Awesome chaps.
I should’ve stressed that I’ve done my fair share of live mobile/location recording in the past however this is a bit different seeing I was contemplating taking splits from the venue’s FOH console and working in with an already existing system. Also I won’t be mixing the live sound. Just recording.
I’ve ultimately decided to set up a completely independent system to the in-house console splits. The only reason I was contemplating patching out of the in-house system was because they run a Yamaha M7CL and there are so many outputs on those things. The venue also has xlr patchbays everywhere, which I thought could be handy for me. But that is now crazy talk really. I will stay separate.
The venue is a 1000 seater regional entertainment centre, which is fairly new. I’ve recorded an orchestra a couple of times in this room but not with an audience or a live mix going on. I didn’t have any problems with power, noises, hum, etc… but I know what you mean.
Ultimately I’d like to put together a good/compact system to do more mobile live recording in the future because I’m getting more inquires about doing this sort of recording… and I really enjoy it. So perhaps purchasing 2 or 3 - 8 channel pre’s and then probably hire a good isolated splitter when I need it. The Coda splitters look great with the lundahl trannys. Do you know the hire price off the top of your head Gareth? Are these the particular splitters you mean?
http://www.coda-audio.com.au/sales/dist ... stems.htmlThe band I’m recording will comprise of - Drums, bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 2 x keys, piano, cellist, main vocalist, 3 BV’s, audience mics and possibly a 35 piece choir. (My head hurts already)
Vocalists will be using wireless shure mics. I’m not sure where the receivers are kept but I’d guess they would be side of stage. I'll find out soon.
ATM I have 3 choices for my recording rig (but no idea for a backup system ATM);
1. My old PT Mix system 24I/O on 888/24’s
2. My HD2 system with my Symphony I/O 16 I/O
3. or.. My mac book pro with Symphony 16 I/O
Straight up I think I’ll need as many tracks as possible so the Mix system will probably get a run on this. Still no backup system though???? eeeK!
Gareth could you tell me what your rack of 24 pre’s that you use is?
What do you run as a backup recorder? If your running a backup recorder what method do you use to chain these machines for signal. If I use my PT rigs and the first computer crashes then that would shut down the signal to the chained backup machine. I guess that’s why you use a dedicated live recording devices like the joeco. I must say they look perfect for this sort of work. Out of interest can you solo tracks while recording with the black box recorders? How do you monitor individual tracks?
Also, audience mics? In the past when I’ve done smaller live recordings I’ve put up an A/B pair so I’m capturing audience and FOH. Do you have any favourites when it comes to positioning these mics? I guess it would change from venue to venue but maybe you have a rule of thumb. I will only have one pair available for audience btw.
Anyway, I’m just starting to piece this system together so it’s great the flesh it out here before I go too much further.
Thanks for you input everyone.