Alright folks. Here's a long winded question. I'm trying to figure this out.
I'm an old man (54) who still plays drums at home as a hobby. Just for fun. I played in a band for many years through the 70's and 80's. I'm not great, no real technique, more of a flailer and thrasher. I enjoy harder rock. I have my Vistalite acoustic drums that I just started playing again, after 15 years in the attic. I have a Roland set i got about 2 1/2 years ago. I like playing along with tunes on YouTube and many drumless tracks. I run my computer through the Roland drum module and then i can run the out put of the drums to an amp (when no one is home) or my headphones. Easy enough to balance the volume of the music and Roland's. I can record this mix when played through an amp with my H2 digital recorder and play it back and critique myself through my laptop again. I want to do the same with my acoustic drums. I have tried playing the tunes through my amp but it gets so loud and I really can't hear it and loose track of where i am and it gets ugly. Not to mention I can't get a good mix on the H2.
I recently played along to a radio station with decibel reducing radio headphones. Now I can hear the tunes, clearly and my drums and I don't play as loud and it is so much better. The problem is two fold. I want to play along with my computer through headphones, and record a mix of the tunes and my drums which would have to be done with the H2.
How can this be done?
Confused?
How do I play my acoustic drums to music through headphones and record on the H2 with a half decent balance/mix?
I'm an old man (54) who still plays drums at home as a hobby. Just for fun. I played in a band for many years through the 70's and 80's. I'm not great, no real technique, more of a flailer and thrasher. I enjoy harder rock. I have my Vistalite acoustic drums that I just started playing again, after 15 years in the attic. I have a Roland set i got about 2 1/2 years ago. I like playing along with tunes on YouTube and many drumless tracks. I run my computer through the Roland drum module and then i can run the out put of the drums to an amp (when no one is home) or my headphones. Easy enough to balance the volume of the music and Roland's. I can record this mix when played through an amp with my H2 digital recorder and play it back and critique myself through my laptop again. I want to do the same with my acoustic drums. I have tried playing the tunes through my amp but it gets so loud and I really can't hear it and loose track of where i am and it gets ugly. Not to mention I can't get a good mix on the H2.
I recently played along to a radio station with decibel reducing radio headphones. Now I can hear the tunes, clearly and my drums and I don't play as loud and it is so much better. The problem is two fold. I want to play along with my computer through headphones, and record a mix of the tunes and my drums which would have to be done with the H2.
How can this be done?
Confused?
How do I play my acoustic drums to music through headphones and record on the H2 with a half decent balance/mix?