recording with a 4track pa help

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would it be better to just mic the room with 4 mics and use our amps ( rather than the pa speakers ) or run all lines in and be able to mic the drums with one mic and if so where is the best spot for one drum mic.

ps: i am dumb
 
hi there senator ,
well this is a very common question and goes back to how do you record using a 4 track.. what sort of a recording medium are you using?? 4 track , pc , ????? i presume , by the sounds of it, 4 track .. Try looking up some old posts on 4 track recording techniques as i havent had much experience with tape.. But theres some cool little techniques to bounce tracks , even with analogue ... trick is to keep the quality . So u obviously have a pc .... u have a sound card ?? what sort of 4 track (if im correct in guessing) ?? See if u can dump tracks off the 4 track onto your pc , get some cheap recording software ... i think ntrax is cheap.. From what ive heard people do cool stuff with a soundblaster live soundcard so ask around... At least that way u will be able to utilize 4 mics for your drum take..... plus tracks become unlimited , well kinda anyway ....
hope that helped ...
seeya
spider
 
4track recording

thanks man that was the basic info i needed i guess i'm on the right track
thanks- senator
 
hmmmm... some more info needed here, please elaborate on your setup, we'd be glad to help you out.

-jhe
 
i definetly agree james , i really was just stabbing at that , but if senator wants to be more accurate im sure we could figure out a good setup for you ... best of luck..

[Edited by Spider on 08-10-2000 at 02:50]
 
still need help

here's what i have 4 track 120wpa system 2 guitars 2 mics drums 1 30w 2 channel amp with a line out and 1 crate acoustic 30w amp with line out plenty of mics and a 20 year old 2 channel mixer that works great we have a bunch of songs and play as much as we can however we are brand new to the recording aspect and we are just looking to make some tolerable tapes to listen to, not perfection any advice on playing through that equiptment or recording through it would be greatly appreciated
thanks guys-senator
 
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