It’s an investment, at around 250$, but one that lasts. I think I can go over that, but past four the connections start getting a little magic. That mixer I posted will mix four microphones or four high-level connections in any high/low combination that adds up to four. So there is no vocal mic, guitar mic, pickup feed, drum mic, etc. Whatever you plug into channel one is going to get recorded on the Left of the stereo show. You’re probably not going to like the Mackie very much, It’s not a mixer. “It’s a terrific microphone until it catches fire” (it doesn’t really catch fire). Positive reviews can be written by the makers and suppliers, but the complaints tend to be real particularly if many of them say the same things. They don’t interfere with each other each is a phantom to the other.ĭo you have any reason you’re not using a Shure SM-58 vocal microphone for vocals? I use an ES-58 knockoff and nobody can tell the difference except the ES-58 is slightly hotter (and way cheaper).īefore you write any checks, Google complaints. Phantom Power is where the mixer pushes 48v to run the microphone up the cable at the same time the microphone is pushing the show back down. So if you like that microphone, the preamp has to say “48 Volts Phantom” somewhere.
Condenser microphones take 48volt phantom power from the preamp. Once you have the raw recording you can transfer it to your PC for editing. If you’re on a tight budget, this is one way to go. There are also some amazing little standalone multi-channel recorders that record onto flash media. These days there are many decent dynamic microphones available at much lower cost than “main brand” microphones (many of them made in Eastern Europe). In short, not impossible, but highly complex and not recommended. It “may” be possible to do similar on Windows, but the best and correct way to record multiple microphones at the same time is to use a “multi-channel sound card”, with conventional (non-USB) microphones. (which may be compensated for, but it is less than ideal. It’s not recommended because each physical device runs from its own clock, so the devices tend to drift out of sync. On Linux and Mac it is “possible” (but generally not recommended) to create an “aggregate device”, which is a software emulation of a single, multi-channel device that takes its inputs from multiple physical devices. If you have a multi-channel audio interface that presents itself to the computer as one multi-channel device, then you can record all of the channels that the device makes available. It actually did end up working well and I can record 8 channels at once, it’s just that, it took me a week to make (sort of off and on), when it could have taken me 10, maximum 20 minutes.Audacity can only record from one device at a time. I know Audacity doesn’t have explicit support for proprietary Avid Hardware, but, you know how it is, these days, people just expect everything to work. I’m sorry, guess I’m used to better forum design. From what I can see from the Cockos Forums, using the Digi 002 ASIO driver and Digidesign Wave Driver on XP should let you record multi-channel using Reaper. It may have been better to research before compiling Audacity.Īs a suggestion, you could try Reaper. If there is a “multi” input device in Device Toolbar you may be able to use that to record simultaneous channels.īut to repeat for you, Digi 002 is meant for ProTools LE and Audacity has no explicit support for proprietary Avid hardware. If you state what you have done already it saves everyone’s time.
I did install the Wave Driver, version 9.0.7 from the very link that you gave me. I thought that the version of Windows that I am using can be seen in my signature. I do know that Digi 002 is meant for use with Pro Tools, however, the studio no longer has the digital media for it. I even installed a newer version, and, it still behaves the same. I have installed the latest driver version for this board, however, it only lets me record two channels at a time as opposed to all 8 on 8 tracks, so, your recommendation for that driver is actually not of use. I did read Missing features - Audacity Support after posting this, but, it is very discouraging due to the fact that one can not assign channels to tracks. What version of Windows are you using? Typically Avid products meant for ProTools require you to install the DigiDesign Wave Driver in order to work with software other than ProTools. Audacity has no explicit support for MBox and Digi. ĭigi 002 is meant for use with Pro Tools LE. Make sure you have installed the “9.0.2.65 Mar 8, 2011” Windows drivers from. I have an 8 channel firewire rack by Avid, it is the 002 Rack, and, I’d like to use Audacity to be able to record all 8 channels live into Audacity stereo, all at the same time.