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Originally Posted by myrmidonlord666  Thanks for the responses
I think i am going to check out the roland at this time, and maybe later look at expanding to the computer, mainly because At this point in my life I have to drive 2 hours to jam, and lugging a computer along instead of just leaving my recorder set up at the drummers house would be a hassle. A hassle I am not willing to put up with at this time.
BUT I think ill check out reaper and general overall computer recording you know because thats what you guys do these days  |
Given those constraints, forget any of this. If you want a
remote rig that is easy to set up/tear down, I would just get a stereo pair for the room. Setting up the mics just to record the drums will take a half-hour at least to get decent sound out of them. If you don't want to leave crap with your drummer (may be wise) then just get a little handheld recorder with a decent pair of mics and a stand and place them in X-Y in the right spot in the room to hear everything. Two minutes. And take a picture of what the band's performance sounds like. Maybe a Zoom H4 would work for you and do everything for $300...I don't know much about these things.
If you have some great takes you can give them to someone good (e.g. a mastering shop) to sweeten them up. No it won't sound like a studio record but neither will what you're considering under those circumstances. This gets the hassle out of the way and lets your band play.
...And getting the band disciplined enough to sound good into an X-Y pair will only help the sound of that band live and in the studio in the future...