Octatrack as main processor after mixer

MPRT · 2013-09-21T09:47:52.000Z

Hello guys! I’m going to do my first live gig alone next week.

For this time my setup will be:

octatrack
md-uw mk2
mfb 522
shruthi-1
sh-101
el capistan
eventide space
fmr rnla
phase 100
vermona retroverb lancet

I’m enjoying using the octatrack as master processor, putting the mixer with all the stuff inside the octa with a thru machine. You think this will be good in terms of sound? the octa seems very clean. I just have to set the mixer output very low to do not clip the octa inputs.

I tested this with other friends and it worked good.
The only problem is I don’t know how to record the jam, because I use the phones with the octa and the output goes straight to the PA.

Any advices?

Thanks in advance!

wascal · 2013-09-21T11:19:38.000Z

I would buy a cheap recorder with a line in and ask the PA guy to record if from the front of house

MPRT · 2013-09-21T13:12:14.000Z

Great, that’s what I was thinking to do with my Zoom H-1

The only problem is that doing this I do not have a big headroom and they have to use a lot of gain from the FOH mixer, hope it will not be too noisy.

Thinking about adding something like a Finalizer Express from TC Electronics in the future.

myonemanband · 2013-09-21T15:41:15.000Z

headphone splitter and line in to the zoom via a mini jack cable…thats what I have used for pretty much everything Ive done recently including my last album…i know people will say its a terrible idea but to me the headphone jack is a great way to break out to my Q3HD

MPRT · 2013-09-22T10:57:04.000Z

""myonemanband"":

headphone splitter and line in to the zoom via a mini jack cable…thats what I have used for pretty much everything Ive done recently including my last album…i know people will say its a terrible idea but to me the headphone jack is a great way to break out to my Q3HD

Could be an option if I wasn’t using the cue function on the phones