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Posted on Mar 16, 2006 08:24 am
sweetkenny
Member Since: Feb 02, 2006
Hello all,
My name is Ken Sutton,I am starting to do some Live show recording in the Bars in the U.P. of Michigan,I know that in a Live show you get what you hear.....alot of backround crap.I want to give the client ( band )the best Live recording I can give them at a low cost to them.this means I have to re-mix it and Master to Cd.
My ? is does anyone have advice on how I can keep out alot of the crap in the backround,( bar noise )so the Band stands out.
If so,please drop me aline at: [email protected]
Thanks all.
Ken Sutton
WaterFall Records.
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Mar 16, 2006 08:40 am Hello, Mr. Sutton,
The UP, eh? I spent a lot of time in my youth in Iron Mountain...
I won't email, but I will leave comments here.
Recording Live is a tough one. My best advice would be to first check what you can get from the PA board, if you can take a feed of their mix that would be awesome. In smaller venues it'll likely be mostly vocals and maybe some drums coming through there...so that would be a nice feed for some of the trickier stuff.
beyond that, try some mics facing the band, on the stage, a good uni-directional or two would hopefully help minimize the background noise...though, for a good live recording you do want some background noise. Maybe even put some mics right on the amps and such and do it much like in a studio.
Much depends on how many channels they use and how many tracks you have...as well as how much remixing you want to be able to do.
Mar 16, 2006 12:06 pm yeppers, also try to tap the channel inserts from the PA board to get individual tracks, also CLOSE MIC as much as you can, i'm dooin' a similar gig this sat, and i'm gonna have 5 live mic's on stage, 3 drums and two guitars plus 3 (2 vocals and bass) tapped directly into my recorder, this should yeld a good deal of flexability for mixdown...
i strongly discourage throwing a mic anywhere off of the stage, this will give you too much room ambiance.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 16, 2006 09:36 pm Agree with the above comments. First off would be to try and get a direct feed from the main board. If that isnt possible then setting up your own mics would definately yield the best sound.
Crowd noise is something that will be there no matter what in a live recording, and that is as stated a good thing. Once the level is loud enough if your using close miccing on the gear you wont even notice the bar noise at all. As well getting the live feed of the FOH desk will be the best for that.
But lastly you can as dB stated use a few well place mics on stage to capture the sound as well.
Mar 18, 2006 07:51 am Thanks Db,
I have 16 tracks to play with,I was thinking along the same lines as you,but you know how Bar bands are.....What I want to do is Kill as much of the Hey Dude you Rock as I can,and get a good sound from the stage.
I want to Thank all of you,you have helped me alot and it's good to know that theirs help out there.
Ken Sutton
