A sample of a recent recording

[pepper]

This is a sample of a recent gig i recorded,its a beatles tribute band.Does anyone have any experience with audio enhancing.

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m...263477&q=hi

Edited April 24, 2007 by pepper

[Arni]

sample 1:

sony mz-rh1 HI-MD recorder: MIC-IN(with plugin power)/MM-HLSO omnis(MKE-2 capsules)/(NO BBOX!) manual level at 10(of 30)/HI-SP(256kbit ATRAC3) mode=>WAV=>mp3

http://www.file-upload.net/download-259817...ank-TT.mp3.html

sample 2:

iriver h140(rockboxed): MIC-IN = LINE-IN with plugin power/MM-HLSO omnis (MKE-2 capsules)/(NO BBOX!)/AGC-SAFETY-CLIP started with +20dB gain as always when the show starts...the iriver does decrease the gain if needed by itself but NEVER boosts levels("REP" from February 2007)/WAV 16bit 44.1kHz=>mp3

http://www.file-upload.net/download-259826...O-BBOX.mp3.html

sample 3: from same venue the night before

sony mz-rh1 HI-MD recorder: MM-HLSO omnis(MKE-2 capsules)/BBOX(no bassfilter -16Hz)/manual level control 21 of 30/LINE-IN/PCM(WAV)=>mp3

http://www.file-upload.net/download-259830...CM-WAV.mp3.html

link to the mics i used mounted to my tshirts collar on left +right side:

http://www.microphonemadness.com/products/mmhlsomsenmi.htm

Edited April 29, 2007 by Arni

[Seekerr]

I haven't done much live concert recording (well, not from the audience, anyway, I'm a sound tech, so soundboard recordings are another story) but it seems to me that your microphone gain is set too high, causing the rampant clipping static you can hear, and that there is some "brickwalling" of the microphone, which usually occurs when a cheap microphone is exposed to high SPL's, exceeding its physical capacity to respond to sound. There is nothing that can be done to save this recording, I'm afraid, the data you seek was destroyed before it got to disc in the preamplification stage, if not before. There are many guides on this forum to help you in setting up a recorder for a high volume event, I suggest you read them, and better luck next time!

The above post provides a summary of gear and settings for some high quality recordings, however, those microphones are very expensive for a beginner. I would see Greenmachines project for an alternative - he sells these (very similar) microphones for a reasonable price, and several others on this forum might construct them for you if you asked nicely.

(Yes, this is my first post, however I have worked in the live stage and theater industry for the past 4 years, and regularly work with microphones)