[LAU] Looking for a mixer, 16+ channels

[david]

hollunder at gmx.at wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:49:36 -1000
> david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> hollunder at gmx.at wrote:
>>
>>> a good friend of mine is in the market for a mixer that is at least
>>> capable of recording a whole band simultaneously.
>>> He thinks that 16 channels might be a minimum for that, but he isn't
>>> exactly experienced, and me neither.
>> What's a "whole band"? My church band has two electric guitars, one 
>> acoustic guitar, one violin, one keyboard; 8 singers; two wireless
>> mics used by the priests ... we use a 16-channel Firewire device and 
>> sometimes find ourselves wishing we had more channels ...
>>
> 
> By whole band I mean a rather 'traditional' band setup with like,
> drums, bass, singer/s, 1-2 guitars, maybe keys.
> I would guess that 16 channels is plenty for that, except maybe
> when one wants to mic every single drum separately.
> His estimation was 16 channels minimum, it doesn't hurt if it's more.

Oh, I forgot one more device - the computer driving the projection 
screen. We also use it to play videos, so its audio output also goes 
into the mixer. But I think it doesn't go into the Firewire box - at 
least, we never record it.

-- 
David
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