record technique question

[charlesthegreat]

i just started getting into recording, and im very excited about it. but i have a question that proves my noob status. i want to record my friends band, and before i got into recording i bought an audigy platinum 2 ex, which i know now was pretty stupid, but im not about to go out and buy another sound card for recording. my question is would a mixing board help me since i dont have enough inputs to record the band at once? ive been eyeing this Behringer 22-input mixing board thats about 250$, would it be a good idea to get it? are there better mixing boards that are cheaper? i want to get very serious about recording, so i want every and all opinions, please.

 

[dix0r]

there probably aren't many mixing boards that are better than that for the money, unless you come across a great used deal or something like that. not speaking from experience, but behringer stuff is pretty good bang for the buck but not good quality either over all, ya know? anyways, what is the behringer mixer model number?

oh, and if you aren't going to buy a different sound card, you don't have much choice but to buy a mixer with more channels if you want to record more than a couple tracks at once. you'll probably have to upgrade this eventually if you still want to be very serious about recording later on.

so anyways, it basically depends on how good of quality you're going for, how many tracks you need at once, and how much you're willing to spend. for just starting out on a low budget, thats probably an allright board to buy. if you're thinking long term...probably not. it all depends, ya see? :]

so, this post probably wasn't very helpful, but thats the way it goes with recording. your budget is never gonna be big enough, whatever you want won't be quite good enough, and you'll get stuck in an endless cycle of spending more than you can afford to, lol.

and i'm just beginning too, by the way :]

 

[charlesthegreat]

there probably aren't many mixing boards that are better than that for the money, unless you come across a great used deal or something like that. not speaking from experience, but behringer stuff is pretty good bang for the buck but not good quality either over all, ya know? anyways, what is the behringer mixer model number?

oh, and if you aren't going to buy a different sound card, you don't have much choice but to buy a mixer with more channels if you want to record more than a couple tracks at once. you'll probably have to upgrade this eventually if you still want to be very serious about recording later on.

so anyways, it basically depends on how good of quality you're going for, how many tracks you need at once, and how much you're willing to spend. for just starting out on a low budget, thats probably an allright board to buy. if you're thinking long term...probably not. it all depends, ya see? :]

so, this post probably wasn't very helpful, but thats the way it goes with recording. your budget is never gonna be big enough, whatever you want won't be quite good enough, and you'll get stuck in an endless cycle of spending more than you can afford to, lol.

and i'm just beginning too, by the way :]

the mixer is a Behringer UB2222FX Pro. im on a VERY low budget, especially cause of chrismas and everything, maybe i shouldnt be buy myself things, but whatever. i want to be very serious later on, i just dont have the 500-1000 bucks for a decent sound card. im willing to spend up to 300 dollars right now. so judging by your post id say that the mixer would be a good short term solution for my lack of inputs, but later on i should be getting a good sound card. thanks for your post!

 

[NYMorningstar]

A mixer would help with the live recording because you can have many more sources e.g. mic the drumset, the guitar amps, bass, vocals or whatever and record them all at the same time. You will be limited to mixing all this live and still be only able to record a single stereo track. If you know what you're doing you can get a decent sound this way. However, there would be no way in the future to separate those individual instruments.

You would still be able to record each instrument individually and then mix them later on with your audigy card e.g. lay down the drum track, play that back for the bass player while he does his track, play both those tracks back for the guitar etc. etc... This way you have all individual tracks of each instrument recorded which you can then add effects to individually and then mix with your software. G/L and have lots of fun