Recording Drum Kits

[oasisman]

I've seen loads of articles on the placement of mics to get a great sound out of a drum kit. All very well, but how do you get say 3 or more XLR mics into the digi box since there is only two XLR inputs? [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
External mixer [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] I hope not.

I'm new to recording live drums so I have no idea. Would you get some sort of connecter to merge mics together or what? All other general recording concepts I know but this one I just can't wrap my head around. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Cheers. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[msunj]

As usual the answer involves more money! You would use an external mixer with mic pres and separate outs on each channel to feed inputs 3 through 8 on the digi001. There are also units such as the presonus digimax which give you a bank of mic pres to feed the digi.

[oasisman]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by msunj:
As usual the answer involves more money! You would use an external mixer with mic pres and separate outs on each channel to feed inputs 3 through 8 on the digi001. There are also units such as the presonus digimax which give you a bank of mic pres to feed the digi.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thanks, but I can't find any information about a product called DigiMax [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] ???

There's plently of equipment listed that is sort of like that but cost about $3000 up. That's like $10000 Australian Dollars [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img], way too much.

Cheers. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Phil O'Keefe]

http://www.presonus.com is the site for the Digimax.

Focusrite has one coming out that seems similar, and may be a tad cheaper - but it won't be out until April or so. http://www.focusrite.com - you're looking for the "Octopre"


Hope this helps.

[oasisman]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe:
http://www.presonus.com is the site for the Digimax.

Focusrite has one coming out that seems similar, and may be a tad cheaper - but it won't be out until April or so. http://www.focusrite.com - you're looking for the "Octopre"


Hope this helps.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thankyou, quite costly [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

I have an 8 channel PA at my disposal, would that do the trick [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]


Cheers. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Bastiaan]

You are going to need direct-outs on that mixer. Usualy they are located near the place you plug the mic in and usualy they are 1/4' jack. If you do not have direct-outs, you may try something with the main-channels, aux-channels (set to pre-fader), and subgroups.