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Old 10-31-2009, 01:40 PM
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Default Re: I'm about to spend money, plase help

TASCAM says it can. To record a live show (16 channel) I'd get 2 8 channel 1/4 to 1/4 Hosa short snakes ($35 I think). You wanna steal the dry signal from each channel of the FOH mixer and send it to a channel on the TASCAM. Each dry signal will have its own channel on the TASCAM. Most FOH boards will have a 1/4" insert for each channel. Plugging 1 channel of the snake 1/4" into to just the 1st click of the channel insert will tap the dry signal but not shut down the channel to the rest of the board. Plug the other end of that snake channel into a channel of the TASCAM. Do this with all the channels you want to record. This will get the signals into the interface. The rest is up to the computer and software. Make sure the include Cubase LE4 will record more that 8 channels at once. The older version of LE I have will only record 8. This may have changed as I don't use Cubase (I use Reaper). You will need someone who really knows the software and hardware running the recording rig during the show. Don't put this on the soundman, he has enough to do without running a recording rig too.

Note: Some channels on the FOH may be using the inserts (compression etc.) in these cases use a splitter.

Also, this method works well for live shows NOT for studio work.
What FOH mixer are you using for live shows?
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