The Control Room

Mackie Onyx 16 channel Firewire mixer and view into the recording studio

You can also see the Mackie near field studio speakers

This mixer looks small compared to the mixers you usually see in pictures in studios. Don't let that fool you. It can easily handle 8 vocal mics, several guitars, a complete set of drum mics and if need be all can be routed through external processors. What this means is I can record a full 5 piece band live with each musician on their own track. That allows me to edit each track separately. If the lead guitarist misses a note or two we can fix it without having to do redo the entire song. It is connected to a very fast computer by firewire. That means extremely low latency (lag or delay). That's 16 tracks recorded simultaneously. Additional tracks can be added later. In theory there is no limit to the number of tracks that can be placed in a recording.

This cuts down on recording time and saves you $$money$$.

An alternative is to record each individual instrument and vocal separately, one at a time. But, this takes much longer and will cost more.

Practice Drums and Guitars

Guitars and Drums Sub-mixer

JBL monitor speakers. Shure vocal microphone. Headphone preamp.

Me after a hard day of recording