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Posted by arthurdj on Oct-06-2006 02:45:

Best way to record a set?

Hello guys, im going to see PvD this 11th nov. and i wanna record it, but i wanna record it in a nice quality, i dont want it to sound loud or something weird, whats the best way to record it? can i use the net-md? a digital voice recorder? any suggestions??
thanks in advance!!!

Posted by skip on Oct-06-2006 04:26:

plug a computer with a nice soundcard into pvd's mixer's record out. that should do the trick.

Posted by MiguelD on Oct-06-2006 10:11:

quote:
Originally posted by skip
plug a computer with a nice soundcard into pvd's mixer's record out. that should do the trick.

+1 and another +1 if you can make this work then a +10 if you can share it with me

Posted by KilldaDJ on Oct-06-2006 13:01:

totalrecorder.

Posted by Pinokio on Oct-06-2006 19:30:

what if I want to recrod the atmosphere also
I mean not only the mix, but the crowd and eevrythign that is happening?

Posted by djillicit on Oct-06-2006 19:35:

optimally, you'd have to have a separate channel MICing the crowd. are you going to be behind the dj booth or in the crowd?

Posted by Pinokio on Oct-06-2006 21:42:

quote:
Originally posted by djillicit
optimally, you'd have to have a separate channel MICing the crowd. are you going to be behind the dj booth or in the crowd?

ok let's say I'm goign to be Djing, behind the booth.

The most common setup I get to use in live perfromances are a pair of CDJ-1000 and a Pioneer DJM-600.

lets say I'm using channel 1 and 2 for the CDJ's.
should I connect a Microhpone on channel 3?

that will do the job?

Posted by arthurdj on Oct-08-2006 02:25:

lol, i cant do that, i would plug a computer direct to the mixer if i could but i cant, im gonna be in the crowd, any ideas to record it?

I know total recorder is the way to record audio comming from streams but i dont think so there will be a stream so i cant use that option...

Posted by Abhay on Oct-08-2006 19:15:

I have no idea how they throw in the crowd sound without utterly fucking everything up in the audio quality...

by the way, paul wouldn't let you put in computer or record on his mixer to record his set would he?

did u pre-arrange something?

Posted by Acid John on Oct-08-2006 23:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Pinokio
ok let's say I'm goign to be Djing, behind the booth.

The most common setup I get to use in live perfromances are a pair of CDJ-1000 and a Pioneer DJM-600.

lets say I'm using channel 1 and 2 for the CDJ's.
should I connect a Microhpone on channel 3?

that will do the job?

nay... cuz then youd get the sound of the crowd coming out of the main output... my thoughts are that that would be weird...

my thoughts would be to mix in the microphone with the record output...

so... get a little mixer, and put the record out from the main mixer on ch 1, and a mic on ch 2...

edit: errr... theoretically. my guess is that if youre going to be in the crowd, just hope that someone else records it properly... but you can try your luck with some type of personal recorder (if thats even allowed in the venue)

Posted by djillicit on Oct-10-2006 19:45:

1) Just because you're recording the mic, doesn't mean it has to be outputted into the main out. If you're recording on a laptop, setup a separate channel in your recording software and set your sound card to record to that channel but don't route it to any outputs.

2) If you're going to be using a separate recording device, then there is no way to control the mic input of the audience, so to get the best recording, you'd want to have a laptop setup behind the DJ booth recording the actual mix and the audience separately.

3) If you're actually IN the audience, well... take a personal recorder and just stick it out. You'll get really shitty sound quality due to the overwhelming reverb of the room, plus the massive bass that's going to rock the microphone, but hey, better than nothing if you really want to do that. It's also possible that if the staff sees you doing this, they'll tell you to stop. If you're recording behind the DJ decks, well, most will assume you have the authority to do so at that point.

Have fun!!

Posted by Jarvmeister on Oct-10-2006 20:11:

This is a totally pointless conversation about doing something totally pointless.

Q) Why would you record a PvD set?
A) So you could listen to and enjoy it again after the event.

Well if you're going to be recording it in the crowd the finished product will sound worse than a really really badly ripped MP3. It will sound atrocious.

And whats more, the whole process of recording will interfere with you enjoying the live show.

Forget it.

Jarv

Posted by dorifuto on Oct-12-2006 15:49:

if you're just going to be standing in the crowd, and can't touch the mixer, use your minidisc player/recorder with a stereo microphone.

Posted by djillicit on Oct-12-2006 19:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Jarvmeister
This is a totally pointless conversation about doing something totally pointless.

Q) Why would you record a PvD set?
A) So you could listen to and enjoy it again after the event.

Well if you're going to be recording it in the crowd the finished product will sound worse than a really really badly ripped MP3. It will sound atrocious.

And whats more, the whole process of recording will interfere with you enjoying the live show.

Forget it.

Jarv

Amen. Disagree about the pointless part though, he did have a thought that he was willing to successfully try. I do agree wholeheartedly with your last statement though.

Posted by arthurdj on Oct-13-2006 02:14:

quote:
Originally posted by dorifuto
if you're just going to be standing in the crowd, and can't touch the mixer, use your minidisc player/recorder with a stereo microphone.

thats the one i was looking for, and yea, i've been thinking about it and it wont let me enjoy the show, thanks for your help guys!!