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Yea I thought the practice sounded good considering that the small mic is in the middle of a very small room as loud as they play. This 10 yr old md might have something on the newer units(mic preamp). When the R30 released it was around $300-$350 from what I read. 10 years ago that was alot of money. Thanks for the help A440. Now I just need to decide which mic to Get. Heres another song from that same practice(Wonderful below). Its the second time they ever played the song It doesn't really have lyrics yet (more of a jam) but I thought the instruments sounded good. and then a couple more if anyone is interested. I think that some of the song's from the practice were recorded with the levels in eac too high. (sounds a little distorted on some now that I listen to it a second time. When playing the md through my home amp I don't hear the distortion) Oh well Ill fix it when I have time. wonderfulmp3.mp3 run_for_awhile_eq.mp3 no_heroes__eq.mp3

Yeah the mic sucks at bass. I always use mic into mic-in because I dont have a battery box. And I always use manual level settings. How exactly would I get rid of the squealing girls in the recording?? All but one of the girls moved away from the table when they found out I was going to record. The only one that didn't move was sitting directly to the right of the mic. And I'm not going to lie I was there to drink beer first and record second. Especially knowing that The equipment that I am currently using is not going to capture the best sound in the first place. Oh and when I set my recording levels I was told that you want the level to be as high as possible without exceeding the eighth bar on the recorder. (don't know the best way to word that but basically there is a vertical set of lines that are used to set the levels and the manual says never to exceed the eighth bar) Its a little tricky to actually see any of the bars when they are not lit up. The attached file is from the practice room glide_mp3.mp3

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...endid=103265603 These 4 recording's were done 2 weeks ago.

The tracks (about 18 of them anyway) have already been recorded onto my desktop with exact audio copy. I just didn't know exactly where to upload them. And A440 on the question above about what the mic picks up sounding better or worse It sounds alot better live than it does on the recording's. too much bass wont be an issue at the moment because the bass player is playing through a very crappy bass amp/sub. The R30 im using was my father's very first portable md recorder. its about 10 years old iirc. Where did you read about it having a better pre amp at? would like to check it out. Also my father has been messing with md recorders for awhile and does not seem to believe that without a pre amp the recording would turn out right. He has been known to be wrong though lol. If i decide to try mic - battery box - mic in, the only thing i would have to worry about is the bass distorting? A battery box with the bass roll off feature would be the best to get right? Would there be any advantage at all to getting a decent preamp or is just money being thrown away? thanks for the help.

Hello all. I have owned minidisc player's and recorders since about 1997 (thank's dad) I am currently recording a good friend's band practice's (rock) and live shows. I have a sony mz-r30 portable md recorder and a crappy sony emc-719 stereo mic. md recorder http://www.minidisc.org/r30_review.html mic http://www.buy.com/prod/ecm-719-electret-c...1/90120941.html The recording's come out pretty well. Good enough for the band to listen to and get an idea of how everything sounded that night. I have been reading this forum for a few days and was wanting to see if I could improve the recording's with better equipment (mic's mainly) When I normally record the practice session's i usually place the mic in the middle of the room level with the pa speakers to best pick up the vocal's. The bass player is usually directly to the left of the mic, the drums are in the corner behind and to the left of the mic, and the lead and rhythm amps are on the right side of the mic. The room is very small (like a bedroom) so it's hard to place the drums and amp's in the ideal places for the recordings. I have been reading about cardioid and omni directional mics. I seems that cardioid mic's would be the best choice for recording the live shows but I'm afraid that at the practice's It might not pick up the drums (normally in the back of the room behind the mic's) as well as omni directional binaural mic's. The cheap sony mic that i currently use seems to pick up the drums pretty well but I am not sure how it will sound with higher end mic's. Also i cannot decide if a battery box would be enough to allow me to bypass the on board mic preamp and go directly into line in on the recorder. Or if I should spend the extra money and invest in a good mic preamp. It's normally very loud in the little practice room. From what I have read on these forums the battery box and line in should work. However I don't want to have to replace the battery box with a more expensive mic preamp if the battery box does not work well with the line in and the on board preamp is being overloaded. If i can figure out how to upload some if the mp3s i have of the recordings i will post them just to let you hear how the recording's sound with the mic I currently use. Any input or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brian