Live Recording.

[PiE81]

Hi. I would record a live concert (rock). How do I set up my minidisc?

I have a MZ-NH700 and a binaural microphones.

Mic sens: high or low?

Standard or Loudmusic?

Many thanks

Pierluigi

[greenmachine]

To avoid distortion when recording loud music, you will most likely need either an attenuator to mic-in, low sens. or a battery box to line-in. Never use the high sens. setting unless you want to record very quiet sounds.

The 'Standard' or 'Loudmusic' setting will affect the way the AGC works. If you want to use AGC, use the loudmusic setting, if you use manual levels, the setting has no effect, but you'll need to set the levels manually. You'll get better, dynamically uncompressed results with manual levels, but it needs some practice to set them correctly.

Read this live recording usage FAQ:

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=9045

and have a look around in the live recording section:

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showforum=18

[PiE81]

Many thanks greenmachine.

Your answer is been so precious.

Now I've seen this volume attenuator (because radioshack don't ship in Italy and soundprofessionals wants 20£ for shipping cost)

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...ADME:L:RTQ:IT:1

Is it a good choice?

Pierluigi

[greenmachine]

Unless you have the wiring diagram, a look inside and/or practical experiences from other users, you won't know for sure. If i were you, i'd take a look if i could get something similar for little price in in your region first before spending too much for an untested gadget. I'd suggest to head out and visit some local electronic stores and let us know if you can find a working solution.

[A440]

I have no idea what else is available in Italy.

Maplin Electronics in England has a VC-1 headphone volume control that works like the Radio Shack (and is actually a little better built) and costs 3 English pounds. Does Maplin sell in Italy? Have any friends in England?

This Shure control should also work--I've used both the Radio Shack and the Maplin with Shure E3s. But greenmachine is right, it's expensive. You might be able to get it cheaper directly from the Shure website.