I wish there was a way to somehow pick up the soundboard feed like a radio broadcast. Maybe one day something like that will be invented.
there kinda is already but most bands frown upon it
Some venues have Assistive Listening Devices which people have patched into. With shortwave radios, it's possible to tune into a wireless in-ear monitor of a band member, but that isn't from FOH, it's coming from monitor world and has a band member's own custom mix.
ALD recordings sound flat, mono-ish to me with no life. They can be acceptable if matrixed with an audience recording.
Dan Healy (long-time FOH mixer for the Grateful Dead) broadcast several shows using an FM radio band. From what I remember, he stopped doing for fear of getting in trouble with the FCC.
Quote from: reorocks on May 28, 2009, 05:09:40 AM
I wish there was a way to somehow pick up the soundboard feed like a radio broadcast. Maybe one day something like that will be invented.
There sure is.
If you get permission from the band, you can hook up a Sennheiser G2 wireless transmission system to the soundboard, and plug in the receiver part to your recorder wirelessly.
The suggestion came up recently on the photo/video subforum, as a solution to sync an SB feed to a videographer doing open filming while moving around.
Quote from: sunjan on May 28, 2009, 12:55:06 PM
Quote from: reorocks on May 28, 2009, 05:09:40 AM
I wish there was a way to somehow pick up the soundboard feed like a radio broadcast. Maybe one day something like that will be invented.
There sure is.
If you get permission from the band, you can hook up a Sennheiser G2 wireless transmission system to the soundboard, and plug in the receiver part to your recorder wirelessly.
The suggestion came up recently on the photo/video subforum, as a solution to sync an SB feed to a videographer doing open filming while moving around.
Does the G2 wireless transmission system cover the full audio bandwidth?
Quote from: Chuck on May 28, 2009, 01:10:16 PM
Does the G2 wireless transmission system cover the full audio bandwidth?
Good question!
From the current models, there is a G2 receiver (camcorder mountable) that does 40-18,000Hz:
http://www.sennheiserusa.com/professional_wireless-microphone-systems_handheld-transmitter_ew-500-series_main_021631
Now they just launched the G3 series, which is only shipping in July. The specs improved a little bit at least:
"the audio frequency range of all G3 receivers now extended from 18 kHz down to 25 Hz"http://www.sennheiserusa.com/press_releases_05112009