I'm a fairly new, and totally amateur taper. I started with a single recorder a few years ago, adding more equipment over time. My rig is a logical extension of using just a portable recorder, but with better mics, and is meant to be totally self-contained, portable, and easy to slip on-stage hopefully before anyone can object.
Lately, I've been using multiple portable recorders, on stage, and mixing the tracks. I'd be grateful for any advice on mixing tracks, tricks and such. I've learned to speed-adjust the tracks, even for each song b4 mixing. Another trick I found was inverting one channel of a particular soundboard, leaving only the keyboards, which were missing from my on-stage pull. For panning adjustment i try to line up the split omnis with the x/y image. Any advice for mixing, panning and such is helpful, as I'm very green at mixing tracks.
My equipment a pair of DR 40's, DR 05, & H2 recorders. In addition I'm using an AT822 (into the DR 05), and SP C4 (usually omni, but also card caps) (into a DR 40). Also, I've used Behringer C2 mics for instruments. Typically I'll put the AT822 front/center & split the omnis to best pick up the instruments, running the mics over vocal monitors when necessary, and using the C2s for close-up work - not to mention the DR 40 internal mics, and I can still grab a board w/ the H2. I'm using small, kick-drum type stands, with some gooseneck extensions if needed. I have clamps to hold the recorders to the stands, and tho I'd prefer to run stereo mics into a single recorder, I can, if needed, use 3 stands separately w/o running wires between them.
One item I've only experimented with is a foam soccer ball as an omni baffle. It's easy to run a boom arm through the ball, then with some clamps & bars place omni mics on the side of the ball, making a nice pseudo binaural baffle. From tests I've done it seems to make a nice stereo image, and I plan to use this along w/ my x/y on top if I ever do a more traditional pull from near the board.
My rig is fairly affordable, the mics were used, no item cost more than $150 and I built it up over time. Some ideas I have are picking up a cheap kick drum mic, and using dynamic mics for close up instrument recording. Are dynamic mics good for this? Any tips on equipment or production techniques for my type of setup & production/mixing is helpful and interesting. Thanks for reading.
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