| You mean being the FOH engineer or being near the FOH? I am not going to do the FOH mixing, but only the recording (next to the FOH in first instance). I realise I will have to rely on the signal after the FOH preamps, hoping the engineer will keep the signals below 0 dBFS (I assume that is what you're aiming at?). I do agree using splitter + own preamps is favorable to keep the signals in hand, but I'm not sure if I can invest in so much equipment in one time, so I will have to do it gradually.
Backup machine... should do that indeed, but it's the same story on investments. I hope it will become all more serious than fun (that is what I aim for in the future), but I feel more comfortable in making a small step first into some more simple projects, and then take some more bigger steps when I have more hands-on experience.
@mixedupsteve: yes, Echo Audiofire equipment can be daisychained. So combining an AF12 with an AF pre8 will result in 12+8 analog i/o and a possibility to add another converter via ADAT (to the Pre8). Or just use 2 firewire ports on the DAW (which will require an additional expresscard with firewire ports for a laptop). |