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Recording a live set at a club
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| DJErnieP |
| whats up guys. I got a gig coming up that i need to record the set for. I was curious as to what equipment i need to do that with. And how i would set it up. I'm thinking a mini disc, but anyone got an idea? |
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| fzrr |
| MD recorder with an RCA to 3mm headphone cable does the job for me very nicely. |
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| Luke Terry |
| minidisk is the easiest way + also has poor sound quality, but if you have a decent laptop u could record using that and stick a mic on the front of the dj booth or somewhere so u can get the 'live' sound with crowd reaction too, either record both of em at once in one file or record each in separately and join them in soundforge. |
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| Chris d(-_-)b |
| If you use a mic, you will get the atmosphere on tape too. Even though the sound looses a bit quality when recorded with mic, i think it is kind of cooler with all that crowd and stuff in the backgorund. |
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| razzi |
| quote: | | if you have a decent laptop u could record using that and stick a mic on the front of the dj booth or somewhere so u can get the 'live' sound with crowd reaction too, either record both of em at once in one file or record each in separately and join them in soundforge. |
this is the way to go, best quality, sounds the coolest for sure |
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| DJErnieP |
| ok, i dont have a laptop. So minidisc then? and what port do i plug it into on the mixer? |
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| T:REBEL |
minidisc or dat recorder...
either should work. |
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| DJErnieP |
| ok, now how do i set that up to a mixer |
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| DeleriuM2K |
if you dont already have one, get an RCA to 1/8inch jack cord
plug the two RCA's into your "recording" output or "tape" output, since your Master outs and Booth outs will probably be in use. Run the 1/8inch jack (the same as whats on your headphones, not the big one that goes into your mixer before your headphones, thats 1/4inch) into your Line Input on your MD player
make sure your levels arent too high or too low on your tape/recording output
also, since RCA is unbalanced (no ground) it will act as an antenna and pick up stray electromagnetic interference :o ... so try and keep the cord away from other cords and equipment as best you can
:D
on another note, check out the mix I uploaded to your FTP :)
Jordan Ashkenazy - 09-29-03 |
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| Sharpy |
Make sure you have a fresh battery for your MD.
Oh and my MD recorder has MIC input as well as Line In. Reckon i could use that to get the crowd/atmospheric noises? Would there be heaps of reverb??? |
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