Slightly Confused??

[A.clutterbuck]

Hi, I am looking at purchasing an Allen and Heath GL2400 mixing desk with the intension of doing live sound and studio recording. With the studio recording i am interested in heading in the Pro Tools direction.. but there are a couple of things i'm not sure about.
Im unsure how you record through the Mixing console onto the computer and ending up with all individual tracks (e.g bass drum, snare etc...). I think its something to do with firewire, but im not sure. I've been looking at the Digi002.. would this do me the job and would this only limit me to 8 track simultanious recording at a time?
Appreciate the Help.

 

[gummblefish]

you will need a audio interface with a multiple ins and outs to get all your tracks recorded individuly, if you are working with 002 you can do this. I think its 8 simultaneous, maybe more. You could use the allen and heath and get a separate interface and go that route instead, of course then you will have to get a package such as cubase, logic or whatever. protools is an all in one DAW. I personally would go the allen and heath board and separate interface route.

 

[MadAudio]

Typically one uses the channel inserts to route individual channels to one's interface.

 

[silentman]

It depends...

The answer to your last question is yes. You are limited to 8 channels synchronously with the Digi 002. I think it has 4 built in mic preamps and the other four inputs are line level balanced inputs. The Digi 002 will do what you want, but I do have a couple of questions:

1. Will you be recording all of the intruments live or will you be tracking each instrument individually?
2. Will you be running eight microphones? I'm assuming, since you mentioned recording each piece of the drumset on it's own track, that you will need four more mic preamps if you use the Digi 002. You could use the preamps on your Allen and Heath which may or may not be better than the Digi 002.

If I were you I would invest in a Presonus Firepod which already has 8 mic preamps built in. Of course, if you are dead set on Pro Tools, the Firepod does nothing for you. Pro Tools is great, but there are plenty of other interfaces that do just as good of a job, if not better, for less money. The price difference is enough to purchase a better bundle of software than pro-tools LE, or whatever it is they bundle with the Digi 002. I use Cakewalk's Sonar Studio edition and it does everything that I would ever need it to do.

My two cents...

-JV

 

[MessianicDreams]

you will be able to get 8 tracks of seperate audio recorded into pro tools if you get the A&H and the 002. i would get the 002R rather than the 002 if budget is an issue - the only difference is the 002 has some flying faders.

the GL2xxx line is pretty decent i'd say, i used a GL2200 to do a show the other day and other than the stupid fucking group/aux button which took me about 20mins to locate it's a great little desk. the pres sound fairly good as well. It aslo, if memory serves me correctly, has direct outs which would come in handy when recording.

the 002 has 4 preamps (which means you don't need the A&H for those 4 tracks) and 4 line inputs (which means you'd need to use the A&H pre's).



hope this has helped clear up a few things!

MD

 

[A.clutterbuck]

Which Software

Brilliant.. thats much better.. i am starting to understand this more now.

Yeh if im going to be recording i would most likely record everything individually.. which means 8 inputs on the audio interface would probably just be enough.. but thinking about it, it would probably be a good idea to get more than i need just incase i did get a band who wanted to record all the instruments together or if i did live recordings at gigs.

So i have seen the 'Echo AudioFire 12 FireWire audio interface'.. this has 12 ins and outs, which is probably just the job for me at the moment.. the only thing is the software issue.. at the moment i dont have any sequecing software at all. The Audiofire 12 comes with its own software (Tracktion) but im not sure i'd be happy using it. I'd much prefer to use protools, logic or cubase just because i know others are doing the same.

So does anyone know firstly: if i got the audiofire 12, can i get other software to work with it and secondly.. which software? I dont know why but protools has got my eye.. but u need the hardware dont you to get the software.. if that makes sense..

I hope this makes sense.

 

[gummblefish]

Sure, if you get that audio interface you can get other software to work with it. Cubase and logic are pretty much a standard now with pro tools. I like cubase, but then ive been using it for a while. Its whatever works for you. If you go the pro tools route, you get hardware and software, though you might be limiting yourself, imput wise. I dont know, this all comes down to your needs and what you are comfortable working with, of course you could always look into a stand alone 24 track unit. Theres many different possibilities, you need to prioritise YOUR needs.