I have Cubase 6 and use it to record digitally using a multieffect pedal with USB-out so I can record directly digitally in Cubase with ASIO drivers just by plugging the device into my computer. A friend of mine, who is a drummer, is looking for electrical percussions and I am wondering if there are any electrical drumkits that have similar USB digital out recording possibilities? Are there other simple ways to record digitally with an electrical drumset that’s not midi?
Thanks for your answer - I see. I have never done anything like this before - so do you or anyone else have any suggestion on how one should plug this to make it work? What me and my friend want to do is being able to plug in to my computer, and record together and hear each other while we do so. As said I plug in my guitar through a multi-effect pedal with digital out through USB.
If you have an audio interface with a spare stereo input you can just use the analog outputs on the drumkit. That’s linelevel so it doesn’t need a preamp or even a DI-box.
You can either look for a drumkit that does have USB out, or find yourself a cheap audiointerface to record the analog out and convert it to digital through usb. I used a USB interface by Behringer a while ago, that works fine. Paid about €30,- for that, sounds good enough for simple recording tasks.
All you need then is a double mono jack to RCA cable like so:
Note that this is not a high-end interface. It works quite well for basic recording at low latency, but if you want high samplerates or other advanced features this will not cut it.
Yes, but then you will have to use ASIO4ALL drivers to fake cubase into thinking the 2 are 1. This works fine but you will be forced to operate at slightly higher latency.
