Here you may need to look closer into the galvanised If you already own one or several multichannelĪudio interfaces like the UAD Apollo x8, Antelope Audio Discrete 8 or anotherīrand audio interface, and you prefer using this for your recording Offers nearly unbeatable price/performance ratio and simplicity…if indeed With 18 channels (16 mic preamps and 2 line channels) the Behringer X Air XR18 If you can manage the band recording situation Mixing consoles like the Behringer x32, X Air XR18, Allen & Heath and Presonus range of digital mixer consoles, offers a lot of possibilities for live band mixing and recording at a relatively low cost. Today’s digital mixers has meant an easy access to multi channel recording equipment for live situations.
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The need for recording more channels would generally only occur in professional broadcast scenarios or very big events with several bands. Record? This will greatly influence the cost of the live band recording as moreįor the readers of this article being focused on home recording…Usually the number will be between 2 to 32 for small to medium size gigs. What is the budget for the recording? DoesĪnything need to be purchased, rented or borrowed? How things are done greatly depends on the budget.
These questions leads us into the field of… How? Is the venue far away or nearby? If it’s farĪway then you’ll need some means of transportation to get all necessaryĮquipment there, and planning becomes more crucial as a forgotten piece ofĮquipment becomes much more difficult to replace. System, mixer console, microphones, microphone stands, cables, DI boxes andĭoes the Electrical power situation look like for the stage…availability of If you can, try to gather as much informationĪbout the venue as possible before the gig, to make yourself feel well
Planning also includes knowing the venue for This leads us to the next question… Knowing The Venue For The Bands Gig The live band recording you will need to know more what equipment is available If you will be doing both FOH engineering and If you cannot share the microphones using a microphone splitter and the Front Of House engineer does not have a mixer console supporting multi channel recording, then you will need to rig your own microphones just for recording and depending on your recording equipment making sure you have enough microphone preamps to cover your needs. Using a so called galvanic isolated microphone splitter like the “ART S8 Microphone Splitter” is preferable in this scenario. If you will only be responsible for recording the band, either you’ll need to tap the signals for recording directly from the FOH mixing console or you’ll need to split the signal from the microphones with the FOH engineer. If someone else is doing the live recording you can skip a lot of this article and just move to the mixing part. Or will someone else be doing the live recording and you will just be mixing Will you be acting both as recording engineerĪnd Front Of House engineer, or just be responsible for the live gig recording? Level of planning will always be required and will save you a lot of stress and Lax in the planning…though I would caution against being too lax as a certain Setting up the live gig recording at the venue, you can afford to be a bit more If you have a lot ofĮxperience, know your equipment really well and know you’ll have a lot of time Questions are in the field What, Where and How. When planning the live band recording the main There are many questions to answer and these questions are interrelated and This section is important and fairly long, as In the case of the Samba/Jazz band example mentioned above, both doing the FOH mixing and monitor mixing for the band, as well as recording the live gig allowed for much more control of the final results. The costs and equipment requirements will of course differ depending on whether you are doing a recording with fewer channels or if you’re going for the multi channel recording setup.
Sometimes though you want more control over the individual instruments in the mix and then you really need a multi channel recording to be able to arrive at your desired results.įor the recording situation with the Samba/Jazz band there was need for more control, so the obvious option here was a multi channel recording. It can be enough with just a kick drum mic for supporting the low end, a vocal mic and a stereo pair large membrane condenser mics to yield marvelous results. A Jazz Trio might work wonderfully well to record with fewer channels.
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