recording live with digi

heres the gig: 2 vocals 1 acoustic guitar 1 electric guitar 1 bass guitar keys drums just purchased a g4 867, 768 mg ram, 40 gb, 60 gb hard drives. and a digi001. whats the best way to record this live? should irent adats and then dump into my system? or should i take my rig and setup there and record straight into my digi? (i would prefer this route) is it even possible? with only 8 i/o? i would then mix and redub at home. any suggestions/tips/steps mitch

Unless you submix drums or have a converter to access the 9-16 inputs, you would not have enough inputs to do this. The best option would be to get 6-8 (you CAN use the mic preamps on inputs 1/2...but I wouldn't) good mic preamps for inputs 1-8 and a converter, perhaps the presonus one that is so popular (although I am not a big fan of their stuff) which you could get 8 more inputs via ADAT connection and do something like this: 1/2 vocals 3 acoustic guitar 4 electric guitar 5 bass di 6 bass mic 7/8 keys left and right 9 kick 10 snare 11-12 overheads 13-14 toms? 15-16 audience mics If you are thinking about using a real console to mix as opposed to the 001's virtual console, remember that outputs 3-8 are both -10db and unbalanced. Good luck!!!!!

You COULD do this, but it would involve some submixing. If you can get hold of a few desks (or maybe just 1 multitrack one, like 8/4/2), then you can submix the drums to stereo and you have just the right number of tracks. Remember that you only have 2 balanced inputs with preamps on the Digi, so you would use these for the lead vocal and acoustic guitar. The bass will go direct, so plug that straight into like channel 3, same with keyboards. The guitar might be able to go direct if he has an amp-simulator type of rig which would be cool. What I would do is this: Vocal - Channel 1 Acoustic - Channel 2 Electric Guitar - Channel 3 (direct?) Bass - Channel 4 direct Keys - Channel 5 direct Then you get 3 more for drums. Use a desk for this. If the guitar can't go direct, then put that through the desk, and make sure the desk can tap 4 sends off for the tracks. This is very similar to something I have done with good results.

Of course if you can get a hold of some nice Mic/Pres then that would simplify the whole thing.

if i got some mic pres i would just put them on 3-8? for the other inputs what kind of adapters do i need?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Locash: <snip> whats the best way to record this live? should irent adats and then dump into my system? or should i take my rig and setup there and record straight into my digi? (i would prefer this route) is it even possible? with only 8 i/o? i would then mix and redub at home. any suggestions/tips/steps mitch<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I've done a live recording or two with my Digi. It's a major pain in the arse to haul a G4 along with all the other equipment you'll need to record more than eight tracks at once. Then there's always that lingering possiblity that something could go wrong (e.g. computer crashes...) If I could afford it, I would get ADATs or DA-88s, rack them for easy transport, record live to tape and then dump everything into ProTools back at home--if only for the convenience factor!

Have a look at the Yamaha O1V digital desk with an expansion board (8 ADAT I/O). I've used the O1V for recording bands live in a rehearsal room and it's performed well. The mic pre's are about the same quality as the digi001. It also connects very well to the digi giving you 16 direct inputs. The largest setup I've recorded was drums, bass, 3 guitars, 2 keyboards and 4 vocals. For the money there isn't much to complain about. It's a great mixer to start with.

Lucky, that digimax looks dope!!! man i wish i had the dough though....maybe i can rent that.

It sure is nice to hace those hi quality pres. Save your pennies, because it is worth all of them.