my recording setup, will this work?

[violindave]

My studio is a converted garage. One room does it all. Some bass traps etc. Doesn't sound bad but nothing to write home about.

My house is about 100 feet away to get to a couple of really nice rooms - 1923 wood floors etc, sound great if I play an acoustic instrument in them.

How would I make it work to play any acoustic instruments in the house and record them in the preamps and DAW in the garage? I figure I can string mic cables together. Will I lose fidelity on the long run? Will there be a timing delay? How will I get the sound of what is already in the DAW to headphones in the house so I can overdub?

cheers
Dave

[Jules]

Probably best to have your pre amps out next to the performers so that you are sending line level down the long cable run rather than the weaker mic signal..

I am going to move this to the remote recording forum as your recording area is somewhat 'remote' from your control room .

These guys are ALL ABOUT long cable runs so should be able to advise you better than anyone.

Meanwhile it would be a good idea to list your equipment..



Good luck

[bishopthomas]

100' isn't THAT far. Make sure all signals are balanced and the cables are of high quality. If you are using individual mic cables you might go with a quad conductor cable, but a snake might be easier than a bunch of mic cables. As far as your cable run, that depends. If you're recording a lot you might want to keep the cables in place, otherwise just run them when tracking.

[ScumBum]

I'd make your recording rig mobile so you can move it to the room you want to record in and then later move it back to the garage where you mix .

Get one of those portable rack cases to put your interface , preamps and a head phone amp in .

Flat panel monitor , your computer and thats it to move .

You can then record where ever you want and fix up the garage for Mixing .

[Audiop]

Yes, what ScumBum said! thumbsup

Perhaps a floor rack on wheels with handles.


/Peter

[violindave]

Thanks for the responses.
Not sure I want to create a whole mobile rig or lug it back and forth.

I'll try it with mic cables connected together. It is actually about 70 feet from the room I want to use to the preamps in the studio.

main concern is will I need to compensate for the delay. There's the time from the computer via soundcard out through headphone amp to the house and then the time from the mics via cables to the preamps into soundcard.

I guess I would need to line the overdub tracks up by hand?

cheers
Dave

[maxpidge]

why not just make a few long cables?

[bishopthomas]

Making one long cable instead of chaining several together is probably best. Less points of failure and no connectors rolling around in the mud outside. If you do go the multiple cable route maybe tape the connectors so dirt doesn't get inside. I can't tell you about the latency issues, best to just give it a go and see for yourself. For your test run just do it in the control room, going through your 70+ feet of cabling. Sharp staccato sounds will make it easier to see and hear the delay.

[Fran Guidry]

Originally Posted by violindave

Thanks for the responses.
Not sure I want to create a whole mobile rig or lug it back and forth.

I'll try it with mic cables connected together. It is actually about 70 feet from the room I want to use to the preamps in the studio.

main concern is will I need to compensate for the delay. There's the time from the computer via soundcard out through headphone amp to the house and then the time from the mics via cables to the preamps into soundcard.

I guess I would need to line the overdub tracks up by hand?

cheers
Dave

Dave, electrical signals move pretty close to the speed of light. You won't hear the difference between a 10 foot cable and a 100 foot cable.

Fran

[Remoteness]

Some of this has been said in this thread, but I will repeat it just because I can.

1- Build or buy an audio snake.
2 - Feed it through a PVC pipe and bury it in the ground or string it from the rooftop of the house to the rooftop of the garage. The interfacing will be a bit trick... Decide what you want to do and we can discuss this further.
3- Keep the input box (female XLR side) close to the performance area with extra length so you can tuck the box away when you're not recording.
4 - The control room snake side can just be a male XLR fan out that can go directly into your preamps or wired to a patch bay.
5 - you may want to have some reversed XLR feeds to send back studio playback, headphone mixes and/or talkback.

I hope this helped.