Re: it's time, i need help on this

Pingu · Post by **Pingu** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:18 pm

panoramic wrote: I was thinking of going with Logic, I am not sure. My one drummer has Logic Pro and Pro Tools so I am sure he could teach me all I need to know. He works as a sound engineer, I just haven't really tapped into that fount of knowledge yet because I know he will get dead serious about it with me and I will forget it all as it's not written out for me to go back to like this is.
I can run different pre-amps into whatever the usb thing is that goes into the computer right? Or would that kind of be pointless?

Pointless in what sense? You can plug in as many preamps as the interface(whatever usb thing) has inputs, but if the interface only has two channels everything will naturally be recorded into two tracks.

Pingu · Post by **Pingu** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:20 pm

Logic comes with a decent drum machine, very easy to use.

idiotbear · Post by **idiotbear** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:21 pm

Pingu wrote: Logic comes with a decent drum machine, very easy to use.

True. The version that ships with Logic Express is OK. But EZDrummer is, IMO, always worth the money.

panoramic · Post by **panoramic** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:22 pm

Pingu wrote: Logic comes with a decent drum machine, very easy to use.

I have a real drum set at my house though, I am talking about recording that into the logic interface, or would it be easier for me to record them to the digital 8 track through a pre-amp and then dump them into the logic?

idiotbear · Post by **idiotbear** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:24 pm

Sure. Miking drumkits is a royal PITA, though. If you can do it well, do that, but otherwise, consider MIDI.

panoramic · Post by **panoramic** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:28 pm

idiotbear wrote: Sure. Miking drumkits is a royal PITA, though. If you can do it well, do that, but otherwise, consider MIDI.

I am generally pretty good at mic'ing drums, I can usually get a good recording of them on 1 track, I am not kidding, by good i mean, you can hear it all somehow.
I like how lo-fi it sounds. but I figure with a pre-amp running I could use several tracks and really narrow it down.

idiotbear · Post by **idiotbear** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:14 pm

Cool. You're golden then. Midi schmidi.

panoramic · Post by **panoramic** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:19 pm

haha, i am just a snob, it's a terrible fact

Pingu · Post by **Pingu** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:23 pm

Except that you'll have to get a more expensive interface. The Firepod is nice, about 400€ if I remember correctly. Probably less in the U.S.

Don't ignore drum machines completely though, they can do a lot of crazy things no human drummer can.

BenHagerty · Post by **BenHagerty** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:34 pm

I am obsessed with drum machines

JoeyD · Post by **JoeyD** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:30 pm

If you go the Logic route, go with this also:

It's the M-Audio iControl (works with garageband and logic). It is honestly one of the cheapest/best controllers I have come across, plus it works with Logic flawlessly.

panoramic · Post by **panoramic** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:29 am

JoeyD wrote: If you go the Logic route, go with this also:

It's the M-Audio iControl (works with garageband and logic). It is honestly one of the cheapest/best controllers I have come across, plus it works with Logic flawlessly.

I am getting some m-audio box for free, so I guess I am going in this direction sort of, from here I will be relying heavily on my drummer and this forum for input. I have no idea where I am going with this stuff just yet.