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Recording direct question..

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glocke1

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Apr 30, 2002
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#1
Had a gig the other week, and figured i would use the tape out to a portable recorder to try and record the show with, thinking that what comes out of the tape out is representative of whats coming from the mains.

The input levels on my recorder were well below maximum (about 2 on a scale of 1-10)..none the less the recording i got is distorted and unbalanced..

Board was a Mackie of some type...not sure of the exact model but its like 16 channels.

Any ideas what went wrong?
 
#3
jasmangan said:
How well do you know that board? Have you heard any recordings from this board? Did you violate the rule of the 6 P's? Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
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I don't know the board at all and have never hear any recordings from it.

I guess my main question is this.. Should the signal coming from the RCA tape outs be representative of whats coming out of the mains?
 
#4
no. it depends on what mix was sent to those aux outs.

you need to remember that a live mix requires certain frequencies to be cut /boosted to tune the room, and things like kick drums are way louder that the rest, one players amp might be so loud that it is very low in the PA mix etc.

You would have been better off connecting two good mics to the recorder and getting a stereo mix of the room.
 
#5
BazzTard said:
no. it depends on what mix was sent to those aux outs.

you need to remember that a live mix requires certain frequencies to be cut /boosted to tune the room, and things like kick drums are way louder that the rest, one players amp might be so loud that it is very low in the PA mix etc.

You would have been better off connecting two good mics to the recorder and getting a stereo mix of the room.
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ok thanks...

one of the guys did this, or something similar but there was just so much crowd noise it makes the recording impossible to use.
 
#6
yeah I know, I was trying to get a portable recording setup on my lappy to record gigs, but it gets really complicated. You really need a gig where EVERYTHING goes thru the desk, then to take each desk channels output into a multichannel recording interface into a pc with multitrack recording software so can mix each channel separately. Even if you take a stereo out from the desk it won't sound good.

What might work, get say a small 6 or 8 track mixer and run the stereo outs from the desk, add two overhead mics close to stage front, and two at the back of the room and mix them together.Just thinking out aloud, probably be just as bad.
 

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