| I got a Rosetta 800 on Saturday and tracked a band with it an hour after it arrived in the post! I managed to get 22 tracks in one song with every AD and DA done using 1 Rosetta 800! I have a MOTU 2408 MkIII with 24 ADAT in's and out's connected to the desk and the Rosetta.
Incidently I went for the Rosetta over the AD16x as it has 2 ADAT out's. I sent one to the PC and the other to the Mackie D8b for low latency monitoring. I had 8 of my outboard Mic Pre-amps connected to the Rosetta 800 and the other 8 to the Mackie D8b's analogue inputs (pretty sh*ty converters but improved a lot by the Big Ben) and then sent out to the MOTU via the ADAT out's. The Mackie D8b, the Rosetta 800 and the MOTU 2408 MkIII were all synced with the Big Ben.
1. I recorded Stereo Overheads, HH, Ride, Bass DI and 2 Guitar DI's with the Rosetta. I recorded the Snare, Kick, Toms and Scratch Vocals using the converters in my Mackie D8b.
2. I sent the DI's out through the Rosetta DA and re-amped the Bass and Guitars and recorded them back through the Rosetta.
3. I then recorded 10 samples each of the Kick (3 mics, D112 inside and a U87 and home made Sub Kick outside), Snare (2 mics top and bottom) and Toms through the Rosetta and used Drumagog to replace the D8b converted Kick, Snare and Toms with the samples. I do this quite often recently as I use Drumagog as a 'super noise gate' using the Kick, Snare and Tom mics to trigger clean samples of those drums. Also if need be I can layer the drums with other samples easily this way as I do a lot of heavy rock, metal stuff which sometimes calls for that method.
4. I then tracked Vocals, Backing Vocals and extra Guitars through the Rosetta.
There was a little bit of unplugging and changing around but no more than trying different Mic Pre-Amps to find the right tone really. All in all it took 7 hours to record 4 songs including all the overdubs. They are a good band and really tight so they nailed most things within 3 takes. It took 2 hours to do the editing and drum replacing and 4 hours to mix it. It was all mixed ITB and sent out via the Rosetta DA to a Studer A810 1/4" tape machine and then back in to the computer for basic 'mastering'.
Done and sounding great, I'm well impressed with the Rosetta. It's a massive step up from the converters in the D8b. The clarity is excellent and the sounstage huge compared to using just the D8b. I intend to get another 2 Rosetta's for 24 i/o but this method worked quickly and easily so I'm in no rush to get into debt to get them, I'll wait until I have the cash spare! The band left chuffed to bits with a 4 track demo for about £300. |