Presonus Firebox for Drum Recording?

[lurgan liar]

Very simple question ...willl the Firebox be able to record a miced drum kit with 2 condenser microphones and 2 dynamic mics?

here are the specs of the firebox...

High-Speed FireWire Network Audio Interface
Plug and play FireWire (IEEE 1394) audio interface
24-Bit / 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96K sample rate
Record/playback 6 inputs/10 outputs at 24-bit/96K
2 PreSonus microphone/instrument preamplifiers
2 analog line inputs, 6 analog line outputs
S/PDIF input/output
MIDI input/output
Low latency monitoring
Headphone output
Powered via FireWire bus or externally
Software router/mixer
Windows and Macintosh compatible
Fits MAXRACK rack mounting system
FREE Cubase LE audio production software

I primarily need the audio interface for recording guitars, and vocals ...but i'd also like the option to record drums as well ... will the firebox be enough or will i need something with more inputs ....???

Can anyone offer any suggestions ... Thanks in advance

 

[travelin travis]

yes, but you will need 2 additional preamps to use with the 2 line inputs on the firebox.

 

[darrvid]

Or email presonus and check on the status of daisy chaining the fireboxes'. What Travis said would work just fine, but if you're going to be buying 2 preamps you may as well think of just getting another firebox (and if you're getting 2 fireboxes, why not a firepod?) because if you do it Travis's way, there's no more inputs available, so you can't record anything with the drums (like a bass which is common).

 

[travelin travis]

add a dmp3 (2 channel pre) for $135-160 and you have four mic channels.

 

[brandrum]

do you have a Mixer?

 

[drummersgroove]

Why don't you just save up a little more and get a Firepod? 8 inputs... enough for a basic kit setup (2 overheads, 2 dynamics like you said) and guitar, bass, vocals etc.

 

[spindrummer82]

It'll work great (did for me). We ran two overhead condensers into the front inputs and then ran the two dynamic (kick and snare) into a cheap Behringer ($50) mixer. In the mixer we panned one hard left and one hard right and a 1/4" cable from each output to the line inputs on the firebox.