Freelunch, you really let the setlist requester have it on DaD!! 
Yeah, I just wasn't in the mood for whining from non-tapers on a show that I worked so hard to get out quickly
Hey, a few questions....namely that you ran mic-in or what? How far back were you? The recording is quite good but there is one thing I have noticed and I am not sure if it is the MT or the processing, The highs at times are a just a tiny bit washy. I just want to say that the show itself is really a decent Beck show
I was on the main floor about 60' from the stage and about 4' right of dfc.
I'll have to check out the highs. I've listened to the recording a bit but have had very little time since the show (just got back into town). Plus, I couldn't eval it being very sleep deprived.
It would be interesting to go record a drum kit to comp the high end, etc. I'm sure we'll be seeing some very interesting comps soon. I can't wait to run my schoeps directly into this thing.
You guys should feel free to tear the quality apart, I don't mind. I only wish I had a similar 4061 source from a modsbm, etc.
I ran into the mic input with a 20db attenuation cable. That was necessary because my MT is defective and I can't switch it into line in mode. I assume line in mode would make the pad cable unnecessary. Even with the pad, I ran the levels only one or two clicks from the lowest setting!
Keep in mind that this pad cable may not be well tuned to this rig. We don't know the impedance of the microtracker at various gain settings (it is typically different). Attenuators, and bass rolloff circuits, should be matched to the impedance of the mics and the pre-amp input. AT mics are in the 200 ohm range. The 4061 is 30-40 ohms. I don't know how much sonic impact this has, but we need to put some effort into measuring this aspect of the MT. I'd be happy to work on that but I can't really do it until mine is replaced. There is a great thread here that explains how it was done for the jb3.
So I would not be the least bit surprised if the highs on this recording suffered due to this attenuator config or an ill matched bass rolloff. Even if the attenuator were well matched, this is still a high gain recording that should have been a low gain recording. I'm guessing the MT can do much better than this.
That SP batt box sure does take the serious boom about of the DPAs. Beck shows are thick, and you managed to take the boomy edge off here. IS the box mini-in? Did you have the DPAs reterminated?
That was my first time seeing him live and the bass was very thick. I wonder how it would have sounded with the filter in the off setting. The microtrack does not seem to be lacking on bass.
I re-soldered the dpa's with a miniplug. Sound pro did my bbox with a female miniplug on a pigtail so I could easily change the connector type later. I could have made my own bbox but didn't have time and their service was great.
Afife has made many many more 4061 recordings than I have. His approach is to not use the rolloff on his SP box.. I don't have enough experience with these mics and this much bass to say which is best. This was the first time I've used the rolloff with the dpa's (I've used it with CMC4's, where it seems more necessary due to brickwalling, etc).
After some of the initial negative things and dissapointment expressed about the MT, I am glad to hear you pulled a very sucessful recording off with the it. It makes me feel much better about it. The only complaint after my handling it last week was that it felt kind of cheap. Reminds me of my Rio 500 a bit.
I'm pleased with it. The bass seems fairly accurate to where I was in the venue. That's saying a lot considering how much there was. I love those 4061's.. The MT is Very light weight. I think the fit of the case is very good and that the cheapness feel is due to the light weight (and those cheap switches).
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