Audio Interface or mixer for drum room?

[Paradiddle Dan]

The story so far.....built a home practice room and plan to do a bit of recording with guitarists at some point.

Bought a 2nd hand TD12 kit and superior drummer 3 and the plan is to have a tv connected to the MacBook so I can watch YouTube for drum lessons etc.

Having never used an interface would I be able to create a headphone mix of the multiple audio sources with the interface alone or would I need a small mixer?

[electrodrummer]

Just get a mixer.

everything ---> mixer --> cans.

Simples.

[Peter Warren]

The story so far.....built a home practice room and plan to do a bit of recording with guitarists at some point.

Bought a 2nd hand TD12 kit and superior drummer 3 and the plan is to have a tv connected to the MacBook so I can watch YouTube for drum lessons etc.

Having never used an interface would I be able to create a headphone mix of the multiple audio sources with the interface alone or would I need a small mixer?

An interface will be more likely to have multiple headphone mixes and be more useful for recording. What is your budget?

[Paradiddle Dan]

[Chance27]

I agree with Peter, get an audio interface. Focusrite is always a good choice.

[rdubu]

Yeah. A Scarlett solo goes for about a $100 and the new ones come with USB-C connections... Well worth it.

[Paradiddle Dan]

Great advice, trying to workout how many inputs il need....am I right in thinking the output from my DAW does not count as a physical input?

So I’m thinking I’d need a physical input for;

1.tv audio,
2. my phone (to play along to songs etc)
3. output from SD3 (for stand alone practice)
4. guitar/vocals for recording

Plus Midi from the TD12

So a 4 input interface with midi would do the job??

[Peter Warren]

Great advice, trying to workout how many inputs il need....am I right in thinking the output from my DAW does not count as a physical input?

So I’m thinking I’d need a physical input for;

1.tv audio,
2. my phone (to play along to songs etc)
3. output from SD3 (for stand alone practice)
4. guitar/vocals for recording

Plus Midi from the TD12

So a 4 input interface with midi would do the job??

If your Tv and Sd3 are from the same computer, you could get by with 4 inputs.You would bypass the built in sound card on the computer. Cheaper interfaces may only have 1 headphone mix. Some of the ones over around $200 have a software mixer that can do more detailed mixes.

[Paradiddle Dan]

Great, thanks guys.