Topic: Help with stealth soundboards!

[bmr]

Oh hey, 12 hours went by...there's a link I need to go click again...

Just because one person somewhere one time a year stealthed a soundboard doesn't mean it's something you should be pulling or trying to pull.

To me, and I think a lot of people would agree with me here...this is akin to selling boots on ebay. The proverbial bad seed who ruins it for everybody else.

[Ed.]

so i'm listening to the mp3 and i bet it'd sound better from the audience, but thats just me.  the vocals are too loud and you can't hear the instruments like you should.  and no offense, i like to hear people clap and praise the band between songs.

if you have to stealth a sbd from a local band, then you're not talking to the right people and/or the right people probably think you're a dick like half the people reading this thread.

edit:  buy some mics and a decent preamp/adc and make tapes for real.

[Tall Adam]

i know i said i was done with this post but i just gotta say...its gotta mean something when you're -t count is almost double your post count 

we better watch out though boys, id predict someones gonna come after us with a vengence when he gets to the 50 post mark...

(a board i used to use a lot wouldnt let you post anymore if you got below -10 karma points...)

[bagtagsell]

One time when I went to the bathroom I came back to see that someon had unplugged my D8, and plugged in theirs. It made me so mad.  Oh wait that didn't happen, but like I learned in preschool "keep your hands to yourself".

[NewHomebrew]

don't you think they might notice the extra cables/plugs?  to the untrained eye it is a tangle of spaghetti, but to the recordist it is a familiar roadmap.

[Brian Skalinder]

There are no other tapers in this town, so don't you guys worry about me ruining it for others either.

All too typical short-sighted, narrow-minded perspective.  When others reference the possibility of ruining open taping, they're not speaking specifically about your favorite venue, or even your city.  They're talking about a much broader community - in this case, primarily North America.  It puts taping in general at risk not only at the specific venue, but within the city, and nation-wide.  How so?  Local venues talk to one another and if one encounters bad experiences with tapers, they'll share the story and others may adopt a strict non-taping policy for fear of encountering a similar situation.  Bands tour - a bad experience in one venue, in one city, may lead them to change their policy outright.  The band may, in turn, relate their negative experiences to other bands who may alter their policies, as well.

In other words:  one's actions can have repercussions far beyond the immediate locale and impact far more than the few individuals initially involved in an incident.  Consider the bigger picture.

Check out this stealth soundboard I snatched this summer. Untraded, uncirculated and will remain that way.

I find the vocals too loud relative to music and the drums too low in the mix for my tastes.  It doesn't sound bad (except for the crappy MP3 compression absolutely decimating the HF).  But I can live with the slightly off mix, it's the comple flatness, deadness of the recording that I really don't like.

Dig it boys, and if you like it (you will) check out the band.

A bit presumptuous of you to say I will like it as you know nothing about my musical preferences.  Frankly, I didn't really care for the band at all.  I'm sure the band appreciates your gung-ho attitude, though.  At any rate, thanks for the sample - it was at least worth a casual listen, never know when one might find a great new band.

Did you dig that MP3? Not flat or dead at all. A perfect mix.

Not especially, no.  Again, not bad, but hardly perfect.  Not trying to be a dick, just trying to be honest.  And I find it completely flat and dead, as in no sense of space, ambience, energy.  The flatness and deadness bother me much more than the mix itself.

[sickrick43]

For the record: the soundboard(s) I personally stealthed (and have mentioned here), were in the club that I WORKED SOUND at - and were setup in such a way that they would not interfere with the PA or the performance (and with the knowlege of the OWNER of the club).  The "stealth patch" was used a number of times for "foaming at the mouth/not in a million years/EXTREMELY TAPER UNFRIENDLY acts".  Open taping acts were taped with mic's, or a board patch with the artists PERMISSION.

Other "attempts" were made when I was running FOH for the opener (at various other venue's where I had PERMISSION and ACCESS to the console), and I just kinda "left myself plugged in and rolling" after my act finished.

Having worked in the industry myself for a number of years, I would NEVER PRESUME to just walk up to someone's console and patch.  EVER!  Aside from the bad karma it brings down on ALL TAPERS (regardless of whether the act is taper-unfriendly or not), it's just bad fucking manners.

I will not even get into the "archiving public performance" argument for stealth-mic'ing a show that's a No Taping event.  I don't stealth mic because I'm LAZY, and it's hard to hide a TLM-170's & a V3 - plus I'm more interested in photographing and can't be nailed into one spot to roll.

We could also get into FOB taping bands that request we DON'T.  Again, it's a MOOT POINT.

Walking up to someone's console (that you don't KNOW) and laying in a hidden patch is WRONG - no grey area's here - black and white.  Arguing with everyone here trying to JUSTIFY IT is just plain DUMB (hell, I even -T'd you, and I NEVER -T ANYONE)...

Rick

[redseed]

 
Hey boys!

I patched in, and it sounds great! Must say I'm quite pleased! PM me if anybody wants to hear a copy.

[Steve J]

So much for the benefit of the doubt... -T

[Josephine]

Some people just don't get it ~ pathetic.
 
-t, dude.

[redseed]

Thats an awful lot of effort for only pulling a sbd recording

Actually, I prefer plugging into the board because it's less effort. With mics you've gotta worry about where you're standing and keeping quiet...with the board you can be super loud if you like.

[sygdwm]

douchebag - fuckin t

[pfife]

Hey boys!

I patched in, and it sounds great! Must say I'm quite pleased! PM me if anybody wants to hear a copy.

only if I can get a low bitrate MP3 from you.  I need to be able to hear it in all its glory.

[Evil Taper]

Feel the wrath of the tapers when you compromise everyones happiness.  Download some GD SBDs if you're a gung ho soundboarder, at least the majority of those recordings are worth listening to...must say alot of the GD boards sound much more perfect than other bands do.  But from the mind of a wise man:

SUCK IT!!!!!

[1st set only]

GO AWAY!