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Title: Need Help With Stealth Mic Placement and Location
Post by: TheMaestro on January 29, 2007, 05:30:55 PM: *edit*
Title: Re: Need Help With Stealth Mic Placement and Location (floorplan included)
Post by: Javier Cinakowski on January 29, 2007, 05:57:35 PM: the "r" in dance floor is the sweet spot.

buy churches cardioid and preamp package with the H140. You will love the recordings.....

BTW, this forum is not for stealth recording.
Title: Re: Need Help With Stealth Mic Placement and Location (floorplan included)
Post by: Nick Graham on January 29, 2007, 08:07:39 PM: Quote from: windorabug on January 29, 2007, 05:57:35 PM
BTW, this forum is not for stealth recording.

FWIW the original poster didn't ask any questions about how to sneak in gear, etc. - he asked for gear recs based on his budget and optimal mic placement...
Title: Re: Need Help With Stealth Mic Placement and Location (floorplan included)
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on January 29, 2007, 11:21:40 PM: I would actually setup where the D is, but its up to you and what you think is the sweet spot. But it will be in that general area, right in the center, about halfway back from the stage...

From each PA speaker, left and right, draw a equilateral triangle (60deg angles) with the one point at the PA and the other two points projected out into the room. You want to stand where the two triangles overlap...

At a show where there is a ton of dancing/moshing/craziness in the middle, you may have to stand off to the side and do a stack tape (not preferable, especially in cases where PA is run in stereo), or you'll have to stand in the center further back.

You could tape from one of the round tables in the back of the dance floor and run you stuff under a jacket or in your girl's purse or something...

Terry
Title: Re: Need Help With Stealth Mic Placement and Location (floorplan included)
Post by: Javier Cinakowski on January 30, 2007, 12:24:33 AM: this forum is so good at being "stealth" !
::)

^-^ :) ;D

Have fun taping!
Title: Re: Need Help With Stealth Mic Placement and Location (floorplan included)
Post by: mrruin on January 30, 2007, 04:33:45 AM: as mics I can recommend AT 943s with hyper cards because they are super small size and have an excellent sound. My current setup includes a 3wire battery box plus CA 9100 preamp coupled with a h120 and the sound I am getting is just beautiful. Simply awesome setup. If you want to check out how it sounds you can find numerous shows from me on dimeadozen.org (newest release: Europe). I have samples included with everything so just browse through my shows and see if you like the sound.

And definetly go with cards or hypercards. It limits the crowd noise for stealthers a lot since you cannot get your mics up very high in the air.

If you want a good starter set check our Church Audio's packages, I can vouch for his quality preamps and many here recommend his mics for starting out.

here is my latest show on dime if you want to check out the samples:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=132590
Title: Re: Need Help With Stealth Mic Placement and Location (floorplan included)
Post by: gratefulphish on January 30, 2007, 12:37:31 PM: Definitely go with cards, maybe hypers, but they can be very limiting sometimes. Beware that wall of subs in front of you, and try to give your mics a little up tilt toward the stacks, as the bass could just overwhelm the higher frequencies if they are really pumping the subs.