Battery Line In And Agc Question?

[kooterb]

I have a Sony mz-nh900, my question is this:

If I use a battery box for my mics,Core Sound LCB

and I choose not to use the manuel vol. setting,

will the AGC and Mic sens still have an affect? and

if so will, the AGC have a negative affect on the recording?

I want to get as much as I can from the mics, but don't want to fiddle with

the Vol. control as most of my recording is stealth and

most of the time I can't adjust the Vol.

Thanks for your time,

Fred

[Artstar]

Don't worry about it at all dude. Just plug in and away you go. Personally, I prefer not to use the AGC in my recordings because the dynamics in a concert can be so unpredictable that you don't know the next stupid thing the sound guy might do. That's where I leave it to my Soundforge to flavour the dynamics just how I need to, with hard limiters, gated compression, etc.

But, having said that, I do recall recording an Anthrax concert last year on my MZ-R50 using AGC and it didn't turn out too bad, but that was mainly due to a well behaved audience in my vicinity and a decent/consistent job by the sound guy - he basically had it right the first time and it was unchanged.

But depending on the expected volume at the gig, make sure you choose the right socket for the job - line in or mic in. Given the fact you're using a battery box, if it's a moderate - loud environment, I would strongly recommend you plug into the line in. If you are going to a comedy club or something, then the mic input with low sensitivity would be the way to go.

Nice choice of mics too. I have the Core Sounds premium mics (before he released a low cost version - 1998!) which have served me well at the loudest of rock concerts but now I want to take it the next step higher with his mucho $$$ stealth mics. Best of luck dude.

[kooterb]

Thanks very much for the input, I'll give it a try.

Don't worry about it at all dude. Just plug in and away you go. Personally, I prefer not to use the AGC in my recordings because the dynamics in a concert can be so unpredictable that you don't know the next stupid thing the sound guy might do. That's where I leave it to my Soundforge to flavour the dynamics just how I need to, with hard limiters, gated compression, etc.

But, having said that, I do recall recording an Anthrax concert last year on my MZ-R50 using AGC and it didn't turn out too bad, but that was mainly due to a well behaved audience in my vicinity and a decent/consistent job by the sound guy - he basically had it right the first time and it was unchanged.

But depending on the expected volume at the gig, make sure you choose the right socket for the job - line in or mic in. Given the fact you're using a battery box, if it's a moderate - loud environment, I would strongly recommend you plug into the line in. If you are going to a comedy club or something, then the mic input with low sensitivity would be the way to go.

Nice choice of mics too. I have the Core Sounds premium mics (before he released a low cost version - 1998!) which have served me well at the loudest of rock concerts but now I want to take it the next step higher with his mucho $$$ stealth mics. Best of luck dude.

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