Topic: Newbie - needs quick advice!

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Church-Audio was spot on in regards to your needs, especially if you are looking to return the recorder and mics.  Just rent them from a local audio/video dealer or take up Church-Audio on their offer.  Every city has some business that usually provides a full range of sound and lighting equipment for daily+ rentals.  Guitar/Music stores have in the past rented multi track recorders as well.   Just get something simple to use.

[F.O.Bean]

Sonic sense rents equipment as well, but they're probably out of your price range!

[stevetoney]

Good advice about rental no doubt...one has to wonder how interested the OP is in that advice though. 

Sorry to newbs everywhere that might think from this thread that TS.com isn't a friendly, welcoming place to newb tapers.  I've personally helped tens, if not hundreds of newb tapers over the years.  But when the first questions in the first two posts from a new member are about bootlegging and/or using a new recorder and taking it back the next day, the responses are predictably not going to be a big ole 'welcome'.

To the original poster, your friends were correct to direct you to this talkgroup...it's a wealth of knowledge from experience people.  Many people consider this one of the most civil, friendly places on the web.  However, you need to also read the 'start here' section, which discusses our view on bootlegging, and respect the fact that this site is occupied by legitimate tapers, engineers and equipment dealers.  Its not a group of people that are here to talk about ways to scam equipment dealers and artists.  Not trying to to be obnoxious with this response...just tring to help recalibrate your expectations a bit.

[jagraham]

Good advice about rental no doubt...one has to wonder how interested the OP is in that advice though. 

Sorry to newbs everywhere that might think from this thread that TS.com isn't a friendly, welcoming place to newb tapers.  I've personally helped tens, if not hundreds of newb tapers over the years.  But when the first questions in the first two posts from a new member are about bootlegging and/or using a new recorder and taking it back the next day, the responses are predictably not going to be a big ole 'welcome'.

To the original poster, your friends were correct to direct you to this talkgroup...it's a wealth of knowledge from experience people.  Many people consider this one of the most civil, friendly places on the web.  However, you need to also read the 'start here' section, which discusses our view on bootlegging, and respect the fact that this site is occupied by legitimate tapers, engineers and equipment dealers.  Its not a group of people that are here to talk about ways to scam equipment dealers and artists.  Not trying to to be obnoxious with this response...just tring to help recalibrate your expectations a bit.

^ Agreed. "I have a show to bootleg this weekend" is not the best way to start off here. Also I would almost bet that just about no one on this site knows much about attempting to buy good gear and return it the next day (outside of the rental option that is).

[flipp]

So he's a noob and knows no better with his reference to "bootleg". I'm willing to let that slide unless he continues to use the term (provided he continues posting).

The "return equipment the next day" is what I have the problem with. If any place will do that I can think of only two scenarios where it might happen: 1) allow full credit for an upgrade to more expensive equipment or 2) charge a hefty restocking fee. For the latter I think renting would likely have been cheaper.

I'm curious what band he wanted to record and hope he at least posts once more with that info and how his first time recording a show turned out. Would be nice if he also gave us his impressions of whether recording was as easy as he thought it was going to be and if the results were as good as he hoped they would be.

To the original poster, your friends were correct to direct you to this talkgroup...it's a wealth of knowledge from experience people.  Many people consider this one of the most civil, friendly places on the web.  However, you need to also read the 'start here' section, which discusses our view on bootlegging, and respect the fact that this site is occupied by legitimate tapers, engineers and equipment dealers.  Its not a group of people that are here to talk about ways to scam equipment dealers and artists.  Not trying to to be obnoxious with this response...just tring to help recalibrate your expectations a bit.

well said

[stevetoney]

Totally agree Flipp.

It's always amazing to me how that one b-word is like nails on the chalkboard here.