Analogue or Digital?

Mixbuster · 16th June 2008

Cheers!
I wonder, whats the best? Go for a microphone pre-amp with 8 mic inputs (firewire) and get all eight tracks seperatly into comp. Then mix it digital. Or buy a mixing desk and mix it (at the mixing desk) and then send it to computer in a stereo-track?

Thanks!

Doc Mixwell · 16th June 2008

BOTH!!!!!!! There is no better or worse only different.

You should record multi-channel if you can, and mix back to the computer, then BOUNCE the audio as an interleaved 16 bit 44.1K Red Book Audio CD stereo mix down.

You should mix however you feel comfortable; and whatever is best for the music, bottom line. This is different for ALL people.

Mixbuster · 16th June 2008

Btw, what did you mean with "(You should record multi-channel if you can, and mix back to the computer, then BOUNCE the audio as an interleaved 16 bit 44.1K Red Book Audio CD stereo mix down.)"

What if my budget says stop with only one thing?

Doc Mixwell · 16th June 2008

Then get the best multi-channel microphone preamp/AD converter you can find and make sure its right for the style of music you'll be recording, because you only get one chance to encode, so encode correctly!

16th June 2008	#1
Mixbuster Gear addict Joined: May 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 474 Thread Starter	Analogue or Digital? Cheers! I wonder, whats the best? Go for a microphone pre-amp with 8 mic inputs (firewire) and get all eight tracks seperatly into comp. Then mix it digital. Or buy a mixing desk and mix it (at the mixing desk) and then send it to computer in a stereo-track? Thanks!

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Doc Mixwell 70% coffee & 30% beer Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Quincy, MA Posts: 7,731	BOTH!!!!!!! There is no better or worse only different. You should record multi-channel if you can, and mix back to the computer, then BOUNCE the audio as an interleaved 16 bit 44.1K Red Book Audio CD stereo mix down. You should mix however you feel comfortable; and whatever is best for the music, bottom line. This is different for ALL people. __________________ Adam Brass adam@dspdoctor.com DSPdoctor "Pro Audio Gear And Advice for the Modern Recording Studio" ________________ "Any opinions above are worth exactly what you paid for them." Anonymous "If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Edison RTFM

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