Topic: Moving from the stoneage to the space age

[aaronji]

OK, come on. Running the recorder through intermission???

On the PCM-M10, hit the Stop button during the end of the opening act's set. Hit the Record button and then the Pause (to un-pause recording) when the headliner starts. There is no reason to record a WAV file of intermission.

There's no reason *not* to record a WAV file of intermission, either. And this way it's less work (pushing a couple a buttons isn't much work, no, but if I have multiple recorders running, it starts to become less trivial), plus fewer chances to screw something up.

Most of the sets I record will fit in a single file (at 24/48).  I would rather start recording at the start of the set than record intermission and have an unnecessary file split.  I also like to keep untouched raw files; I'd rather not waste the storage space.  Yeah, I know, storage is cheap.  Once you start RAIDing everything and backing up off-site, though, it starts to add up.  Personal preference, really...

[tomy01]

SCOOBIEKW"That said, what I do is stop at end of set, then restart immediately. If a good amount of time passes and the band is clearly not ready, I'll stop and start again. "

I did try this method - recorded in file01 - hit stop waited several minutes then hit record - and the original recorded music was overwritten by my new recording?  So I recorded in file01 stopped and resumed in file02 this DID work .  Any suggestions?

[beatkilla]

Its possible file 1 was only in rec/pause mode and never actually recording.

[morst]

if you're not sure about the operation of your new deck, practice at home, recording off your stereo speakers.

[F.O.Bean]

if you're not sure about the operation of your new deck, practice at home, recording off your stereo speakers.

I cant stress this enough!!! I do this at home with every new battery/cable/piece of gear that I get, just to test it out and get a feel for the new gear! That way, you're not doing it for the very first time the night of the show That would solve 90% of us tapers issues and user errors, if we just tested it out at home first, before the show(s) Then, once you get to the show, you can set your rig up quickly and efficiently, since you've done it a few times already

And its the ONLY way to know exactly how far you can push your batteries and to find out exactly how long they'll record for you I just ran my newest PNY AD10400 battery to see how long it'll run my 70d with all 4 channels@24/96! I ran it 3 times and got around 15 hours each time! Now I know that I can reliably run that battery about 12 hours or so when at festies