hollunder@xxxxxx wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:49:36 -1000 > david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> hollunder@xxxxxx wrote: >> >>> a good friend of mine is in the market for a mixer that is at least >>> capable of recording a whole band simultaneously. >>> He thinks that 16 channels might be a minimum for that, but he isn't >>> exactly experienced, and me neither. >> What's a "whole band"? My church band has two electric guitars, one >> acoustic guitar, one violin, one keyboard; 8 singers; two wireless >> mics used by the priests ... we use a 16-channel Firewire device and >> sometimes find ourselves wishing we had more channels ... >> > > By whole band I mean a rather 'traditional' band setup with like, > drums, bass, singer/s, 1-2 guitars, maybe keys. > I would guess that 16 channels is plenty for that, except maybe > when one wants to mic every single drum separately. > His estimation was 16 channels minimum, it doesn't hurt if it's more. Oh, I forgot one more device - the computer driving the projection screen. We also use it to play videos, so its audio output also goes into the mixer. But I think it doesn't go into the Firewire box - at least, we never record it. -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
