Recording at Home - Know nothing, I need some advice....

[UVmanMike]

I have never even bothered to tackle the recording aspect of anything, but we have reached a point where the band needs some means of recording. I need it to be good quality, and relatively inexpensive (hopefully under $300). I do NOT want to do any recording on a computer, and I despise digital things with a passion....plus it looks like digital recording is to expensive. I have to idea where to start, maybe an 8 track recorder, but any advice or resources are greatly appreciated.......
Mike

[Soup Kitchen Studios]

Sorry Mike,

Unless you have a buddy that can loan you some gear (which I'm guessing you don't or you wouldn't have posted this), you probably couldn't even rent enough gear for $300 to record a whole band and have it come out sounding decent. *

Besides the recording unit itself, you're going to need mics, cables, and stands. *All of which would easily total way over $300 if you're going to record 5 or 6 tracks at a time (you'd probably want at least . *If you already have mics and a mixer, you might consider just getting a Minidisc player and hooking it up to the board and recording your live performances. *Of course you wouldn't have any flexiblity for post production, but it's better than nothing!


Good luck.

[mushroom]

Yo man, you might wanna check out the topic 'MICS' that Mushroom (Me) posted. I've had some great responses from cool people with very useful info. *

You might find some useful info too in those responses.