Guest Anonymous Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 Hi, I have a Sharp MD MT877 and have the opportunity to record a show tonight off the sound board, which I have never done before. Is there anything special I need to do? Any special cord I need? I have never recorded off the sound board before, so any advice (no matter how trivial it may seem, I'm pretty much a newbie) would be great! Thanks so much, Lunatic :?: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMusicMan Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 I've done this several times. The best way to go is to use a stereo 1/8"->RCA cable. If you run it from the 2-track stereo out on the sound board to the line in on your minisc unit, you'll get the best results. Depending on how loud he's running the sound out of the board into the PA, the volume may be a bit low, but the quality will still be superb. If this isn't possible, use an 1/8" - 1/8" stereo chord and run it out of the headphones output; just make sure the volume is up high enough. But, if it's any kind of a decent board, it should have the 2-track output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 I had my first exp. recording a live show last night... Dont make the same dumb mistake I did... I was ready to record with a stereo mic. Then the sound man came to me and said I could plug into the sound board.. He had the patch already set up.. Well I unplugged my mic. and the plugged the line directly into the mic. input instead of the line input.. As you can guess all I got was a lot of distortion.. take time to think what your doing and check.. double check your levels.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 If you are going to run off a soundboard there are many cables that are handy to have. Most important is the 1/8 inch mini to mini stereo cable. Next would be stereo RCA to mini cable. Another good cable to have would be stereo XLRs to mini cable. Another good cable would be 1/4 mono to stereo mini cable. Many sound boards run a mono mix and have a variety of inputs and outputs. Another good thing to have is an attenuator cable. This is useful if the soundboard is sending a real hot signal. The more cables you have in your arsenal the better prepared you will be to handle various recording situations. Have fun, Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 It's a digital sound board or analogic? For digital sound boards i have a doubt... for exemple, with a Yamaha 01V, could you use the digital out of the sound-board (Coaxial) and convert this with some adaptor to optical (now i remember that my SB EXtigy has Digital Coaxial input, and Optical in/out)...? I'll test it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 How do you get someone to let you record from the soundboard? I asked Coldplay and they said no. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 I'm with Pete: how? Gaelic Storm are due back in my area this year (don't laugh, they're fantastic live) and I'd KILL for a soundboard recording. As it stands now, it'll be another crowd-noiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNBootLegger Posted February 14, 2003 Report Share Posted February 14, 2003 I generally prefer a good audience recording over a soundboard recording any day of the week. Another recorder and I got the same show, mine from the audience and his from the soundboard, and boy was there a HUGE difference. Part of it had to do with his use of DAT vs. my use of MD, I think, too. Anyway, the only way I know to get soundboard is to ask the band directly; sometimes they'll go for it, other times they won't. One band even told me it was up to the sound guy once, but that was a local band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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