Yamaha Powered mixer for recording?

[ploco]

Hey guys first post here and I know nothing about recording but would love too. I bought my friend's Yamaha EMX 5000 powered mixer cause he moved to NY. I know that its used to power a PA for live venue but I was wondering if I could use it in any way to mix and record music on a computer?
Oh and by music I mean guitar, bass, drums, keys- not just vocals.

Any help is much appreciated.

 

[superspit]

Hey guys first post here and I know nothing about recording but would love too. I bought my friend's Yamaha EMX 5000 powered mixer cause he moved to NY. I know that its used to power a PA for live venue but I was wondering if I could use it in any way to mix and record music on a computer?
Oh and by music I mean guitar, bass, drums, keys- not just vocals.

Any help is much appreciated.

mmmmmmmmmmm.......bit like using a swiss-army knife to change a tire....
Noise generated and clarity issues from these desks, you'll find, will probably be the biggest killer....
Also, you Wouldn't want 'full-power' going into your recording interface! (whatever that may be).

I guess if you have all the gains down...meh...naaa....I wouldn't do it.

I'm sure though that plenty of people have hooked up small portastudio type units to large powered desks, and have got results while at a live venue.

A small 'passive' mixer, cheap even brand new, is a much better option.

oh..PS....one forum is generally enough to post in....

cheers,

 

[gecko zzed]

Hey guys first post here and I know nothing about recording but would love too. I bought my friend's Yamaha EMX 5000 powered mixer cause he moved to NY. I know that its used to power a PA for live venue but I was wondering if I could use it in any way to mix and record music on a computer?
Oh and by music I mean guitar, bass, drums, keys- not just vocals.

Any help is much appreciated.

You can. It has a number of line level outputs that you can use to go from desk to computer. However, to get into the computer satisfactorily, you will need some kind of interface . . . maybe a cheap USB interface, or perhaps a more elaborate firewire interface. In either case, you don't really need the Yamaha, because you can go straight into the interface with either a mike, instrument or line.

But it depends on your recording intention. You could, for example, mix a band on the Yamaha and feed the resulting stereo mix into the computer.

If you intend to record track by track, then it's hardly necessary.

But, whatever you do, as superspit says, don't run the speaker outputs into your computer.

 

[ploco]

any opinions on

thanks for the reply guys. Got any opinions on what kind of USB or Firewire 'module' to get? Again I plan on recording guitar, bass, vocal, and other sounds, maybe use a drum machine, but i think that just directly hooks to the comp.