Recording At Home...Equipment?

[pig494]

Alright there are like 100 of these threads. I'm very aware of that but I never really found the answers I wanted. Alright my band wants to start recording nice recordings.First I was looking into the Firepod which was a great system but i'm definately looking into micing all my drums and that will consist of around 10 mics. So The firepod doesnt really work. So my question is How can I my band record while using all the drum mics and still have enough inputs for their gutars and mics. I want to computer record. ALSO! A big thing that we want to do is play together.We will want to Overdub vocals obviously but we want to record everyone at once. I will have a barriar for my drums so it wont sound as bad. But what does everyone suggest for gear in order to do this? Will Audaucity work? Or is it wiser to purchase something like Cubase or Pro Tools? Also Can I plug an analogue mixer into the computer with a sound card(Don't get the whole sound card thing,someone please explain) or do I need a digital.Also can I plug an analogue mixer into an mbox, Or isn't that possible. I'm guessing everything should be Digital but i'm totally new at this recording stuff. Anything would be awesome.Thanks..!!

[unccrombie]

i can tell you that you probably will want to use pro tools or something like it. as for the recording aspect...ive never done mutch other than a guitar. do you guys have a PA or anything? could you just run most of the stuff into that and then record directly out of it? rob will probably help you out on this one

oh, and make sure you have a good sound card since you're going into the PC, you should obviously know that. something by m-audio i hear works wonders. something with a couple 1/4" jacks

[scoot_14]

You could get a 32 track digital recorder. I would recommend a Korg D32XD, that will allow you to record all the tracks at once...and then you can go and overdub and of the tracks you need. It's a digital recorder that doesn't actually need a computer, as it can master and burn straight to disc, but you can connect it to a system and pic up pro tools if you really want to.

A mixer like that is going to cost you around $3,000 at least, and computer programs aren't cheap either.

[pman13a]

you could buy a small mixer for 100 bucks or so that has a bunch of inputs, plug mics into then to mic the drums and then take the output of tha setup and plug that into your recorder. That way you have all of the drums mic'd and you only use one inout of the recorder

[Rob]

Like it or not, to do this "right" you really need to have alot of money to invest. To be honest, you're better off renting some studio time to do it for the short term if you're that serious. You'll learn what your band needs, what works, what doesn't work, how the good stuff works, why the bad stuff doesn't work, etc. This will help you in the future when you decide to shell out the cash- you'll know what you need and won't overspend or mis-spend.

[Obsessor Of 41]

^Definently take this route. We've all been where you are, and it really just isn't worth it especially since you're aiming for a full-band recording. Even if you were to mic your set, you'll find that when you go to an amateur studio, they're not going to mic every single piece of your set, it isn't necessary by a long shot. Good studio time is relatively cheap and more times then not the engineer or amateur can get a fairly good sound. My first band cut a demo for $100 flat, and it'll end up paying itself off after one gig most of the time (if you do paying gigs).