Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Short answer is yes.

Not knowing exactly what you wanna do at the live site  here is a comments.. Ok what you could do
Record them live. Go home and mix using just the screen, headphones etc and then master down to a cd for the team etc.

Doing so live would be a little more difficult  but if you get the levels right at onset then apart from any additional processing you wanna do to clean it up afterwards sure.  A "rough and ready" mix is possible.

You can make a template with a few of the std plugins etc  already in so that you can even do some groundwork in advance so all you need to do is concentrate on capturing the audio live.  The plugins could be preset with a few defaults to get things started such as High pass EQ settings etc on some obvious tracks etc.

If you are intent on buying Motu gear a Motu Traveler  might be a god option because of the  options built in and the power options.  You can daisy chain that to other hardware should you need such as additional mic or line preamps etc.  
I have a traveler and apart fro an initial (annoying) hardware glitch that was replaced under warranty I find it brilliant and very mobile.  Been faultless since it was replaced.
monitoring via headphones through the Motu is fine..  Only issue for me is it only has a single headphone socket..    If you need additional headphones a headphone splitter/amp unit is always good. Behringer and Presonus make some nice ones.

One warning if you plan on doing such recording regularly (actually I suggest any time but) get a smallish portable ish UPS to manage power glitches and unplanned outages.. You don't wanna loose any data  due to unplanned power glitches and power spikes etc.  You don't know what the stability will be like at venues and power glitches can really mess things up big time..

Just a few ideas but others may make other suggestions..

Steve


On 22/03/2010, at 12:26 PM, Brian wrote:

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> Thanks for trying to answer my question. I'm planning on getting a Mac Pro. So, the RPM drive won't be an issue for me. What I'm really curious about is getting a single down and dirty headphone monitor mix happening for the band in Logic. I'd like to try and get away without using a traditional mixing console for monitoring purposes. Is that possible? 
> 
> --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, GAmoore@... wrote:
> >
> > Tracking is fine - if you have the interface. However, laptops have 
> > slow RPM drives, so you might want to use a fast external disk.
> > 
> > But "mixing functions" are another story. If you are recording you can 
> > mix later. You're not mixing live and recording at the same time are 
> > you?
> >
> 
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