Topic: Recording a live band?

[mjxxx]

hey im new to this site

i have to record a local gig for a school project and i was wondering how i can record the gig and still keep the sound quality quite good..

i have seen many videos of gigs and the sounds is really bad because of the volume of the music


are there any tips to acheive better sound quality..



like standing further away from the speakers or somthing


thanks

[firmdragon]

you could buy an external micrphone if your camcorder has a mic-in.

or record the audio seperately, room mic or a line out from the mixing board.  then mix it w/ the video in post.

[guitard]

hey im new to this site

i have to record a local gig for a school project and i was wondering how i can record the gig and still keep the sound quality quite good..

i have seen many videos of gigs and the sounds is really bad because of the volume of the music

are there any tips to acheive better sound quality..

like standing further away from the speakers or somthing

thanks

If the only thing you have is a videocam and getting a mic to plug into it (assuming it has an audio in) isn't an option, take the cam to the place where you're going to videotape and do some experimenting.    I'd do it with a band that's about as loud as the one you're going to videotape.  Move the cam all around and then check how it sounds when you get back home.  Dertermine where the good spots are, and when it comes time to do the real thing - you know where to set up.

[guysonic]

On a somewhat down note, consumer and many prosumer type camcorders are great for video, but suck big time because of having little or no way to MANUALLY SET THE RECORDING LEVEL AND MIC INPUT SENSITIVITY.   This means the external mic input is ALWAYS ON HIGH GAIN, AND THE AUTO LEVEL IS ENGAGED.   Result is the 1st stage preamp audio is overloaded to distort on at least the bass, and the volume pumps up and down with the bass beat.

NO solution unless having a camera with better audio features, or using an audio recording deck for recording audio later added in post edit to the video; something most are doing because even if having full manual REC level and mic input sensitivity control, most Sony/Canon cameras have audibly inferior audio quality to even minidisc decks.  Only Panasonic brand seem to mostly have good quality camera audio.

Discussion about this issue at: www.sonicstudios.com/videomic.htm

[Church-Audio]

On a somewhat down note, consumer and many prosumer type camcorders are great for video, but suck big time because of having little or no way to MANUALLY SET THE RECORDING LEVEL AND MIC INPUT SENSITIVITY.   This means the external mic input is ALWAYS ON HIGH GAIN, AND THE AUTO LEVEL IS ENGAGED.   Result is the 1st stage preamp audio is overloaded to distort on at least the bass, and the volume pumps up and down with the bass beat.

NO solution unless having a camera with better audio features, or using an audio recording deck for recording audio later added in post edit to the video; something most are doing because even if having full manual REC level and mic input sensitivity control, most Sony/Canon cameras have audibly inferior audio quality to even minidisc decks.  Only Panasonic brand seem to mostly have good quality camera audio.

Discussion about this issue at: www.sonicstudios.com/videomic.htm

I strongly disagree There is a solution I make a preamp that will attenuate all the way down to -00db to +20 db so you can plug you mics into my preamp go out of my preamp and get the level exactly where it needs to be so the AGC does not freak out.