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Originally Posted by Aural Reject  He means that you need more than one recording rig working in parallel, in case of catastrophic failure of (at least) one.
Personally, I'd stay away from computers for live recordings (or I'd never rely on them solely), so I'd be looking at running parallel rigs of multitrack recorders. At the fairly low budget end, Alesis HD24XRs are good machines for this kind of thing - and you get 24 tracks with each machine if you're working at 44.1 / 48. You'd need at least two machines, with each of them taking a separate feed such that if one of the machines stopped working mid-gig you've still got the other one....
A live gig is completely different to a studio recording - you (normally) only get one shot (unless you're recording a tour), so you can't afford for equiment failure or at least you need to plan a contingency for the eventuality that something will break (which it will eventually).
Don't forget the UPS, as most machines may lose their data if the power fails and they're not shut down properly. |
Thanks so much for this AR! I have been checking The Mackie's out with much interest.
It looks like I could just use this and bypass the laptop altogether, transfer the data to Logic after, correct?
What would a used one with the three i/o cards run on the used market?
Also, What are the best choices for multi channel mic/line splitters, a link would be very helpful to give me an idea of what to look for.
Once again, I know this information is probably redundant to many, but saves me hours of sifting through various threads.
So for that I (and my old eyes) thank you all.