Britbabe Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Well I posted a message a few days back on what seemed the relevant board, but I didn't get much response so I thought I'd try here. I'm sorry to thrash the same old subject but I'd really appreciate any opinions: - "I have been browsing this community for some time now, trying to find out what kind of set-up I need for what I want to do, but there's so much information and a lot of it over my head (bit long in the tooth I think LOL) that I've decided to just straight out ASK what folks' opinions are. I want to record live concerts of loud rock and blues rock music, usually in small venues. I will always seek permission first so I don't have to hide my gear tho I also take photos so it needs to be attached to me, if you get me LOL. I am not flush with money but I'm prepared to save to get the gear that will do the job, since I'll only be wanting to buy it once - I don't care if it's the latest state-of-the-art offering or 10 years out of date and second hand, so long as I can transfer to CD which will then be either for my use or for the purposes of spreading the word about a band, with no view to making any profit. I've tried a few times with an MD a mate in the US sent me which seems to be not the right kit for the job - a Sony Net MD MZ-N707, I have no idea where he got the mics or what make etc they are. I've had unbearable and bad-but-you-can-just-about-cope results with it but the distortion was horrible, even when recording very quietly. So - I think I'd better get myself geared up with the right stuff because I've got a bee in my bonnet now and any advice would be appreciated. If you have a strong opinion please tell me what MD and mic combination you would buy, for what I want to do with it. Cheers " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 for live recording purposes i would recoomend you take a look at the Sharp range of MD units...the new unit such as the DR420 is relatively cheap now and does the job well...in terms of mics i have no clue about which brands to use sorry since on my MD i just use a small Sony one...for live recordings i usually hook my laptop up to the mixer directly and record using a Creative Extigy from the output of the mixer...if i record directly from mics i usually hook the mics (usually Sennheiser ones) they use up to a Balanced Audio unit and record it from there with the same Exitgy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 You can record with a pair of stereo mics into a Sharp (definitely recommended over the atrocious Sony) MD, but you will need a battery box to power your mics for distortion-free results. Have a look www.soundprofessionals.com. There is a range of mini-mic pairs (I use the CM6 with omni capsules with great results, but my needs may be different -- many people swear by cardioids for concert recording). If you don't have so much to spend, you can buy a more modest pair for considerably less. But get the battery box. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Nicholson Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 I agree about the battery box. You might even want to go one step further with a mic preamp which will give you a cleaner recording than the minidisc recorder's preamp. The preamp (like from Sound Professionals) is expensive but it would allow you to go with a line-in-only recorder. I've never used an attenuator cable but you might consider that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 lots of solutions out there but here is what worked for me: Sharp mt-80 : not the newest thing going, but a nice euro model with relatively clean mic preamps. I compared it to the $200 preamp from minidisco.com, and it compared very favorably, actually, maybe a bit better than the offboard preamp.(when using pre amp and line in). I strongly recommend a battery box for anything louder than about 80 dB (say, a grand piano at 10 feet) I have had a lot of distortion even on relatively low sensitivity levels on a lot of louder recordings with out one. I built my own mics using cheap tandy (radioshack) mic capsules and some shielded wire, and have had great results. cost about $5 and are at least as good as some in the $100 range. As a quality check (just so I wasn't fooling myself) I had a couple of audio engineer geek friends check out some of the recording and they all were highly impressed, especially considering my entire kit was less than $150 (MT-80 used at $80, mics built for about $10, battery box for $40) In short, unless you are making something to sell on the proaudio market, you don't have to spend a fortune. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerkY Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 What do you want? The whole board just to answere your question? This is the THIRD time i think you are asking the same question... We answered before and told you to get Sharp units... Nuff said... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 27, 2003 Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 Berky? That your name? Well chosen. Nuff said there too I think. This is the second time I asked the question and the other time got almost zip response. Get a life, not everyone else knows the ins and outs of every fucking model on the market, twat. To the rest of you, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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