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Original Message 1/4 05-Dec-14 @ 06:29 AM - RE: Daisy Chaining USB sound cards?

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Is there a way to "Daisy Chain" sound cards or interfaces (into one/out to another) via USB then finnaly going into a PC as the default sound card used in a recording program like Protools,Audition,Sonar etc...which even with ASIO there are problems somebody mentioned setting "there clock" ? HELP!!

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Message 2/4 10-Dec-14 @ 12:41 AM - RE: Daisy Chaining USB sound cards?

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why would you want to do that?

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Message 3/4 10-Dec-14 @ 06:22 AM - RE: Daisy Chaining USB sound cards?

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Because a Analog/digatal interface with the number of inputs to get all the seperate instruments (the drummer alone has 12!!) Do know how 12 input interfaces are $$$!!
So I was thinking we all have are own allready like I have a two channel for Gtr and Vocal that cost me a couple hundred for just 2 inputs!! Maybe some way to collect all of them and go into the PC? Sorry for the creative thinking if was total not do able??
Im wanting everything recorded seperate instead of everything into LEFT/RIGHT stereo?

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Message 4/4 10-Dec-14 @ 11:24 AM Edit: 10-Dec-14 | 11:26 AM - RE: Daisy Chaining USB sound cards?

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Ok, i understand but it's a bad idea.

cheapest 24 mic input setup.

get two of these: http://www.dancetech.com/item.cfm?threadid=3908&lang=0

that gives you total 16 microphone inputs

attach them to one of these (using 2 adat cables - one for each rack unit):

http://www.thomann.de/gb/rme_digi_9652_hdsp.htm (PCI)
or
http://www.thomann.de/gb/rme_hdspe_raydat.htm (PCIe)

That is cheapest possible way to get 16 mic inputs.

or, choose any 8 microphone input audio-interface, and do NOT mic up all the kit! - You do not need to mic every drum.

Here is John Bonham (Led Zeppelin): only 5 microphones on the kit:

Only put mics on:

1. kick
2. snare
3. hi-hats
4. overhead left
5. overhead right

with this you can get excellent drum recordings

then you have 3 more mic' inputs:

6. bass
7. guitar
8. guitar-2 or vocal

Record your 8 tracks of backing, then add vocal, extra guitars, backing vocals, guitar solo etc afterwards as overdubs one by one:

This recording for example was done in a rehearsal studio using 8 mic input audio interface only:

http://www.7161.com/css_track.cfm?track__dt_track_id=12237

it is the same for soul music or funk music etc, you can get a great sound with only 5 mics on the kit, this is how they did it in the old days, and still today top producers will sometimes only use a few mics on the kit

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