recording novice , buying gear help

[SomeSoundGuy]

hey all , new here and this is my first post so i hope you can help out =)

ok ill start by listing what i'm personally working with

art phantom 2408 mixing board , powered by a large peavey power amp ,running into 2 12 inch with 1inch horn speakers(forgot the brand)

sound wise its great for what where using it for , but i just got a laptop and i plan on starting to record

i'd like to run the mixing board right into my 1/8th jack on my laptop's mic inlet (would that work)

or would i have to get some sort of interface to go into my laptop
(its an acer aspire 5610z with 2gig 677hrz ram and a 7200 160 gig hd with a 5600 500gig external)

i also was thinking of just using a female xlr to male 1/8th and plug that into my condenser mic and into my laptop . im going out to get the cord today to see if it will work

sorry about the rambled post i'm just not good at explaining things...

 

[aaronmcoleman]

If you wanna get serious you're gonna need an interface with probably at least 4 channels, some monitors, and decent mics. You can do a decent package for around $750-1000. If you don't wanna out out the cash you can always route your mixer into the computer. But you'll still probably want an interface of some kind and a DAW (software).

If you wanna get some equipment and get serious, give us a budget, your goals, and style of music, and I'm sure we can help you pick out some good stuff.

 

[Steenamaroo]

Hey there,

First up, Condenser mic into any kind of jack will not work as condensers require phantom power, which is usually provided over XLR connector on mixers, interfaces and phantom power supplies.
Also line or mic inputs on computers are generally pretty crummy.

If you just want quick and nasty recordings of rehearsals or something, then the first way you described will work,

but if you're looking for more, (multitrack recording, overdubs, post production, good quality), then i'd pretty much separate recording gear from live/rehearsal gear.
Forget the mixer and the amp, and pick up a dedicated recording interface.

Tell us more about your goals. If you wanna multitrack, how many separate channels do you reckon you'd need.

Hope that's useful.

 

[SomeSoundGuy]

thanks for the replys

for right meow all we need is a dirty recording to just have it , so will end up doing what i said first

but im really interested in multi track's and my budget is around 500--800 id like to spend as little as possible for the sheer fact i wanna save money (who don't)
i got a guy selling me a 31 band EQ for 30 bucks (pretty sure its a behringer)

we record pretty much just heavy metal and what they call death core i call Lulz but hey there my friends and i just like recording and playing with the mix i et

 

[Steenamaroo]

I got a guy selling me a 31 band EQ for 30 bucks (pretty sure its a behringer)

For recording? I'm not sure how much good use you'd get out of that.
If you use it you're committed, whereas if you don't you can do whatever eqing you want in software and it's not destructive.

$500-800 should go a long way on interfaces. Have a read around the forums and see what people are recommending.