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Live soundboard recording options
I'm probably be going to be putting together a small live PA set up soon, mostly solo (guitar & vox) but occasionally with another instrument or vocalist sitting in. While I'm about it, the idea of being able to easily record off the board would be a nice feature.
The PA setup will likely be a small mixer to powered speakers of some sort. A mixer designed to facilitate recording could help, and of course some kind of recording device. Getting individual tracks from each channel is a high want. Some options I've considered; any thoughts/suggestions/practical experience?
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I use a Zoom Livetrak L-12 which takes care of both live mixing and recording individual channels. It's also reasonably priced. So I recommend it.
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Interesting piece of gear . Does it have internal digital file storage, or do you have to USB it to something like a laptop with a DAW ?
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It records onto a SD memory card but also it serves as a multichannel audio interface through a USB connected to a computer. It's quite versatile.
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The QSC Touchmix can record multitrack to a USB drive. Does anyone who has one use it for that? Is a flash drive sufficient, or would you need a small portable SSD? |
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The QSC Touchmix has a great reputation but it costs $1000 compared to the Zoom's $600. And also as a former user of the Behringer X18 Air I realized I'm not a fan of touch screen mixing. But that's just me. I don't gig regularly but for a 3 or 4 piece band I used 15inch Behringer active speakers for the house, one or two smaller active speakers as monitors, various mics and an acoustic usually would go through a Fishman Platinum Stage preamp phantom powered by the Zoom mixer. Once it's set up properly, everyone says the sound is amazing. |
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I just used a Behringer X32 to record 16 tracks last night, and used a 90 Mb/s SD card and that worked fine.
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I own and regularly record with USB capable mixers. I have the Yamaha MG10XU and use it at school (my work) all the time for recording and there is zero latency -- even with a crappy laptop. At home I use and MG16XU with a nice tower desktop. They work flawlessly and do not require a proprietary DAW to be used like some interfaces do. I am using Audacity, which I like because it is free and you can create mp3 or wav files without purchasing an licenser and spending hundreds of dollars on a premium DAW. If you're starting from scratch with a mixer, I highly recommend getting one that is USB capable and forgo the interface route. Why have more connections than necessary and have to fuss with a proprietary DAW? My 2c. Good luck.
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