Howdy all. So a group of friends and I used to do a lot of DAT taping in the late 90's/early 2000's, everything from little club shows to big arenas (Phish, String Cheese, etc.). I moved from DAT 2-track to multitrack hard drive recording and kind of just stopped taping shows at some point (marriage, kids, life, etc.). However, I've continued to mess around with my own recording/music hobbies and still have a ton of recording equipment.
I just managed to (sort of inadvertently) score a few tickets in the tapers section at the upcoming 6/14 Dead & Co show. I've been out of the live taping game for a long time and I have questions.
I'm keenly interested in running a taping rig at this show. Are there still people taping these shows? Am I going to be able to bring gear into Shoreline? How elaborate can I get? I have the ability to run a high-end multitrack system which requires AC power (I have a nice lithium battery/inverter package that's about the size of a small car battery which would allow me to run a UAD Apollo into a Macbook Air. That would be my ideal setup right now, but I don't know if that would be considered overkill these days or if they'll even let me bring it in.)
I have multiple mic stands that I can run very high, spread mics, etc. I can do very long cable runs, multiple mics. Is this something that would be allowed?
On the flipside, I can bring a setup with one stand, 2 mics, my awesome little portable Sonosax preamp which can be run into an audio interface (like a MOTU M2 or one of these new UA Volt units run off a battery pack) into a mini iPad or even an iPhone.
In the age of nugs.net should I even bother with any of this? Maybe I should relax and enjoy the show.
I'm looking for input, thoughts, guidance. Any help would be appreciated.
-rb