what mixer do I need for live shows and recording?

sleewell

sleewell

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so were having DIY shows at our rehearsal spot. i wanted to record the shows but we don't wanna send all of the channels out to the PA. I only want the vocal mic inputs and the kick drum going through the PA but we want to record all of the inputs if that makes any sense.

what sort of mixer would you recommend for this?

thanks!!!
 
jaxn slim said:
You want to record everything on individual tracks or set up a mic or two and get a room recording?
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ideally record everything on individual tracks but it wouldn't be that many. mic up the guitar and bass amps or send a DI signal, 1 or 2 vocal mics, kick drum, overhead on the drums.


right now we aren't even using monitors but something that could also do a separate monitor mix would be cool too if possible.
 
@sleewell ... Just seeing this.

I've used a bunch of the Midas and Behringer stuff, but heavily favor the Allen & Heath for multiple reasons. I think they're more user friendly right out of the box, and they definitely record better than their competitors. Most of the Midas stuff you can only record a two track mix without having to hook up a computer and do a bunch of shit.

The A&H digital lines (Qu, SQ, and CQ) support multitrack recording to a thumb drive or external drive at the preamp level of each track... then you can literally "remix" the gig as if you're sitting there as a Front of House engineer, change EQ, FX, or drop the raw tracks into a DAW and they're all synchronized.

Depending on the number of channels you want to capture for doing your own monitor mix and performance capture, the CQ-12 is under $900 and the CQ-18 is $1299.

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You don't have to fuck around with an ipad... the touch screen and hardware are built in, and it's real easy to set up each input to either 1-to-1 in and out to send on to another mixer.... or if you want to combine some of the inputs like bouncing multiple keyboards to a stereo pair and then just sending RL to front of house regardless of which one you're on.

PLUS... the CQ has built in Wireless if you want to allow each member to control their own Monitor mix without needing additional external gear. Even my 48 channel console doesn't have that.
 
I'm using the 12-channel Behringer rack mixer, and it does only record a stereo mix. However, the larger units (18 & 32) record multitrack to a thumb drive, which you can then dump into your DAW for mixing.
 
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