Originally Posted by
nucjd
Ok, let me make sure I have this straight. Two "singer mics". I would assume SM57 or something along those lines. Also what will be your interface with the computer? THat will dictate if you need a mixer. If you are using an ADAT with a light pipe interfaced with software such as cubase or ableton, vs any M-audio interfaces, vs Digi hardware interfaced with pro tools. I guess if you want to do it on the cheap one way would be a small behringer mixing board with your two mics coming in and and a single out to you computer input port beside your headphone port and allow your computer to do the audio/digital conversion ( you will loose a ton of fidelity) and use software like garageband to record to.
Now, two mics will have a few problems as well. I assuming you are going to use them as overheads which will want to shove the cymbals and Hihat right into your face and dominate the mix particularly for the room you described. If I were you if you could find a few more mics you would be in the game. A dedicated bass and snare mic with two overheads would do well for what you are wanting. And like itchie said if you could hunt down a couple of condenser mics for the overheads you would be amazed at how much better it would be sonically. Anyway, it is doable, just do your homework, and oh, use really long cables to reach your computer.
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