steviedee Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 (edited) Anyone got any experience of home recording an upright? I just purchased a se 2200a mic and can get my hands on some small condensers. I'm thinking of going into a laptop if I was using a desk I'd have peamps but I'll be DIing into the computer. Could I use my pjb briefcase (which has a bass buddy preamp and DI out) as a preamp and plug the mics into a wee mixer, then into the briefcase, and finally into the laptop or is that a really dumb idea! Edited February 9, 2009 by steviedee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 The mixer would suffice as a DI but you may suffer from your standard soundcard. I would suggest buying a decent firewire or USB audio interface. Some of them even have pre-amps with phantom power so you'd only need the one box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstriper Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 [url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/61700/"]this should do the job[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I used these 2 to record the second Red Jackson album: [url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/34626/"]Tascam US-144[/url] - USB interface, used this to plug 2 mics into the laptop (mac/logic) and record whole trio live in stereo with a matched pair of Rode condensers. [url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/38923/"]PreSonus FireStudio[/url] - actually I used the discontinued Firepod this is based on, firewire interface, used this to close mic instruments/guitar cab (up to 8 xlrs available) and record band live. Used a Sennheiser e609 mic on the bass with the Firepod, sometimes with my Underwood pu thru Fishman pro eq platinum preamp as well. Mic seems to sound best about 12" (maybe a bit more, thinking about it, 18" perhaps) from the f-hole on treble side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 [quote name='cheddatom' post='404354' date='Feb 9 2009, 02:53 PM']The mixer would suffice as a DI but you may suffer from your standard soundcard. I would suggest buying a decent firewire or USB audio interface. Some of them even have pre-amps with phantom power so you'd only need the one box.[/quote] Cheers Cheddatom I probably didn't explain myself to well I have an m-audio fastback which is basic but fine I could plug the mic straight into that and record the bass acoustically, but wondered if there would be anything to gain from running the mic through a preamp, the only one I have being on the briefcase. This might be a sh*t idea mind you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 By the way, and not meaning to sidetrack your thread, how'd you like your briefcase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 [quote]I used these 2 to record the second Red Jackson album[/quote] Hey Teej that's awesome man the tracks on the website sound absolutely brilliant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 The briefcase is very cool I've used for smallish gigs and as a monitor for larger venues and taken a Di into the desk I really like it, I'm going to try for the suitcase though as I worry about cranking it to be honest but for quiet gigs its plenty loud. Perfect for acoustic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 [quote name='steviedee' post='404581' date='Feb 9 2009, 06:01 PM']Hey Teej that's awesome man the tracks on the website sound absolutely brilliant...[/quote] Awwww, thanks - we had a great engineer tweaking all the files in logic - [url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=44196635"]Gillan Mclaughlin[/url] who is also an excellent soul/funk/jazz drummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 I recorded a friend playing a while ago- I used an AKG bass drum mic (can't recall the model- was borrowed) close up and an AKG C1000s at distance straight into a Soundcraft compact 4 mixer- worked pretty well as I recall with minimal processing. Managed to set it up so I could mix the two channels independently in Cubase which is good because you can experiment with mic levels without having to do a fresh take every time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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