On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:56:35 +0100, davylynne
wrote:



Depending on the cost of the rest of the equipment I will be looking to
get either a M-audio delta 66 (if I can live with 4 inputs) or 1010
sound card. The number of inputs will mostly be of concern for
recording the drum kit. How many can I get away with?

What I can't quite pin-down (I've been looking on the web for some time
now..) is what I need between the mics and the sound card inputs? We
have a Peavey xr 800F plus PA. Someone else is in charge of that but I
assume its only got two outputs and wouldn't work as a pre-amp for 4 or
more simultaneous tracks? What should I really be looking to use?


There are plenty of more appropriate forums for this information but I'll
throw in a couple of suggestions.

Have you thought about using a mixing desk with a firewire or USB
interface? That will take care of your mic preamp, computer interface and
monitoring needs in a single box.

If you want to use your Peavey PA then does it have insert points or
direct outs on each channel? You could use these to send each channel to
the individual inputs on the soundcard.

In my experience 4 mics is the bare minimum to use on a drum kit (or 3 if
you are doing a mono recording).

Cheers

James.