RBC42
09-11-2009, 10:51 PM
Hello to All,
This is my first post here and I really need some advice to resolve the following situation;
Our church suffered a lightning hit which destroyed our mixer an ElectroVoice 12 channel and amplifier which were about 20 yrs old.
I have $2500 to replace the mixer and amplifier. We also want to buy some type of recorder. Our current setup has us recording to tapes and CDs. We want to drop the tapes. Recording to CD only with our current equipment is problematic as it takes too long between the time we press record and the actual recording begins. There is no way to pre-stage the CD before recording. We always miss a few words or get a short track with nothing on it.
We need a minimum of 16 channels plus stereo in(tape or CD). We would like to have 20 channels for future expansion. We also want to avoid recording directly to a PC via USB or firewire primarily because we usually have only one person in our sound booth but also because of complexity issues. So what ever we buy needs to be simple to operate since we depend on volunteers for operating ou sound equipment. I and our song leader have the most experience(and that is not a lot). We also have three others with varying amounts of experience and related expertise.
We know the amplifier that we want and the cost is about $400.00.
We are considering two different solutions
1. Purchasing a FOSTEX LR-16 which has 16 input channels and a stereo input. However if the stereo input is used it is assigned to channels 15 and 16. We really need the stereo input capability because we sometimes use split track CDs or tapes for individual solos. It has an internal 80G HD for recording, a USB port for PC hookup and a USB port to dump recorded sound to a jump drive. Complexity of operation may be a problem.
2. Purchasing a quality mixer board and some type of external recording device such as the ZOOM HD16CD or H4N.
This is my first post here and I really need some advice to resolve the following situation;
Our church suffered a lightning hit which destroyed our mixer an ElectroVoice 12 channel and amplifier which were about 20 yrs old.
I have $2500 to replace the mixer and amplifier. We also want to buy some type of recorder. Our current setup has us recording to tapes and CDs. We want to drop the tapes. Recording to CD only with our current equipment is problematic as it takes too long between the time we press record and the actual recording begins. There is no way to pre-stage the CD before recording. We always miss a few words or get a short track with nothing on it.
We need a minimum of 16 channels plus stereo in(tape or CD). We would like to have 20 channels for future expansion. We also want to avoid recording directly to a PC via USB or firewire primarily because we usually have only one person in our sound booth but also because of complexity issues. So what ever we buy needs to be simple to operate since we depend on volunteers for operating ou sound equipment. I and our song leader have the most experience(and that is not a lot). We also have three others with varying amounts of experience and related expertise.
We know the amplifier that we want and the cost is about $400.00.
We are considering two different solutions
1. Purchasing a FOSTEX LR-16 which has 16 input channels and a stereo input. However if the stereo input is used it is assigned to channels 15 and 16. We really need the stereo input capability because we sometimes use split track CDs or tapes for individual solos. It has an internal 80G HD for recording, a USB port for PC hookup and a USB port to dump recorded sound to a jump drive. Complexity of operation may be a problem.
2. Purchasing a quality mixer board and some type of external recording device such as the ZOOM HD16CD or H4N.