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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: hzgone on August 07, 2003, 08:05:14 PM
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Is this possible?
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What i mean i guess if i was running the mme and something else like a v3 or something each with seperate mics and all that good stuff
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get a field mixer. i think that's what you are trying to accomplish, but i'm not 100% sure.
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If you want to mix to mic signals together then yes a mixer is what you'd want. The way i read your post though is you want to take 2 seperate sets of mics & record on the same recorder. A field friendly way would be to record onto a laptop via 2 VX pockets or a Nuendo multiset. You could also use multitracking gear like an Alesis, but that would be extremely expensive & you'd have to hall some big ass batteries for field use.
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What i mean i guess if i was running the mme and something else like a v3 or something each with seperate mics and all that good stuff
From this description, it sounds like to me like you're just talking about two different sets of gear - which, of course, can be done easily. Please clarify.
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2 sources on one tape..hmm...dunno why in the world you would want to do this, but you could sum both rigs down to mono, and run one source into L and one source into R. Seems to me you'd be much better off getting a second recorder. Maybe I'm still not understanding what you are trying to accomplish here.
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if you have 2 sets of mics and sweet pres, I think a new recorder would help you out ;)
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I guess what i was trying to say is if you ran some mics and a mme and recorded through one software. If you could run the vx pocket and record to some other software. If this is not clear nevermind
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ok, so you want to record more than 2 tracks (ie 2 stereo pairs) like the source from say schoeps > v3 and mbho > minime at the same time...
yes absolutely this is possible, but you have to have it set up right. first you need mutitrack software. i would not recommend having 2 separate audio applications open simultaneously, that sounds like a good way to crash your laptop. let me give you a simpler example....
a friend of mine has the nuendo multiset (an 8-in box) which has a pcmcia interface to his laptop (picturebook). he runs sonar 2.0 which allows multitracking, thus he can use more than 2 inputs, like 4, and record off of 2 rigs, a rig and the soundboard (stereo), etc.
in theory all you need is enough inputs and software than can handle them all at the same time. in theory if you have a mme and a vx pocket and can set cool edit or sonar or whatever software to use both of them, you'd have 4 inputs and could use them for whatever sources.
using one piece of software may help synchronize the files also.
hope that makes sense and helps.
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good description, simpy.... ;) 8)
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Thanks that is what i was looking for