fatmuttony Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Hi all,After owning my RH1 for the past 3 months, I finally managed to record a live gig.Lessons learnt from the evening out:1) Try to position the mic at head level.2) Get a good seat.3) Prepare for the entire evening before hand. This includes knowing where you blanks are, how much time you have left on your current disc etc.4) Always prepare for an encore.5) A good source matters. If the sound engineer has mixed the output well, then 90% of your job is done.Have a listen: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?act=m...si&img=3526 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytronik Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Very nice job!I learned my lesson also on preparing for an encore.I make sure that I am ready now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 6) mic placement matters: l+r mic need more distance in between, there's no dimension, almost mono. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Which model of Sound Professionals mic were you using? Was it a one-point stereo mic or a pair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatmuttony Posted October 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Which model of Sound Professionals mic were you using? Was it a one-point stereo mic or a pair? The one-point stereo microphone. I'm currently scrounging up to buy a decent set of binaurals... 6) mic placement matters: l+r mic need more distance in between, there's no dimension, almost mono. Hahahaha, indeed. I have the stereo microphones that have both mics on one single mounting. So, I guess I will have to scrounge up to buy a good pair of binaurals before I can rectify this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefbeef Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 4) Always prepare for an encore.That's why I wish there was a feature that would let you tell the recorder to switch from say PCM to HiSP when it realizes there's only 5 mins left of PCM recording time on the disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Sounds good, little Weather Report kind of sound.TTFNBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatmuttony Posted October 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 That's why I wish there was a feature that would let you tell the recorder to switch from say PCM to HiSP when it realizes there's only 5 mins left of PCM recording time on the disc. Yeah, that would be uber cool. But, I'm sure people will then want to decide how many min left should trigger this. Some people may want it to trigger at 10 min left or something. So, it becomes very arbitrary if not completely flexible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojum Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 Hi - I am curious about how far the mic was from the musicians. I am trying to get an idea of what would be optimum. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatmuttony Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Hi - I am curious about how far the mic was from the musicians. I am trying to get an idea of what would be optimum. Thanks This was a small pub/bar with a makeshift stage in front of one of the long couches on one side of the room. Sound was mostly off the stage direct, with only vocals and mild amounts of the instruments on the PA. How far is mostly determined by where you can hear the best sound. Usually this is very close to the mixing desk. After that, irrespective of how loud it is at that point, you can use the manual rec level setting to get the peaks in between the -12 dB and the 0dB marks on your MD Recorder. I hope I've understood your question correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojum Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 You answered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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