recording rig......

[simple002]

Need your advice on what I should get to build a recording rig. I will be recording live and studio both so I need something that is versitle and possibly mobile. I am kinda new at this and need some professional opions cause I am very interseted with it and want to do it right. Please any help would be much appreciated.

Tim

 

[dwillis45]

Sounds like you need a laptop with a firewire interface. What's you budget? Are you more comfotable using a PC or a Mac? How many musicians are you trying to record? Will you need to mic a full drum kit?

 

[simple002]

the church is paying for it and yes i need to mic a drum kit, an elec. guitar, acoustic guitar, 3-6 vocals, bass, keys, grand piano and percussion.

I was thinking a mac laptop with removable harddrives maybe two-three. running protools with the digi001 but that only gives me eight channels i think. if you think of anything else let me know.

 

[venuesound]

might want to look at the Alesis HD24. 24 channels, easy to use in a 3U package. It uses cheap hard drives that can be swapped.

 

[MISTERQCUE]

might want to look at the Alesis HD24. 24 channels, easy to use in a 3U package. It uses cheap hard drives that can be swapped.

I 2nd that also!

 

[dwillis45]

the church is paying for it and yes i need to mic a drum kit, an elec. guitar, acoustic guitar, 3-6 vocals, bass, keys, grand piano and percussion.

I was thinking a mac laptop with removable harddrives maybe two-three. running protools with the digi001 but that only gives me eight channels i think. if you think of anything else let me know.

The two posts suggesting an external hard disk recorder sound pretty good, although you will need some kind of a mixer. The other option could be a MOTU unit with 24 IN/OUT or perhaps two firewire interfaces linked together. The MOTU 24 I/O uses a pci card interface, so check to make sure that the laptop you want has an available slot.