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• Thread starter Bobfckerall
• Start date Jan 30, 2020
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Bobfckerall

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Joined Jun 14, 2012 Messages 2,876 Reaction score 2,291 (I posted this also on GS, so apologies for those seeing this again!) I've been threatening to record my band from the mixer and I'm going to start doing it LOL! Mainly as a tool for seeing how we can improve (ouch) but I've done this sort of thing before with a different mixer for demo purposes. I intend to record tracks individually and then bring them into Logic Pro for some minimal amount of mixing to make things more balanced like what is actually heard out front. Anyway, I'm looking at getting a hard drive for this, probably an external SSD. Then I saw a post about Phil Collen doing some practice recordings with his QSC to a thumb drive. Before buying, has anyone had experience with doing this? I don't actually own the mixer so it's not something I can simply to out and try quickly, though of course I can bring a thumb drive to the next gig and give it a shot. I imagine the number of tracks makes a difference. Off the top of my head we usually have about 10 channels live (5 vocals, not much drums miked for most gigs). I know the QSC docs say no to multi-track on thumb drives, but is it possible these have gotten better/fast enough to handle it? Also, how much recording space roughly would I need to get 2-3 hours of 10 tracks (a gig in other words)? Not sure if there are quality options when recording.

Vcaster

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Joined Jan 1, 2017 Messages 1,493 Reaction score 1,599 Location USA @Stokely, I have the QSC TouchMix 16, and at some point intend to record a jam with it. Just haven't yet. Since I'd looked into this topic, I can point you at some helpful info straight from QSC. From: https://training.qsc.com/mod/book/view.php?id=237 You'll need about 8 or 9 megabytes of storage for every minute of track. We've found that the best results come from a USB 3.0 drive that spins at 7200 RPM and uses an external power supply ... However, there are solid state drives without an external power supply that work great too. Check out the QSC website for the most recent list of qualified hard drives. It's also possible to successfully use a USB thumb drive when recording a single stereo track. USB thumb drives come in thousands of models with varying levels of performance. Whenever I get around to it, I plan to use a high-quality 1TB or 2TB removable solid state drive (SSD). Good luck! J

Jerry

Silver Supporting Member Joined Nov 5, 2007 Messages 737 Reaction score 268 Location Central,IL IIRC, you also need to format the drive for FAT32 data.

Elantric

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Joined May 26, 2009 Messages 12,490 Reaction score 20,095 Location San Luis Obispo You will need this QSC Tmix DAW utility to extract the audio into broadcast wav files for your use with your DAW https://www.qsc.com/resource-files/productresources/mix/q_mix_tmix_dawutility_105.zip

Popashanky

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Joined Apr 17, 2014 Messages 52 Reaction score 98 I have the Touchmix 16 and have recorded a couple of shows with it. I need to spend more time with it to figure out how to get maximum gain on each track. It would be easier if I were just doing sound but more difficult when you are running sound and leading the band. I use the recommended Lacie RUFWU3B 500gb hard drive. No issues. I just grab the WAV files and drag them to my Mac and drop them in Digital Performer. B

Bobfckerall

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Joined Jun 14, 2012 Messages 2,876 Reaction score 2,291 Thanks everyone! Someone on my GS thread did the math and I don't need near as much space as I thought for a show...around 10GB. So I might give it a shot with a newer, fast thumb drive first. Worst case, I have a new thumb drive for the cost of a lunch or so. If that doesn't work, and it's very likely it won't, then I'll get an external ssd. I have two already, one for my music computer and one for the xbox, they have come down in price a LOT.... Popashanky, I know exactly what you mean. We run sound from stage and it's a juggle. I don't want to upset the apple cart trying to get a great recording. Fortunately, the main purpose is for everyone to hear how we are messing up a few things LOL! That sounds harsh, but as a keyboard player, EVERY time I've heard myself in a live recording I end up tweaking my part, my patch, or both. Like many I think, I tend to "overplay" live especially when the mix isn't ideal. Hearing it in action lets me see that yes, sometimes just hold that chord out while the guitar is being active, and he should do the same etc. B

Bobfckerall

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Joined Jun 14, 2012 Messages 2,876 Reaction score 2,291 Picked up "the fastest!" flash drive, usb 3.1 iirc and 64GB...18 bucks, always handy to have around even if it won't record all the tracks (assuming I don't lose the blasted tiny thing!) If it doesn't I'll get an external ssd.

dougb415

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Joined Oct 27, 2005 Messages 11,865 Reaction score 6,214 Location Urbana IL My wife got me a 256GB SSD for my TM16. More than enough space to record rehearsals and gigs for a while R

roverdog

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Joined Jul 14, 2011 Messages 873 Reaction score 630 Location Canada I have just started using my Touchmix16 for recording. A USB stick drive was not great when we tried to record 13 tracks. So I got a Verbatim500 240GB SSD drive and it worked OK day 1 but then on day 2 I got a message saying no more space on the drive. Took the drive home and put it into my computer and none of the songs I thought we recorded were there. Nothing saved to the drive, and there was a huge amount of space left. Went and bought a new drive and now when I try and record yesterday everything looked OK but when I pressed record, the counter stayed at 0:00. Anyone had this problem before and if so, how did you fix it. thanks

sws1

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Joined Aug 19, 2002 Messages 15,761 Reaction score 23,483 Location East of the west Make sure the drive is formatted properly. I do that before every recording session. You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Facebook X (Twitter) Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link

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