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Live Concert Recording In Lp2 Mode?

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Daveace

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Hi all,

I'm no newbie when it comes to live recording, as I've had several, successful boots made by myself in the past. In terms of sound quality, I have my own thing down pat, with the Sony MZ-NF810CK MD recorder and the Sony ECM-717 mic, but unfortunately, some of my final products have been marred by clipped songs due to disc changes which begs the question, is it safe to record live shows in LP2 mode? Does the sound quality not match up to that of SP? Anyone here have any good or bad experiences with live rock shows in LP2 mode?

Thanks very much in advance for your input,

David

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I've recorded concerts in LP2 when I thought disc changing would be impractical. They are quite listenable (unlike LP4, which isn't), but there is a slight dropoff from SP quality, less definition. If you're going to one that's not ultra precious, I suggest just trying it and see if it's tolerable to you--or go check out the local bar band and see what you think of an LP2 recording. Some bootleggers would turn up their noses at the thought of anything but SP, so it's really your own taste that's going to have to decide this one.

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I know this gets some flack here but try recording in SP mono BEFORE you record in LP2. I have used both LP2 and SP mono for shows I didn't want disc changes problems. It is my belief that SP mono does sound better for some shows than LP2. Don't discount that SP mono when you are trying out the options for longer recordings.

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Recording mono on LP2 = using the full bitrate for the single channel, as it's a joint stereo [M/S] encoding format.

If mono is appropriate for your recording, LP2 won't sacrifice too much.

For stereo recording, LP2 is decent but I wouldn't use it for the 1st generation of something that you know will be edited and likely re-encoded with another lossy codec.

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Hmm, well, yes, when I upload my live recordings to be put onto CD, I upload them to Cool Edit Pro and EQ them and boost the volume or whatever to get the sound I desire. I guess LP2 is not good for that then. Well, if mono has no loss of kbps, I will just use that when I don't want to change discs. 'Cause I can always produce a stereo-like sound in Cool Edit.

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