Can somebody just answer the damn question, already?
Sheesh!
Chris - FYI: not to take sides or anything, and being a fellow Canuck.. he's offering a good six-pack of brew. It's possibly one of the few American beers I'd even remotely think of drinking.
That's it no more free advice for you Seriously though you should get decent recordings from your mics. I would suspect a bad battery or some other cause if they dont sound right. You can always send them to me I will test them for you and give you an ok if they are functioning as they should be. But I suspect they are. Remember cardioids must be aimed at the sound source. If your right in front of a pair of bass speakers no mics no matter how good they are will produce good sound.. But if the sound was balanced to your ears then your mics should be pretty close if they were placed in a good line of site with the sound source. Remember we cant really talk about these things in public but the higher the mics are on your body they better they will work.
Chris
<Sobbing>.
Actually, I'm kidding. But, yes, I know the mics MUST be aimed at the source in order to get a good recording. Like I'd mentioned, the alt.rock show at the Arena was bass-heavy in the mix and sounds this way on the recording. Separation and clarity is EXCELLENT. A good friend said, bar none, that this was the best recording I'd ever pulled (and I've got quite a few to date that turned out perfectly).
In both cases, the mics were in a good location. The weekend show, was a free show - i.e., Public Domaion, and had a very murky mix so I'm going with "garbage in, garbage out." I managed to roll-off some bass in post and then punch the mid and treble to a point where I was considerably happier but still not ecstatic.
I might send the battery box up to you, however, I'm also suspecting it's fine simply based on the fact that if the batteries were crap (or there was another issue), there wouldn't be enough juice to drive the mics and make the recording via line-in.
Thanks again.