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dougw2007
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I am recording a small blue grass band that uses one mic and one bass pickup and or mic. I have experimented with getting the sound from the sound board and with placing my own mic in front of the band behind the house mic. I can use a zoom r16 and rode nt4 to do this. What about putting my mic in front and then using a mic splitter to feed the zoom and the house mixer? A sales person at Sweetwater told me my best bet was to buy an Art S8. It has transformers and handles eight channels. Because the mic I use is the rode nt 4 i would need at least two channels anyway and it seems the Art S8 is the cheapest way (although it is $200). It provides a completely decoupled or isolated output for the zoom and direct feed through for the house mixer. My question is does anyone have any experience with this and will I lose quality. I would hate to spend 200 plus and get sound that is not quite as good. I emailed the zoom company to see if there r16 could be connected via cheap splitter cable.
Or can I connect to the house mixer but in front of everything that the sound man is doing? I have been using rca phone plugs to connect to the recorder out found on most boards but then every change he makes effects the sound I get. And I don't get separate tracks for the bass and rest of band.
Or I could use a portable recorder like h4n or Roland r26. Reading the reviews give me mixed results as to the line in and feeding in a bass pickup.
Thanks for the help if anyone knows a best way to do this. Doug
Or can I connect to the house mixer but in front of everything that the sound man is doing? I have been using rca phone plugs to connect to the recorder out found on most boards but then every change he makes effects the sound I get. And I don't get separate tracks for the bass and rest of band.
Or I could use a portable recorder like h4n or Roland r26. Reading the reviews give me mixed results as to the line in and feeding in a bass pickup.
Thanks for the help if anyone knows a best way to do this. Doug