Guest Anonymous Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Hi, This summer I'm going to a festival and I'm planning to do some recording of the bands I'll see. I already have the portable MD recorder (a sony N-10 as noted in the subject line) and I'm now planning to buy a sony ECM-DS70P microphone. Any general comments on this setup? Will I need a battery box? The bands I will record are general rock bands. Should I choose the more expensive ECM-MS907 microphone instead? Would this microphone increase the sound quality anything or is it just a waste of money? I'm very new to this whole recording 'scene' so I don't know much about all the details about microphone technology. On another note: Sometimes I read that you should ask the sound guy if you could plug your MD into the sound board. Of course I understand that a recording from the soundboard is much better than an audience one but how likely are you to get a yes from the sound guy? Is this depending on the size of the venue, location in the world (does the opinion about this among sound engineers vary from country to country?), popularity of the band, etc, etc? The reason I'm wondering is that if you get a no-answer wouldn't the staff get suspicious and understand that you'll do a recording with a mic from the audience and search you? Anyways, I hope that isn't too many questions at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 A friend of mine has the DSP70 and I think it's a pretty good mic. DON'T GET THE MS907!!! That thing sucks, and unfortunately a lot of people end up wasting good money on it when they could get a better mic for half the price. Get a battery box to go with your DSP70, and you are good to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 16, 2003 Report Share Posted June 16, 2003 It depends on the festival. If it's an indie music festival at a medium-sized place, they might or they might not let you record off the soundboard. But they wouldn't get mad about it. However, recording off the soundboard is probably a bad idea, as those are mixed for the PA system, and compensates with loud vocals for the already-loud guitars. It'll be crystal-clear, but mixed really strangely. If it's nationally famous bands, it's not likely they'll let you, and they might tell the security guy about it, who knows? But, the soundboard will probably sound OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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