Live Recording, How to record from soundboard to ... Options

[aloko]

Hi all,

I did a search but couldnt find any appropriate answer to my question.

I'm going on tour and I'd like to record from soundboard directly to my PB G4, what do I need as connectors and as software.

I use PEAK 3.2 and input from RCA jack to my Powerbook input until now but sometimes the sound enginners dont have any RCA/ CINCH output from the soundboard.
thats why I'm looking for another example here.

thanks for your answers,
Dimitri.

www.stevecolemanarchives.ht.st

[lushbudget]

I'm a fan of the MBOX! Portable, no need for a powercord, LOTS of ins and outs INCLUDING DIGITAL S/PDIF! TWO Focusrite pre-amps, too! And the bundled software is great. (PTLE, Live 2 for Digidesign, Reason Adapted, Sampletank LE, T-Racks LE, Amplitube LE) You can use MBox with ProTools LE to create stereo recordings from the board. Digidesign even has a classy carry all bag for the MBox. It is USB, but I haven't had any real problems with latency.

Check it out here:

http://www.digidesign.com/mbox/

I use it myself on the road, and have caught a buch of shows in stereo from the board. Then I went home and cleaned up the audio, ran some compression and EQ and reverb over the tracks and came out with an awesome live show on CD.

MBox runs about $450 vs the $1000 plus of the MOTU 828

Of course, Digital Performer is a pretty cool DAW. But ProTools is an industry standard and pretty easy to learn. When you're ready to move on, then maybe a FireWire interface ad something like DP or Logic is next. But I'd start with MBox.

Good luck!
lushbudget