[ubuntu-uk] What do I need (live audio recording)

[Pete Stean]

On the mixing desk front, one of the little Behringer jobs with 4 XLR
inputs would probably do you if you're looking for a cost-effective solution
- simple, straightforward features, easy to use etc  :)

A Behringer Xenyx 1202 would probably suit unless you need more inputs or
you want to do more fancy processing on the board rather than in post - I
have one, it's fine and was bloody cheap too

Pete

On 23/08/07, Matthew Larsen <mat.larsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> TBH From my experience professional recording on linux simply isnt
> there yet (well, at reasonable prices anyway).
>
> However some pointers:
>
> Hardware wise I would most definately reccomend a professional
> soundcard. Try the M-Audio 2496 for a cheap decent prof card (about
> £60-70). Whatever card you get, make sure it is compatible with ASIO.
> ASIO is an interface specifically made for professional audio mixing
> apps, the main thing it does is reduce latency like crazy.
>
> You want to have Balanced Inputs.
>
> You want a Mixer. That takes Balanced XLR inputs.
>
> Balanced means that 3 signals are sent: The first is the normal
> signal. The second is an inverse of that signal. The third is a ground
> signal. The signal is recreated by taking the difference of the normal
> and inversed signal. Noise generated on the line is then removed using
> the ground signal.
>
> Microphone wise, you can't go wrong with an SM58 (£50-60). SM58 is
> your bog-standard dynamic vocal mic. Great for live / outdoors etc.
> For instruments try the SM57. If you have a good environment and want
> a nicer 'studio' sound invest in a pair of Rhode NT1's. (£100 > each)
> A pair will let you do stereo recordings (research stereo pair - takes
> advantage of the cardoid nature of the mics), and because they are
> compressor mics as opposed to dynamics you get a much better sound. Be
> gentle with them though.
>
> For drums try an SM57 on the snare and hi-hat, SM58 on the bass drum
> and the NT1's in a stereo pair over the cymbals. Not a brilliant
> setup, but costs sod-all.
>
> For software something like Audacity simply is not powerful enough for
> music recording etc, something more beefy is needed. I personally am a
> Logic fan and will refuse to work with anything else for more than 5
> minutes, so I'm not a lot of help here.
>
>
> I am in no way an expert but I hope this helps
>
> Regards
>
> On 17/08/07, Neil Greenwood < neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 17/08/07, Mark Harrison <Mark at yourpropertyexpert.com> wrote:
> > > What I need advice on are:
> > >
> > > - Advice on what audio editing software I need (I'm coming from an
> Adobe
> > > Audition / CoolEdit) background, and the key features I need are
> > > FFT-based noise reduction, track volume normalisation, and in-line
> editing.)
> >
> > Audacity seems to be mature and have lots of features. It's also
> > available on Windows.
> >
> > Jono Bacon started a team to develop Jokosher, but I don't know how
> > far they've got with it. I don't think they've released v1.0 yet,
> > although I could be wrong on that - haven't heard much about it for
> > months.
> >
> >
> > Hwyl,
> > Neil.
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> >
>
>
> --
> Matthew G Larsen
>   > mat.larsen at gmail.com
>   > matthew.larsen at logicacmg.com
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20070823/c7e507a8/attachment.htm