Wondering what the big studios and engineers use for musicians headphone mix when tracking a whole band?

Do they run for instance, 8 bus lines out of main mixer and then to an individual mixer for each musician? Or do all the musicians get the same mix/different level?

I have been considering buying 4 or so cheap mixers for this.

thanks

I would like to record my band, live, in a multitrack format with my laptop using Sonar as my software. I've determined that I need some type of interface in-between my mixer and my USB port, the majority of which (USB interfaces) seem to only have 2 inputs. Is this maneuver even possible considering that the drums will take 6 tracks, 2 guitar tracks and a bass?

Hi,

Has anyone had any experience with this?

When I try going it instead of giving a fuller sound it just kinda sounds like a chorus effect or like a really bad toilet sounding reverb, not like one full voice as on some tunes Ive heard that have double tracked their vocals.

Ive tried dropping the volume on the second track but it doesnt seem to quite to the trick.

Two days after the iPod Nano was released I noticed an article that reported the results of a comprehensive 'stress test' on one. They drove over it, threw it from a car moving at 50 MPH, all with no damage to the mechanism - indeed the music played throughout all this.

I am just curious what you guys think.. Im talking a windows eviroment personaly, but mac guys feel free to chime in.

Whats the least/most hard on computer systems?

Here are just a few I could think of off the top of my head..

Nuendo
Cubase le, sx
Pro Tools LE
N-Track Studio (not a top nitch program, but efficiant and cheap)

I have a Phonic 2443A mixer that appears to have some sort of routing problem. Yeah I know, Phonic, hahaha...OK. I bought this cheap on purpose cause I just needed it in my personal home project studio for some things. If it is broke then i'll buy something else but out of curiosity I wanted to know how some of you pros would trace down an issue like this.

1.) I am tracking drums with a Soundcraft Ghost. I have two outboard pre's a dbx 576 and a nice Joemeek (not sure what model borrowed) I was thinking of using the meek on the kick and the 576 on the snare? Any suggestions?

2.) Also, I have never tracked drums, would compress and/or limit kick and/or snare at the recording and/or mixing stage?

I'm a professional musician, not an enginner, so maybe I'm missing something. I've been tracking vocals for a singer through a pretty good signal chain of Mojave Audio Mic/Focusrite ISA220/G5/Digital Performer.

I have DP and I have a G5 tower that I use now. I'm considering purchasing a laptop for tracking on location. I would be using it along with a MOTU 896HD firewire interface which I already have. I was thinking of getting a second MOTU or maybe a Mackie Onyx 1640 with firewire option to do 16 tracks at 24/96. Has anybody been able to track at 24/96 with an iBook?

Hi everyone, it's me again! Im tracking my songs at my Homestudio and i wanted to know how many hours a day are good enough to track vocals without damaging my voice, cos i'm actually doing 3 or 4 hours, taking 15 min breacks between couple of takes.
Thx.