Anyone ever use this to record live? Playing in small/loud club.
What settings to use live?
Thanks
What settings to use live?
Thanks
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- Thread starter bkim
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I have an H4n. I have gotten excellent recordings live and crappy ones. In my opinion, getting the gain set correctly is the biggest challenge. If I am recording someone else, I watch the gain at the start and get it set good,then it it usually good for the rest of the show unless the house volume changes drastically.
I have found that the automatic gain is always wrong. Maybe there is a firmware upgrade that will fix it. If I am in the band and set the H4n on a table on auto, it seems to record at too low of a gain and looses dynamic range. Then it hunts the correct gain by constantly adjusting. Sometimes it sounds very obvious in the mix.
Bottom line with mine, if I can adjust manually as the show goes on, great results.
Kirk
I record every rehearsal and gig with my "older" H2, using one of the 2 highest MP3 settings.
When setting initial input volume, I usually ask the drummer to hit the snare really hard a few times, and adjust input volume to approximately 60-70%.
Depending upon the drummer, I'll also use the lightest limiter setting to prevent overs, but they still happen anyway from time to time.
You'll get more acclimated as you use it, and can fine tune the volume settings as you go.
Great, clean mics!
When setting initial input volume, I usually ask the drummer to hit the snare really hard a few times, and adjust input volume to approximately 60-70%.
Depending upon the drummer, I'll also use the lightest limiter setting to prevent overs, but they still happen anyway from time to time.
You'll get more acclimated as you use it, and can fine tune the volume settings as you go.
Great, clean mics!
I have an early H2. I use the least-sensitive setting (slider switch on side - most sensitive setting is for recording talking) I also reduce the input volume to about 60 or 70, depending on how loud (but my band doesn't have a drummer - you might need to go lower).
There's nothing wrong with getting a recording with low levels (within reason) but if you go too high, digital distortion really sucks. So err on the side of levels being low.
Also, the higher bit depths (higher quality) gives you more headroom (harder to overload the inputs). So use the highest quality settings you can, as long as it will also fit the entire gig length on your SD card.
There's nothing wrong with getting a recording with low levels (within reason) but if you go too high, digital distortion really sucks. So err on the side of levels being low.
Also, the higher bit depths (higher quality) gives you more headroom (harder to overload the inputs). So use the highest quality settings you can, as long as it will also fit the entire gig length on your SD card.
