Solace Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Forewarning: I realize this doesn't have to do with guitars. I realize that this is a question about drums but my question doesn't require drum knowledge to answer. Only recording knowledge. Plus no one seems to go to the drum section. Sue me. I wanna record and I wanna buy a 7-piece drum mic package. I was looking around for a multitrack recorder that record at least 7 tracks at once but the cheapest one I could find was $700 which was way out of my budget. Is there some sort of converter that can connect 7 cables into two input jacks. OR does anyone know a recorder that can record 7 tracks at once for less than $700. Somewhere less than $400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom18222 Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 buy a presonus fp10 and use your computer. download reaper. ftw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solace Posted June 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 buy a presonus fp10 and use your computer. download reaper. ftw. is reaper better than audacity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoegazing Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 audacity is a load of crap get a cracked version of reaper or ableton or get a mac and get logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splasher Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 First, are you gonna be recording on your computer? Do you have a good soundcard? If so, with how many inputs? If your soundcard is good (good asio drivers, very little latency) and has 2 line inputs, you can buy a 8 mic (XLR) input mixer and connect the stereo out to your soundcard. That way you're limited, cause you're left with a stereo track and that can't be manipulated much later on. The best alternative is to buy a 8 channel soundcard like the M-Audio Profire 2626, it has good D to A and A to D converters, good pre-amps, good asio drivers and many inputs and outputs (up to 26!!!). It's around 500 bucks. I hope this helps a little... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman. Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 buy a presonus fp10 and use your computer. download reaper. ftw. havent used reaper but yeah, this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splasher Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 There are all kinds of awesome software out there to use for recording (Logic, ProTools, Nuendo, Cubase, Reaper...) but when you're recording any instrument and especially drums the most important thing is to have enough inputs and preamps. So, you'll need a good soundcard that has just that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman. Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 A decent soundcard isnt really needed if you're using a FP10 or anything like it. Just a firewire port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splasher Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 The FP10 is a decent soundcard, an external firewire soundcard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solace Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 ok so what's a firewire. I'm guessing that's different from a USB port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splasher Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Well, firewire is an interface standard, better suited for audio applications than USB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman. Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Yeah, it's similar to USB but it isn't standard on all computers. If you have a PC tower you can buy a firewire PCI card or something similar, they're not too expensive. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3264905&CatId=511 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solace Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Yeah, it's similar to USB but it isn't standard on all computers. If you have a PC tower you can buy a firewire PCI card or something similar, they're not too expensive. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3264905&CatId=511 And if I have a laptop? Which I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splasher Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 A lot of laptops have Firewire (IEEE1394). If yours hasn't, you can use an Express Card (34 or 54, depending on your laptop). It's the laptop equivalent of a PCI card. If you laptop has no Express Card slot, you have to get a USB soundcard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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