I have the opportunity to get some old analog live mixer from local venues since most are upgrading to digital mixers.
And i thought that maybe i would use them as recording/mixing consoles in my home studio/rehearsal space.
So, the routing.. I was thinking of tapping the direct outs from 1-16 to then send them into a AD/interface to track
Then outputs from DA/interface to line in 17-32 (if the mixer is 32 channel) to mix. The inserts would be used here for outboard hardware
Monitoring in control room would be from either headphone or master from mixer and monitoring in live room would come from aux sends and/or group outs(depending on the mixers options)
This would be for local rockbands so 6-8 aux sends would suffice, then i could use the groups for other things.
Taking this as a startpoint then replacing multitrack with converter or interface
What do you guys think? any input? any experience with similar setup?
I would love some feedback.
Thanks
