onewilyfool Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Any advice or experience with a mixer to mix down some instruments for recording??? Thanks!!!
drathbun Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Any advice or experience with a mixer to mix down some instruments for recording??? Thanks!!! What kind of advice OWF? Purchase recommendations? Settings? Patching in/outs? FX returns?
jchabalk Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 all excellent questions, also, how many pre-amps do you need, how many inputs in general, any lo-z? stereo in or will mono's do it for you? all that said i've got a mackie that i really like and would recommend. Either the VLZ series or the onyx. In my case i figured out which ones were good for what i was trying to do and settled on the VLZ1402 (i think that's the model) anyway, right before i bought it i came across an unused onyx 1620 on my local craigslist for less than i was going to pay for the 1402. The 1402 was already more than i needed and the 1620 is definitely more than i need. If you're recording acoustic guitar and vocals something with 4 preamps is probably good to shoot for. that way you can use a pair of stereo mics and a vocal mic (all condenser). I've also used a Behringer (sp?) mixer some and while the build quality and general overall quality isn't nearly to the level the mackie mixer i have is it definitely works fine and is relatively quiet. (once you crack the preamps it starts to get noisy). They're not necessarily cheap if you're buying new but i've seen plenty of behringers on the used market at crazy low prices.
larryp58 Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I use a small mixer for playing some solo gigs. It's good to have if more than one or two inputs are required, whether they be mics or instruments. The output is my recording feed. This is the one I have, a versatile little gadget! It's been a good one! Behringer Eurorack
pschaafs Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 What are you recording into? Sometimes you can get a better result recording the individual tracks and then mixing them on your computer....
onewilyfool Posted January 25, 2011 Author Posted January 25, 2011 Sorry, I'm not savy enough to answer your questions, so I will just say what I'm going to do. Nodehopper turned me on to this.....I have a Zoom Q3HSD video/recorder that has some pretty good mics, but I wanted to be able to mix down two mics for the guitar, a pickup on the guitar, and a vocal mic, mix them, then feed them into the 'LINE IN" input on the camera.....just so I can balance the sound somewhat.......hopefully this helps....something simple, that could maybe used for live performance too...thanks...Wily
larryp58 Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Sorry, I'm not savy enough to answer your questions, so I will just say what I'm going to do. Nodehopper turned me on to this.....I have a Zoom Q3HSD video/recorder that has some pretty good mics, but I wanted to be able to mix down two mics for the guitar, a pickup on the guitar, and a vocal mic, mix them, then feed them into the 'LINE IN" input on the camera.....just so I can balance the sound somewhat.......hopefully this helps....something simple, that could maybe used for live performance too...thanks...Wily The small mixer, like the one I have, would be ideal for that set-up. Can't wait to see some live footage!
nodehopper Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I have a Peavy PV-8 which has 8 inputs. But for your needs this Peavy PV-6 with 6 inputs for $94.99 should work. I have also heard very good things about the Mackie small mixers. I personally like the "live" feeling of recording it all at once and get what you get ....vs. recording separate guitar, vocal etc. Especially as a hobby player for video to post to YouTube. The video ends up seeming more real and honest. For a studio type production or demo CD then separate vocals, guitar etc is needed, but the sound quality has to be totally clean because each track can add hiss, background noise, etc. That takes $$$$
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