Took me a while to read through all the posts in the previous threads
My equipment is Edirol R-09 HR, SP-CMC-8 (omnis and cardioids) and a SP battery box (with a bass roll off) is in post (hopefully it reaches me before I leave for the gigs). Unfortunately I won't have almost any time for testing so my first recording MUST be successful
If I'm not mistaken, the basic rules for each of the options (we're talking about recording a loud rock gig) are as follows:
1. Edirol + battery box + mic
= limiter to off, AGC to off, low cut to off, mic gain to low, plug-in power to off, input level around 40-60 (line-in)
2. Edirol + mic (if the battery box doesn't arrive in time)
= similar as above; differences: mic-in instead of line-in, higher input level (60-70), plug-in power to on
SD Cards - Kingston have good reputation (SDHC, class 6)
Rechargables - standard rechargables (I have Sanyo 2000 mAh and some older 2500 mAh ones) should last at least 3-4 hours? I'll recharge all of them again before I use them, that might help gaining some of the "lost" capacity
Quality of recording - either 44k/24b or 88k/24b seems like a reasonable compromise between size and quality?