Recording a live concert in open air festival

[davidsb]

Hi there everyone!

This is my first post altough I've been reading the forum for a few time.

Next saturday I'm planning to record Moonspell(Metal/Rock/Gothic) live at an open air Festival. I own a MZ-510 NetMD, which only has Line In Input. Also I have a Sony ECM-T145 Mic which is power supplyed by those buton-like batteries.

What configuration shall I use for getting a good sound?

My mic is mono, is it possible to set the recording to mono and to LP2, I couldn't set it like that

What Recording Volume shall I use? or should I put it on automatic recording volume?

Which is the best place on a live gig to record de show?

I usually stand in front of the mixing desk.

If you have the same gear as I have please give me some tips!

Thanks

[johnty]

you can't have both mono AND LP2. its one or the other. Since LP2 and MONO will give you the same recording time, why not go with MONO since its one channel of SP quality instead of two (identical, based on your mic) channels of extra comppression.

go with manual recording levels and make sure it doesn't go over the top. you'll probably be at less than 1/2 volume. (oh and do know that the volume control during recording sets the monitoring level and not the recording level - i think its FF and RW for the actual recording level, once you have it set to manual levels) you can adjust the recording volume as you record if you like, but don't do it too much.

[davidsb]

I've now figured it out the MONO/SP2 thing, and as my mic is mono I will let it in MONO.

The recording went out pretty good, I set the recording leve to 28 [from 0-30] and just stand in front of the sound board a few meters, like 10 or 15 from the stage.

No major audience noise, only one thing is volume, is too low

I just pass it to Cool Edit Pro and did a +10dB change.

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do know that the volume control during recording sets the monitoring level

Whats that? In which way it can improve the recording?

Is that the small bars you see going up and down during recording?

Those wouldn't pass 3 of 5. Usually would be between 2 and 3.

Can I assume that if I put the recording leve at 30 the volume would be better?

Thanks for your reply!

[A440]

I'm not familiar with that mic but I'm surprised you had a low volume problem at that recording level. Would have expected it to overload, especially that close to a heavy metal PA.

The question is whether you were actually setting recording level or monitoring level--that is, what's coming out of the headphone jack,which is irrelevant to recording. But if you did have recording level at 28 and it came out so low, then maybe that's a very low-sensitivity microphone, and it's worth giving 30 a try.