Topic: soundboard

[travelinbeat]

I have a iRiver H120 and CSB's.  Normally I tape stealthly however I am going to be taping a band I'm friends with at a venue with a decent PA (The Black Cat in Washington DC).  I have never taped wth a feed off of the soundboard and I am just wondering if anyone might be able to let me know what hardware I will need to do this?  Is it just a simple double-male 1/8" to 1/4" cable?  Any advice on SBD feeds is very much appreciated!  THANKS in advance!

[Fatah Ruark (aka MIKE B)]

There was just a thread about this the other day. The Search function (look up) is your friend.

[splumer]

Depends on the board they use, but two 1/4" plugs to to a stereo mini (or whatever your input is). The problem with SB recording is that the vocals will be unusually loud in the mix compared to... well, everything else. If the sound guy is really friendly, he can give you your own aux channel, where you can do your own mix, but you gotta have good headphones that can isolate the band's sound. It helps to be there during soundcheck for this, so your recording isn't screwed up.

The other option is get a four-channel stereo mixer and a pair of mics. Two channels of your mixer will be the board feed, and two channels will be your mics, which are set up in the audience. The mics should balance out the vocal presence and add ambience to the recording. That's the best way, actually, but it takes the most work.