Corkofski
01-18-2007, 01:00 AM
so, im thinking of recording, but im very tight on budget, so i will be using my colleges equipment. they have a lot of shure sm58s and quite a few condensers.
im happy with the mics, the problems come with the recording equipment.
its a 16 track mixing desk, with 12 mono tracks, has a lot of on desk EQs ect. however, it can only output 4 mono tracks at a time to the PC, which is running cubase. it may be able to output stereo, but not without some "creative wiring" :P
so, what im thinking is, have snare and bass on their own channels, then use the other 2 as stereo channels, pan them hard left and right in cubase, then run each mic into them panned differently on the desk. this works because the channels are paired for stereo recording.
in short though, it means my toms and overheads will be on the same channel, and will have to be EQ'ed on the board. i realise this isnt ideal, but can anyone see any reason why it wouldnt work?
tl,dr: will my recording sound **** if i have overheads and tom mics on the same channel?
im happy with the mics, the problems come with the recording equipment.
its a 16 track mixing desk, with 12 mono tracks, has a lot of on desk EQs ect. however, it can only output 4 mono tracks at a time to the PC, which is running cubase. it may be able to output stereo, but not without some "creative wiring" :P
so, what im thinking is, have snare and bass on their own channels, then use the other 2 as stereo channels, pan them hard left and right in cubase, then run each mic into them panned differently on the desk. this works because the channels are paired for stereo recording.
in short though, it means my toms and overheads will be on the same channel, and will have to be EQ'ed on the board. i realise this isnt ideal, but can anyone see any reason why it wouldnt work?
tl,dr: will my recording sound **** if i have overheads and tom mics on the same channel?