I recently bought a mixer so i could record from various microphones into my computer. Now i want to record on to multiple tracks at the same time, (like input1-vocals, input2-guitar since there seem to be two.)
Is there a technique or method for doing this?
Cheap alternatives??
Thanks
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 JimReid21 | July 26, 2007 4:35:34 PM |
 rfwilmut | July 27, 2007 3:10:59 AM USB mixers provide a stereo mixdown of the mixer channels, and that's it. Alesis make a couple of firewire mixers which feed not only the stereo mixdown but each individual channel to the computer: however they're not cheap. http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=40 8 channel http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=93 12 channel http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=94 16 channel They also make USB2.0 versions of their USB mixers which provide multichannel recording. http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=107 8 channel http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=108 16 channel |
 paddler | July 27, 2007 5:26:53 AM Mark Of The Unicorn work well with mac too,I found.We patched everything straight from the io's on the back of a small mixer into the motu n into a mac pro.Only thing that was confusing was finding the corresponding channels on the mac - often the channel numbers were out of sync but the quality was crystal |
 alanfraser | July 27, 2007 7:01:22 AM Focusrite Saffire is a dual-channel Firewire audio interface. I've been using one for quite a while for performance as it allows me to use a mike and a guitar over two separate GB tracks at the same time. It would work the same way for recording. However, I don't recommend this particular model as there have been some inexplicable failures that resolved themselves after an arcane combination of re-boots, restarts of the Saffire, etc. Also, the guitar plug is not holding up well as the connection is getting more and more tenuous each time I plug back in after tuning. I would not get another of these devices but there are many other multi-channel Firewire audio interfaces on the market. |
 eleveneyes | July 27, 2007 10:45:35 AM Everyone always suggests spending more money, which isn't a bad thing if you got the money to spend. You can achieve your goal of recording two tracks simultaneously with the stuff you all ready got. How are you connecting your mixer to your computer? I'll assume you are using the 1/8" mic input which is a stereo input. Take the main L and R outputs of your mixer and connect them to the 1/8" input using a stereo connection. Then on your mixer lets say you have a vocal mic in channel 1 and a guitar mic in channel 2. Hard pan channel 1 to the left and channel 2 to the right. Then in GarageBand record enable two real instrument tracks and set the input of one track to input 1(left) and the input of the other track to input 2(right). |
JimReid21 | July 27, 2007 3:32:29 PM Eleveneyes: This sounds like the smarter alternative and while my Behringer UB502 mixer will arrive any day now, i had also bought a stereo mini male to phone Y-Cable with your idea in mind. Thanks Rftwilmut because i really couldn't find out what device people used. The MultiMix 8 FireWire is ideal except for the price, but i wonder if there's a major difference between Usb and fire wire sound quality? |
 five_extra_arms | July 27, 2007 4:54:01 PM Quote by: eleveneyes Everyone always suggests spending more money, which isn't a bad thing if you got the money to spend. You can achieve your goal of recording two tracks simultaneously with the stuff you all ready got. How are you connecting your mixer to your computer? I'll assume you are using the 1/8" mic input which is a stereo input. Take the main L and R outputs of your mixer and connect them to the 1/8" input using a stereo connection. Then on your mixer lets say you have a vocal mic in channel 1 and a guitar mic in channel 2. Hard pan channel 1 to the left and channel 2 to the right. Then in GarageBand record enable two real instrument tracks and set the input of one track to input 1(left) and the input of the other track to input 2(right). Thanks for the great advice eleveneyes. I use my Tascam Cassette 4 track under the same conditions. My bass is plugged into the first channel and panned hard left while my vocals or drum machine (for instance) are plugged into the second channel panned hard right. Enable 2 tracks in GarageBand to record, then set the input of one track to input 1 (left) and the input of the other track to input 2 (right) - exactly as you said. If you use this setup, you are guaranteed to be as good as Ray. Thanks for sharing! |
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