So lemme get this straight, you just go up to the sound guy and say hey, I
want to plug in to your board and record this show? What do you tip - %20?
Do you buy them drinks? They don't care? I don't know why they would care,
I've just never thought about it or how one went about doing a soundboard
recording like that. That would be cool because you could probably leave
the recorder there and go enjoy the show.. come back and switch tapes if
needed.... what if someone's already plugged in? Fight for it? Exchange
email addresses? This is all exciting news.
I will confirm Aiwa's won't let you change levels without pausing..
however.. I wouldn't really ever want to change the levels.. you should
really have 'em set from the beggining and not change them.. I record at
level 3 out of 20 .. sounds best.. it's not loud, but it's clear.. and I can
adjust volume in 'post'.
Be sure you get a recorder with a remote.. mine hasa a little backlit
display.. let's you see how much time you have.. hit pause.. change levels
if you really had to.. etc..etc.. one bad thing on the aiwa.. you can't see
the levels on the remote..that would be handy.. although again.. Once I set
the levels I don't mess with it after that.. but it would be reassuring if I
could see the levels moving to know I'm recording.. you start drinking and
lose your motor skills and you get REAL paranoid you are botching the
recording and that all your friends who are counting on you will drop you
for the guy by the soundboard with the parabolic mics attached to antenaes
on top of a motorcycle helmet and is running to a sony home DAT player he is
carrying on his shoulder like a ghetto-blaster that's plugged in to a
propane powered generator by his feet.
---- jamie's post ------
as for the recording level, make sure its not just a volume control. i
thought mine could adjust levels during recording too, but apparently it
cant, becoz i recorded an entire show on 0 level and it still came out
distorted. its more important to make sure that the levels arent peaking
constantly (ie hitting the last level indicator every two seconds).
as for recording into the soundboard, its not hard, there's usually an
auxiliary out line for you to plug the mono cable into, but having spoken to
a lot of sound guys they say the sound isnt as good, becoz the soundboard
focuses predominantly on the vocals, bass drums and guitar amps which makes
it a little uneven.
