noise at various pointsHow are livesets recorded?

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Posted by _Ocean_Drive_ on Jul-18-2008 18:13:

noise at various pointsHow are livesets recorded?

How are livesets recorded with the crowd noise at various points, yet still maintaining sound quality of the music? Is a special device used seperately?

Posted by djandymac on Jul-18-2008 18:16:

i dont know for definite, but think they might hang condenser mics above the crowd, or at the front above the dj booth.

Posted by Freak on Jul-18-2008 19:58:

I do this a lot.
When I do it, its rec out from the mixer, then a couple of mics hung at a certain point in the room.
If you dont want to go to that hassle, you can put one mic into the mic input on the mixer channel, turn the mic channel up a little, and leave it somewhere out of the way- where it wont get knocked- and you will pick up crowd noise in the quiet bits.
Back in the days of vinyl, you used to be able to pick up crowd noise through the stylus but obviously that doesnt happen with cdjs now does it.

If there are MCs, then you have to factor that into the mix- ideally recording them seperately onto another channel as most have no fucking idea about levels - which is why the DJM 800 is such a HUGE pain in the ass, as the rec out has the mic too.... no such problem with the A&Hs on which the rec out is just the music channels...

Posted by Clovis on Jul-18-2008 20:07:

Re: noise at various pointsHow are livesets recorded?

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Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_
How are livesets recorded with the crowd noise at various points, yet still maintaining sound quality of the music? Is a special device used seperately?

Separate mic recording the crowd...pretty simple..