zensin
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I gotta say that this site is great !! My question is :: For years I've been using a Roland VS880 EX. I spent the last year building a house. The basement is where I've put my small studio. I've got two stereo headphone mixes and an XLR ,, and two 1/4" jacks pulled to several rooms in the house (for jams with friends) So My home is kind of deticated to music. Bla bla... BIG question ,, I've truly had my heart set on having the new Roland VS2480. And wish to run it together with the old Roland VS880. I have two rooms in the basement deticated to studio.... 1 - 14x14 -- with 1/4" jacks and heahphone mixes and XLRs on the walls and a feed hole for my 16 channel snake. .(The snake is used because the room has two walls that are 18" concrete.and no way to astetically mounta box for the drum kit ) The other -- small --8x14-- for the control room. What do you think of the new Roland ? and can I run them together. Or do you have something compatible that might work.... Any idea is up for grabs.. (I have not done sheet rock yet)....Oh yes I do have "Cake Walk" "Acid Pro 4 5 and 6" "Director 7 ---(video one day ) .. and don't mind buying another PC program....(but I don't know how to get the feed from 6 or 12 mics. into the PC with out passing through a mixing board.
Thanks Kindly
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LilBuddy
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as far as running the multiple mics str8 into the pc without using a mixer, you might want to look into getting a soundcard with multiple inputs....the only thing is, with most condenser mics, you'll need that phantom power...so maybe getting a small mixer might not be a bad idea in that case..but that's strictly up to you
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ben m
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Originally posted by zensin
Or do you have something compatible that might work.... Any idea is up for grabs.. (I have not done sheet rock yet)....
Mike
There are many good quality interfaces (soundcards) that will allow you to get multiple signals in an out of the computer and with phantom power such as the RME Fireface line, the Presonus Firestudio, the Echo AudioFire range, the Focusrite Saffire Pro range and some of the interfaces from MOTU. |
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geereally
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It's all about the audio interface in your computer, and of course the software that your mixing with. Look around and find which interface is best for you and for what your doing. Ask yourself these questions... How many mic's at a time will I be recording with? How many tracks am I gonna use? and of course probably the most important... How much am I willing to spend??? good questions definately, If your serious about recording dont be sheepish to drop some money on some good equiptment because the ease of recording will almost pay itself off in the time you save, I mean you already got the rooms set up, now just get your tracking gear. And make sure to get some gear that has up to a 24 bit dynamic range because If you use drums the extra range will save your recordings... Just some advise, take your time and weigh your options, know what you need and get it... Good luck. |
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amitbarde
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Well like everyone's said....get ur self a sound card with as many inputs/outputs as possible or just buy a small mixer. you could have a look at the MOTU 18/20 it is i think. It's a great sound card! |
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AMR
Joined: 16 Sep 2003
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quote:
Originally posted by zensin
I gotta say that this site is great !! My question is :: For years I've been using a Roland VS880 EX. I spent the last year building a house. The basement is where I've put my small studio. I've got two stereo headphone mixes and an XLR ,, and two 1/4" jacks pulled to several rooms in the house (for jams with friends) So My home is kind of deticated to music. Bla bla... BIG question ,, I've truly had my heart set on having the new Roland VS2480. And wish to run it together with the old Roland VS880. I have two rooms in the basement deticated to studio.... 1 - 14x14 -- with 1/4" jacks and heahphone mixes and XLRs on the walls and a feed hole for my 16 channel snake. .(The snake is used because the room has two walls that are 18" concrete.and no way to astetically mounta box for the drum kit ) The other -- small --8x14-- for the control room. What do you think of the new Roland ? and can I run them together. Or do you have something compatible that might work.... Any idea is up for grabs.. (I have not done sheet rock yet)....Oh yes I do have "Cake Walk" "Acid Pro 4 5 and 6" "Director 7 ---(video one day ) .. and don't mind buying another PC program....(but I don't know how to get the feed from 6 or 12 mics. into the PC with out passing through a mixing board.
Thanks Kindly
Mike
Hi,
With a Roland VS2480 you'll hardly need a PC, or vice-versa, if you fit a good PC with proper software. It's worksome to pass files from one to the other when you can do it all in one place.
You can run both Rolands together (they sync as master and slave) and even with the PC (the three). The VS2480 has great sound if used with MT-Pro mode, altough the analog-to-digital converters may sound just a little bit cold. New firmware's have made it robust and almost bug proof (it was to be very buggy) - and it works with 5.1.
However, for the same price or similar, you can have a decent PC, Adobe Audition, a pro-sound card and - possibly - more flexibility (and more bugs if you fill the PC with lots of stuff). It's a matter of taste and likings for a hardware hands-on approach (which you can also have with a PC and a control table) or a software mouse-keyboard oriented interface.
If you can have both, by all means... 
Kind Regards,
AMR
http://www.alvaromrocha.com
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