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Something like the ZOOM U-44 can do audio in for the bass, MIDI in and digital input over spdif (no idea what the Quad Cortex outputs on tbh). Not sure if it can do it all at the same time mind, but a bigger interface surely could.
I’ve used both before.. some more post recording options with midi drums but trickier setup.and you can move mistakes about but the easiest would be an interface of digital live desk (all my desks are interfaces too or do multitrack recording) with enough channels for each instruments audio.
Any vocals?
Thanks for replying. The drums do MIDI/USB. Having given it some more thought I am pretty sure I can make do with the drums USB and Quad Cortex for two guitars and drums, just to get basic tracking done.
No vocals at the moment - and, if so, I'm unsure whether Windows allows a composite device, unlike Mac.
Cheers!
My band, Red For Dissent
You can easily set levels and then just get on with playing without worrying about a laptop. At home simply drag and drop files from the zoom into your DAW.
We used one 15 yrs ago on a small club tour to record off the dedk in venues, and it worked seamlessly. Only issue is remembering to press record.........
Now we play at the drummers place - he uses e-drums exclusively, now - and he has a Behringer X18 which he says will do exactly the same sort of thing (but we haven't set it up coz we like using amps).
The bass player has a Zoom Livetrak L-12 and he says that will also do this sort of thing.
I have nothing apart from a stereo audio interface, so I'm the remedial one in the corner....
The only thing worth adding is that the composite stereo mix tended to have the vocals a bit low in the mix, because we were also hearing our voices in the room and balanced volumes accordingly. That means the composite stereo mix was useful for analysing our playing, but not suitable to make public.
My band, Red For Dissent