experience trying to get a Good sound that way.....

If you Get a 8 to 12 Channel Mixer and a M-Audio Delta 1010 then you will be able to Record a Large Drum Kit and 2 Guitars and Bass and Vocals all on to seperate Tracks and still have a couple of Inputs left over For routing some Inputs through ouputs for adding outboard effects.....

You will also need a Bunch of Mics and Probably a seperate Pre-amp for Micing the Guitar Bass and Vocals (Unless the 1010 comes with a Couple pre-amps built in which it might)....You can pick up a Delta 1010 for about $200 and Mixers can be Found for Fairly Cheap But I would spend the extra Money and get a Better quality Mixer Like maybe a Yahama which has better Pre amps than Behringer but aren"t much more expensive.....

Well Good Luck......

 

[Synkrotron]

I tried the option of tracking a four piece band straight to a stereo track on my PC software while trying to get the mix right in the mixer. It's hard... very hard, particularly if you're new to tracking.

Multi-tracking gives you much more flexibility by allowing you to mix "in the box" without the band hanging around while you are trying to get the mix somewhere near and you can spend as long as you want trying different thing out like panning position and effects.

You can't do this with a mixer going to two tracks in the PC and the pressure will be on for you to get the mix right so that everyone else can get done and go get a beer.

What's your budget?

What have you got already? PC spec and the like?

Multi-tracking is great but it ain't cheap if you're starting from scratch.

My system is a bad example because I've built it up over a couple of years but here's what I've got:-

Behringer DDX3216 - This is a digital mixer with motorised faders and many options on digital I/O and is really a sledgehammer to crack a nut... but I had it anyway and so I started to design my multi-tracking system on this. I paid £900 for it about 4 years ago but you can pick them up for half that price now. There are, however, better/cheaper solutions because all I do is use the DDX3216 for the preamps and A/D conversion and then to send the signal via ADAT to my sound card.

RME Hammerfall Light DIGI9636 sound card - I paid about £300 for this last year and the reason I went for this is that it seemed to be the most cost effective solution for getting ADAT connections for my PC. I also bought a daughter board which gives the DIGI9636 8 anologue outputs which I use for headphone monitoring.

PC - I've had my PC for quite a few years now and at the moment it's running on an AMD 2600+ with 1Gb ram and my music hard drive is a 300Gb seagate barracuda (something like that).

Sonar 5 SE - Sonar is the heart of my DAW and what I do all my tracking and mixing in.

Sound Forge 8 - Audio editing software that I'm using trying to get to grips with mastering.

I reckon you won't get much change out of £1500 (or $1500 for that matter).

I've kept my costs down a little bit because I eek DI everything but the vocals and we all monitor through headphones. A reasonable headphone amp will cost you some where up to £100 then you'll need some cheap headphones.


anyways... I hope that has given you food for thought


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