Are any of them up on archive where I can stream them?
I'm sure that Dennis has put some up....as Sammy isn't pro taping, search by "Hagar". he's pretty good about listing the lineage.the internal mics in the R-09 are the worst I've ever used.
the internals on the Tascam DR-2D are nearly as good as external mics, regardless of what the elitists here say.
I have posted many examples, they handle both quiet and loud music *just fine*, as long as you use the lo/med/high gain correctly.
a DR-2D costs a *fraction* of what mics would cost, and will get you a recording 90-95% as good as an external mic setup.
I'll record more proof this weekend, by doing folk rock (Tim Easton), rock (Ben Harper) and metal (36 Crazyfists).
while those who recommend spending money on mics have good intentions, they are dead-ass wrong that they are necessary.
I beg to differ. Now they are 90-95% as good as a recording made with "elitist mics"? They were 90% before. These are not even close in my opinion and the opinion of most tapers on this site.
If you like them and you think you are making the best possible recording then good for you.
90% for "heavy" music, and 95% for "softer", or acoustic stuff. (as more texture is audible)
would 92.5% of the time make you feel better?
it's not worth the money to drop the coin on a "rig", as the dollars spent do not match the results obtained (in a nutshell)
That is your opinion for sure. If you don't have the dough to spend on gear then you do what you can. The excuse that you travel to shows doesn't fly because many other tapers (including myself) have put in lots of miles traveling and have passport stamps to prove it. I just set up a friend (He taped extensively in the 80's) with a Schoeps rig for about $2,500. Seems like a small price to pay for recordings that are sweet to the ears versus recordings that make me want to turn off the stereo.
I grow weed and would rather spend my money on flying hotties up from the States (one is arriving from Indiana this week).
because I'm good looking and chicks dig me.
your recordings are not "sweet to the ears", whoever told you that is most definitely a fluffer.
Ben Harper, other than the 'geese' for 20 minutes of the quieter songs and the dude I almost knocked out, is absolutely sublime. right up there with my best.
even though Mooses Tooth *totally* changed their configuration
put 1400 miles on a rental car in under 72 hours, and blew a few hundred along the way.
have ***FIVE*** more taping trips planned before the end of Sept, that will cost $8-10K between plane tickets, show tickets, car rentals, food and games (I have countless friends nationwide, so places to stay for most of it saves money there)
once the hippy lettuce farm gets up and running (we're legal up here), pretty sure I'll be making more in 3 months than you make in a year.
and I still won't buy overpriced, overrated microphones.
I ***get it***, you're one of these cornholes:
When I taped Gov't Mule back in the day with my Neumann rig, the tapers with their rigs were the biggest assholes that thought their gear was the best and they knew it all about mic placement and gain settings, etc. Everyone at the time was checking the serial numbers on the Lunatecs to see who had the lowest serial number. Mine was like #9 and I could care less, but it was a big deal to these idiots.and that's fine.
but telling people that your path is the only way to satisfaction is utter bullshit.
#anditSHOWS