Florian Schmidt wrote: > On Tuesday 14 October 2008, Ken Restivo wrote: > > >>>> He only sat in with us for that last song of the night (and I ran out of >>>> flash-drive space right near the end of it too). >>>> >>> Thats a really clean live sound you are getting. What's your setup? Are >>> you just tapping a desk in stereo or are you recording each track >>> individually? >>> >> Thanks! >> >> It's just a Zoom H2, sitting on a table or barstool in front of the band. >> >> The way recordings were made in the 1950's, except with modern digital >> technology. >> >> I think one of the shows (2008-09-19?) I fed through JAMIN afterwards to >> compress them a bit. >> > > Just to chime in. I got myself one of those small portable stereo recorders, > too. In my case it's the Marantz PMD620. > > I hooked up a Audio Technica Pro 24 stereo mic to it and i like the result of > recording stuff with it, too.. Here's a sample track of my latest gig 2 weeks > ago (third set): > > http://tapas.affenbande.org/ifc/kamp_ifc_4.10.2008_1008.mp3 > > Music starts something like a minute or two into the mp3. Loud drummer and > since i refuse to turn up my guitar above a certain level it is too quite at > times.. Same for the bass player.. Mike placement was part of the problem, > too.. > > The internal Mics in the Marantz are a bit too much on the bright side for my > taste, but also very usable.. > > Ah btw: before buying the Marantz anyone: Its USB support is quite shabby. > Nonworking under linux [though it declares itself as USB-Storage so it should > work].. There has been a firmware upgrade supposedly fixing this, but it > might lock up the recorder, so i rather not use it and it has been > consequently pulled from the Marantz Website.. I'll get myself a SD-Card > reader for the PC.. > > To sum it up: These devices are excellent for recording rehearsals/gigs etc. > to be able to study them afterwards.. A real album recording would need more > effort (miking individual instruments, etc) > > Regards, > Flo > > I really like the way you guys gel on the summertime track. Very enjoyable. I think the samba flava is a nice twist on the theme. Could easily hear this being played in super cool lounge bars. NIce work! -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
