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Hi helpful friends,
I would like to record a live show with 4 chanels. I'd like to record each chanel seperate and simaltaneously and also have them in the main board to play out the front, that way I have them somewhat isolated.
Does anyone have a hardware sujestion
thanks a toneful
Olin

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kmetal Mon, 01/17/2011 - 23:54

I say minimize audience sound when they are talking trash LOL, no actually keep that. In a live recording you totally want at least one set of room mics. Why? so you can hear the clapping, banter, cheers, room's acoustics.
Not sure if guitars are acoustic or electric or both. You sure want separate inputs for your DI, and mic lines. Plus the two vocal mic lines. Your going to want the control later, unless this is just a quick demo. Get a couple splitter boxes, 2 sm 57's, and an 8(at least) channel mackie mixer, + an interface, of which there is alot of talk about on RO. This allows you to have some nice DI'd guitars, real ambience from the room, clean vocals, and perhaps some efx that you send to the house but not your recorder. A mixer w/ direct outs such as an allen and heath or mackie, will give your interface all the dry feeds, and allow you to mix any way you need to get the sound to the audience properly.
If you question how to get the room mics 'out of the way' put them near the mixing board, or at the bar (with permission), or hang them out there. Listen to your favorite bands' live recordings, the audience is clear as there. It doesn't sound weak or phasey, or distant.

Boswell Tue, 01/18/2011 - 08:48

Unregistered, post: 361610 wrote: OK...2 guys on stage, 2 guitars, 2 mics, thats the 4 chanels
I'd like to record the 4 chanels at the same time separtly so I can do some valume ajustment to any of the tracks later
and at the same time minamize the audience sound.

To give you full advice, we need to know the make and model number of the mixing board. It would also help to know whether the guitars are acoustic (with mics and/or pickups) or electric (with amplifiers). If they are electric guitars with amplifiers, what are the makes and model of the amplifiers, and is it just the vocals through the PA or are the guitar amplifiers put through the PA as well?

Several questions, but knowing the answers to these helps us narrow down the recommendations for you.