24 Ch Redundant Recording rig

[crandallwarren]

Hi All,

For a while now, I've been scheming together mark-ups for two 24 channel recording rigs, setup to be redundant to one another. I've got a gig coming up in about a month and I think its time to finally pull the trigger. In trying to keep costs down and trying to keep things as isolated as possible as far as the redundancy-- here's what I've got for rig. Again, there would be two of these chains, each going to its own laptop and drives:

-3 Focusrite Saffire Pro 40's (two daisychained via FW and the third going adat).

The cost per 24ch rig is $1500, total cost $3000.

I've played around with a lot of scenarios and I know that these interfaces are by no means hi-fi. Also, I will be limited in terms of 41.1 and 48k. However, what I like about this setup is that the entire chain is redundant-- including the pres.

I'd really appreciate any thoughts, "Wait, don't do its!", etc. Or other ideas. Is this overkill? Is this prudent?

Thanks very much in advance!

[cwsand]

Originally Posted by crandallwarren

Hi All,

For a while now, I've been scheming together mark-ups for two 24 channel recording rigs, setup to be redundant to one another. I've got a gig coming up in about a month and I think its time to finally pull the trigger. In trying to keep costs down and trying to keep things as isolated as possible as far as the redundancy-- here's what I've got for rig. Again, there would be two of these chains, each going to its own laptop and drives:

-3 Focusrite Saffire Pro 40's (two daisychained via FW and the third going adat).

The cost per 24ch rig is $1500, total cost $3000.

I've played around with a lot of scenarios and I know that these interfaces are by no means hi-fi. Also, I will be limited in terms of 41.1 and 48k. However, what I like about this setup is that the entire chain is redundant-- including the pres.

I'd really appreciate any thoughts, "Wait, don't do its!", etc. Or other ideas. Is this overkill? Is this prudent?

Thanks very much in advance!

Hi, What are you going to be recording? Having a backup is always good, but it does seem a little like overkill to me. Don't underestimate the Focusrite pres - sure there are technically "better" and more expensive interfaces, but the Focusrite's perform really well for me.

[crandallwarren]

Originally Posted by cwsand

Hi, What are you going to be recording? Having a backup is always good, but it does seem a little like overkill to me. Don't underestimate the Focusrite pres - sure there are technically "better" and more expensive interfaces, but the Focusrite's perform really well for me.

Thanks for your response. This is for a mobile concert rig. That's great to know about the focusrites. I've heard good things from everyone that I've asked.

[JCBigler]

Do you have any idea what the live sound rig is?

If it happens to be a Yamaha console, or other live sound console which is Dante enabled, you can grab a Sound Devices 970, plus into both the primary and secondary Dante networks, and record onto redundant drives.

This is really the best option out there. But it requires a Dante enabled console on the live sound side of the gig.