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Originally Posted by Christopher  I'm with the Wolf on mixing methods. We run in ears though so every fuckin' thing gets mic'd up and worked. I run four different mono IEM mixes (one each for each player) and then pick and choose what I want for the FOH.
We have an abusive drummer but I run everything else direct to board (keys, bass, guitar, vocals) and I use my cab for a little extra monitor.
Recording us is super easy though as I'll take the pre fader direct outs on each channel and snake their happy asses over to my pro tools rig and do all the mixing later. If I have the channel space (damn Digi 002 with it's 16 input limit) I'll throw up a room mic or two.. |
Exactly! This is the way I learned to mix. You can even get away with wedge monitors, as long as stage volume is
under control. Optimally, everything goes through FOH, you just tweak levels. If everything is done carefully, you can even get away with a stereo sub-mix of everything, for quick n' dirty recordings (although obviously not ideal).
I want to get a new laptop, and a killer multi-line input for it.
