recording live-fast-w/16chbrd & 4trk recorder, any ideas?

[cagkam@home.com]

My band & I are under some pressure to record all of our music live from here on out , at every practice (3xper week). We have a 16 ch mackie mixer, pa, processor, older 4trk recorder...the problem lies in the fact we have 4 people-2guitars-bass-drums & vocals, how can we make this work? who should share the same track? and if there should not be a quality answer then, what is a cheap augmentation or set up?

 

[jrlemonz]

I'd do a stereo drum pair, mono bass and guitars on another track, and then vox on the remaining one. You could make it a stereo pair with the bass on both, and a guitar per track, plus the stereo drum pair. Then use panning to seperate the guitars.

What 16 channel board? I can tell you how you'd send the stuff to the 4 track if you'd like. How many mics, and what kind of mics do you have to use?

Jake

 

[regebro]

I'd have the lead guitar or other "lead" sound to one track, lead vocals to one track, and the rest mixed to stereo on the (center) two tracks.