A little background: I had contemplated getting into taping for some time, but never seemed to have the time/money. Then, about two months ago, I decided to take the plunge, in time for a Rush show in Rotterdam. Needing to move quickly, and with limited budget, I got a Zoom H2, with the idea that I could use the internals. Since then (and greatly aided by this board), I decided I would need some fancier stuff, and, to that end, have gotten a Marantz PMD620 and my Church cards/omnis/9100 pre-amp should be here any day...
At any rate, I have recorded four shows with the Zoom and it's internal mics: Rush, Brad Mehldau Trio (Budapest), Joshua Redman Trio (Budapest) and Great Lake Swimmers (Amsterdam). The Rush show came out OK (pretty boomy) and the Great Lake Swimmers is a disaster (really noisy/pushy crowd), but the two jazz shows are pretty decent. Both were aided by nice venues, good seats, and tame crowds.
But I am at a loss as to how to do the post on them. I have searched the forums here, and most of the stuff I have seen addresses problems more akin to the Rush and Great Lake Swimmers shows. The Mehldau and Redman shows are a bit lacking in the lower registers and sound a bit hollow throughout; the Redman show also has the occasional sax 'squonk'. One potential source of the problem is that my levels were too low. I have read here that can particularly impact the low end. I was hoping someone might have some advice on how to improve them? Here is a sample from the Redman show (sorry about the MP3, but attachment size is limited)...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT TO ADD: Also, the snare can be a bit overpowering. And sorry about the lengthy post!