I'm sorry - a few more questions. What are some things to remember, given the equipment I listed, if I want to record live with other musicians where there are multiple devices being used:
1.) Vocals with effects (Voice works)
2.) Vocals with effects (Boss VF-1)
3.) Guitar Synth playing Computer based Synth (NI)
4.) Guitar playing through Roland GT10 effects
5.) Keyboard playing through Computer Based Synth (NI)

I think if I could set this up - I would really know what I was doing. My confusion always came from understanding how what I hear through my monitors is not necessarily the sound being recorded, for example with the guitar synth and keyboard playing the NI computer based samples. I know I have a thing or 2 to learn about monitoring, routing signals, and ensuring there is no instrument echo picked up by the vocal mics.

Again - I realize I'm at the beginning of a steep learning curve and I should just try 1, then 2 at a time of these 5 inputs. But any general advice for a newbie at this would be greatly appreciated.

Again - thanks so much for all the detailed, thoughtful answers here - I am already thinking more clearly about it.

Last edited by Joe V; 03/22/16 09:53 AM.