numberthirty wrote:So...Something standalone is what you would prefer, or am I getting that wrong?Yes and no. I am open to any suggestion. May something standalone would be really expensive, maybe something that would work with Ableton is better, whatever. Let me hear your thoughts.

numberthirty wrote:Ah, copy that.I guess it would depend on...- How much "Really" expensive winds up being in this instance.- How much you would like a "Hit record, and play." solution.(assuming it won't be overdub heavy)First off, my day gig is a high school teacher, so I am not living large by any stretch. $1K would be ideal, and $5K would be the extreme top and close to the take-that-back-or-the-wife-will-divorce range. While myself and our little band can really play, none of us have any delusions of grandeur. We are artists who want to make the best music we can, and having a home rig set up where we can record when we want, for however long we want, would be great. I'll be controlling the audio capture between songs, so I need something that is simple enough for me to operate between takes. I'll basically be pressing record, and then grabbing my drumsticks to count it off. The others will need a headphone mix, so I can isolate their cabinets in other rooms.I see that some gear is iPad/Android tablet controllable, which may be cool. I have used a Sound Devices MixPre 6 field recorder, which has been superb. I just need more channels, and I am hoping that there is something with better audio quality (though the Sound Devices gear is pretty darn good).

numberthirty wrote:Going over that, the next obvious question is if everyone can hang with a lone headphone mix or if you would separate mixes for the involved folks.They can hang.

numberthirty wrote:Ok.If it was me working this out, there are a couple of stand alone rigs that I might be thinking about in your situation. The one hitch is that I believe that they will be 24 bit versus (what I believe is) 32 bit in the MixPre 6 that you seem to be a fan of.Lay it on me.

So I want to buy a small format recording setup. By small I mean that I probably will not go above recording more than 16 tracks at a time (maybe not even more than eight). I have a pair of good studio monitors, a handful of some decent microphones, headphones, etc. This is simply for recording my experimental instrumental heavy fusion band. Our instrumentation is guitar, bass & drums.What I am looking for here on the forum are recommendations for something that will be the best bang-for-your-buck combinations for mic preamps, mixing, number of channels, and recording. I do have access to Ableton Live, but I would rather have a setup that could function without it if necessary.

Would you know anything about this unit?https://www.soundcraft.com/en/products/ui24r

My experience with all in one recorder/mixers (akaiDPS24, RolandVS-2480) is that as soon as I start using them I whish I was just using a DAW. IT's so much faster and seasier to do any editing, mixing, etc in a DAW vs. these all in one boxes. I do like them as a I can travel the country in an RV and have a studio sort of way, but would still go DAW/Interface, which is way more flexible and scale-able in the end. My 2 0.02

I would not go with that Soundcraft box, i'm not sure it is tailored towards recording/overdubbing as much as live mixing and capturing live performances. I'd just get Reaper and something like this, https://www.arturia.com/products/audio/audiofuse-8pre/overviewor 2.or if you are trying to go really budget... https://tascam.com/us/product/us-16x08/topand spend the balance on mics.

Bennett Williams wrote:So I want to buy a small format recording setup. By small I mean that I probably will not go above recording more than 16 tracks at a time (maybe not even more than eight). I have a pair of good studio monitors, a handful of some decent microphones, headphones, etc. This is simply for recording my experimental instrumental heavy fusion band. Our instrumentation is guitar, bass & drums.What I am looking for here on the forum are recommendations for something that will be the best bang-for-your-buck combinations for mic preamps, mixing, number of channels, and recording. I do have access to Ableton Live, but I would rather have a setup that could function without it if necessary.So...Something standalone is what you would prefer, or am I getting that wrong?

Ah, copy that.I guess it would depend on...- How much "Really" expensive winds up being in this instance.- How much you would like a "Hit record, and play." solution.(assuming it won't be overdub heavy)