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deepwaste · 27th February 2010

Byre, thanks for the response...I've actually worked with something very similar to this, helping a buddy record live sets during SXSW in Austin, running straight out of the mixer into a 24-track HD digital recorder. We didn't even have a computer-the unit recorded to hard disk and he exported into a DAW to mix later.

Thing is I'm not necessarily looking to record live sound...by "mobile" I just mean having a high-end rig that's small enough to move from place to place rather than building into a brick-and-mortar commercial space, although the gear is scalable in case I end up doing that after all.

It seems to me that with gear becoming more compact and laptops more powerful, more artists and bands are opting to record at home or borrowing/renting a space rather than blocking out weeks or months at a studio for $1000 a day. The last Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective albums were recorded in regular 2br houses, and Radiohead is known for tracking string arrangements in old stone churches. That's more what I'm aiming for.

27th February 2010	#3
deepwaste Gear interested Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8 Thread Starter	Byre, thanks for the response...I've actually worked with something very similar to this, helping a buddy record live sets during SXSW in Austin, running straight out of the mixer into a 24-track HD digital recorder. We didn't even have a computer-the unit recorded to hard disk and he exported into a DAW to mix later. Thing is I'm not necessarily looking to record live sound...by "mobile" I just mean having a high-end rig that's small enough to move from place to place rather than building into a brick-and-mortar commercial space, although the gear is scalable in case I end up doing that after all. It seems to me that with gear becoming more compact and laptops more powerful, more artists and bands are opting to record at home or borrowing/renting a space rather than blocking out weeks or months at a studio for $1000 a day. The last Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective albums were recorded in regular 2br houses, and Radiohead is known for tracking string arrangements in old stone churches. That's more what I'm aiming for.