Jeremy Nicoll <jn.ml.dbn...@letterboxes.org> writes: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2017, at 06:09, David Christensen wrote: >> On 08/01/17 14:04, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> > As much as I can understand, the simplest solution for me to live >> > recording with several microphones is to buy a - say - 6 channel mixer and >> > plug it into the line-in PC entry... >> >> That can work. > > If you do that you'll be recording at most 2 channels,
Mmmhhh... this is not clear to me. Why only two...? Suppose the mixer has 3 channels, can't I plug three mics into it..? Say two for the piano and the third for the voice...? Thanks, Rodolfo > which means you have > to decide how to mix the more than 2 mics' signals into a stereo image at the > venue. That can be difficult to do, if you can't hear the incoming sounds > (eg in headphones) clearly, because of background noise, and the decision you > make then is what you're stuck with later on. > > If you can possibly afford a multi-channel audio interface, do that instead. > Then the mics etc are connected to that external box, which if needed powers > the mics, amplifies their signals, digitises the analogue signals, then sends > the digital info via USB (usually) to the computer. You can then fiddle with > the balance and everything else later on using software, and experiment with > different settings. > > >> Make sure you understand phantom power and how you plan >> to connect everything before making a purchase: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_power >> >> (If you feed phantom power to a device that is not designed to use it or >> withstand it, you can get degraded performance and/or destroy equipment.) > > Yes; you can also destroy a mic by plugging it into a socket on a mixer while > the phantom power is on; you need to make sure that phantom is only turned on > after all the cables are connected. And turn phantom off again before > unplugging any powered mics.
