I'm currently budgeting for my project studio build and I'm at a crossroads regarding drums. I have a medium sized room at my disposal with a limited budget.
I plan to buy a Countryman 85 and a Mackie Blackjack for recording instruments and vocals. Obviously this rules out tracking real drums (two inputs). The plan being to use the two inputs to record overheads and trigger the kick, snare and toms. I would run the triggers through a drum module and record the midi into my DAW. This is obviously great for convience, consistent quality and affordability.
The whole thing hinges on the viability of using a drum module to record the MIDI generated by the triggers into my DAW. Is this possible? Or is the only way to get an interface with more channels, plugging the triggers into the inputs and using their audio signal to trigger samples ITB?
The only interface with enough channels in my price range is the tascam us800. I've heard that they have poor converters and preamps and it makes more sense to me to record less channels at a higher quality using the mackie. The quality loss won't be important for triggering purposes - The drawback is the quality of the DIs, instruments and vocals. Would anyone here consider this an acceptable tradeoff? Does the Tascam interface stand up to the Blackjack's preamps and converters?
To surmise - Is it possible to use triggers with a drum module, using the module to export MIDI to the DAW? If not, is the tascam us800 an acceptable alternative, given that it will be used for DIs, instruments and vocals too?
Thanks,
Adam
I plan to buy a Countryman 85 and a Mackie Blackjack for recording instruments and vocals. Obviously this rules out tracking real drums (two inputs). The plan being to use the two inputs to record overheads and trigger the kick, snare and toms. I would run the triggers through a drum module and record the midi into my DAW. This is obviously great for convience, consistent quality and affordability.
The whole thing hinges on the viability of using a drum module to record the MIDI generated by the triggers into my DAW. Is this possible? Or is the only way to get an interface with more channels, plugging the triggers into the inputs and using their audio signal to trigger samples ITB?
The only interface with enough channels in my price range is the tascam us800. I've heard that they have poor converters and preamps and it makes more sense to me to record less channels at a higher quality using the mackie. The quality loss won't be important for triggering purposes - The drawback is the quality of the DIs, instruments and vocals. Would anyone here consider this an acceptable tradeoff? Does the Tascam interface stand up to the Blackjack's preamps and converters?
To surmise - Is it possible to use triggers with a drum module, using the module to export MIDI to the DAW? If not, is the tascam us800 an acceptable alternative, given that it will be used for DIs, instruments and vocals too?
Thanks,
Adam
