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Bump. Interested in this topic as well. I was wondering about going line out to a tascam handheld unit (DR-40.) What about using a soundcraft mixer? Thoughts? Sound clips of this type of setup in action maybe on a small live band in studio. I just want to do this for a 3 piece to capture ideas.
It should work fine - the inputs on the DR-40 are switchable to line level input. The recording quality of the Tascam is on par with a professional-grade tape recorder.
How good your recordings sound will depend on how well everyone is mixed in the board.
How good your recordings sound will depend on how well everyone is mixed in the board.
Band I was in in the 80s putting out a record of a tape off the desk. And padding it out with some commercial releases taped off an unearthed turntable. Sounds shagging horrible. You couldn't even call it a vanity record, although that's what it is.
Probably sound alright if its a decent size venue with nothing meaningful coming off the stage.
Yes, I agree about how well it gets mixed in. Thanks for the feedback. This is the first time I will be doing this fed into a digital unit. I have premixed and Y'd everyone into a Fostex tape style home recording unit but that also recorded to the four separate tracks onto tape so it was a little more forgiving being analog.
No, but some inputs are scratchy and need to be cleaned plus it is disassembled to change out the belt. Then I realized how hard it was to to get the belt removed and replaced.
I used to record band rehearsals and jams to a DAW and would just improve the mix as we went. “The bass is too muddy” move the mic and eq a bit. “Vocals are too loud” add more compression etc.
Just saw this, I was interested in using the condenser mic channels for live room sound (as I did with a DR-05) and the Neutrik channels for line level recording... My bad I haven't looked at the documentation yet. The DR-40 doesn't arrive for a few days.
OK, just downloaded the manual. Looks like recording from the "Line Out's" on the mixer is supported. Figuring out the levels might take a bit of playing around, hopefully "Auto" mode will work to get things started. By "Stereo Cables" I think they are referring to balanced cables.
OK, just downloaded the manual. Looks like recording from the "Line Out's" on the mixer is supported. Figuring out the levels might take a bit of playing around, hopefully "Auto" mode will work to get things started. By "Stereo Cables" I think they are referring to balanced cables.
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Yod be in danger of coming up with some crystal clear 2 track recordings if you kept refining that template. Demo quality for sure.
In my home studio I have a Behringer X2222USB mixer and made up a set of modified balanced 1/4" cables to connect the mixer inserts to my USB interface (it has 6 line inputs). It makes it very easy to shift from practicing to recording. While the inserts are not the same quality as going direct into the USB interface and using the Tascam preamps, it's not bad (Tascam US-16x08). The insert signal is pre EQ on the mixer and the only control you have is mixer preamp gain. I think this is similar to what you are doing. For "serious" recording my best results have been to bypass the mixer and go direct into the DAW via the US-16x08 and work with headphones.
I'm hoping the new 40x will work well in our rehearsal room, as mentioned, currently the vocals are getting squashed by the instruments. Being able to get the vocals off the mixer and the room sound will be a huge improvement (I hope... )
It’s a great way to learn to refine and commit to things on the front end instead of after the fact.
DAWs offer endless editing and can distract from the whole point of creating music
DAWs offer endless editing and can distract from the whole point of creating music
