Urgent Responses Please!

[josta443]

Hiya,
I'm still in the womb about recording so, bare with me please. Ah...in high school I drummed for a band and we recorded three times...twice professional...hmm "professional" more like it...and one amateur. But I didn't really pay attention, anyways, now my sister asked me to help her out with her music group.
Here's the setup:
They have two guitars, and one violin. They are using pickups for all three. (I'm not sure this is so wise due to the recording setup they're using but...yeah) They have a PA system by Fender that has two speakers, a main and a monitor I assume, and 4 microphone ports. It has limited adjustment knobs on it. We've ran a graphic equalizer that has both left and right channels. Now...Here's my concern...WE ARE RECORDING DIRECTLY ONTO MY PORTABLE MINIDISC RECORDER. It's a Sony MD-MZR70 with the PC Link Interface deal. Our original plan was to record onto the minidisc...then transfer that to the hard drive of my computer here (hopefully with minimal loss of quality) and edit those file with Asia. *sigh* SO. I don't know.
If anyone could give any constructive comments...i.e. "you're an idiot" "don't bother" "put your shoes in your mouth"...etc...etc.. they would be greatly appreciated
oh, and that was a joke.

ME...mostly; and I apologize for the length

 

[JC Lives]

As long as you hook up the minidisc to a line level source (not speaker level) from the pa system, you should be able to record with no problems. you should then be able to hook up the line out from the minidisc to your computer. I don't know what you are intending on editing on the computer. Just keep in mind that it will only be a stereo file (if the pa system is stereo) with all the instruments mixed together. You will not be able to edit each instrument seperately.

Hope this helps.
Joe

 

[TaxMan88]

Yeah, what he said.

You'll have to do all of your mixing BEFORE the actual performance starts because once it's on the minidisk it'll be basically a finished thing. The only advantage(s) I see going to your computer with it afterward would be some tweaking capabilities (i.e. compressing, normalizing, etc.)and the ability to burn to a CD (and that's IF you've got an internal CD burner).

So just get a good mix before you start recording.

Hope I've helped too.
--Tax