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Title: Microtrack ROCKED for LIVE session backup!!
Post by: johntpt25 on December 11, 2005, 07:48:08 PM
Just got done recording a LIVE session of a classical xmas concert - used a pair of Schoepps MK2s through a Mackie 1642 and tape out to TRS in on MT.  Used L setting, gain all the way down with 44.1/16 bit - so I could fit the whole gig on a 2gb card.  It sounds great, very quiet and flawless from what I can see on the graph (Peak 4).  I run a conservative level on my recordings so it never went above -8 on my Alesis Masterlink, but hit -1.5 on MT.   So the input appears to be 6db hotter than line level. 
Sounds GREAT!!  I'm so glad I used it too, because the Alesis has been writing errored discs on 24->16 conversions and I might just use the MT files instead of mucking around with splitting the files, and making CD24 discs. 

Love this machine.

sample of MT file below... :D
Title: Re: Microtrack ROCKED for LIVE session backup!!
Post by: RebelRebel on December 11, 2005, 08:04:48 PM
Nice sample man! Those schoeps sound nice. I just picked up a pair myself. Do you use the bodies or actives??what configuration did you use for that concert?

Teddy


Quote from: johntpt25 on December 11, 2005, 07:48:08 PM
Just got done recording a LIVE session of a classical xmas concert - used a pair of Schoepps MK2s through a Mackie 1642 and tape out to TRS in on MT.  Used L setting, gain all the way down with 44.1/16 bit - so I could fit the whole gig on a 2gb card.  It sounds great, very quiet and flawless from what I can see on the graph (Peak 4).  I run a conservative level on my recordings so it never went above -8 on my Alesis Masterlink, but hit -1.5 on MT.   So the input appears to be 6db hotter than line level. 
Sounds GREAT!!  I'm so glad I used it too, because the Alesis has been writing errored discs on 24->16 conversions and I might just use the MT files instead of mucking around with splitting the files, and making CD24 discs. 

Love this machine.

sample of MT file below... :D
Title: Re: Microtrack ROCKED for LIVE session backup!!
Post by: johntpt25 on December 11, 2005, 08:23:00 PM
Just a spaced pair (~12") of full size MK2 bodies set at (almost) 90ยบ dropped from the ceiling of a local hall.  ~40 feet up/40 feet back.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Microtrack ROCKED for LIVE session backup!!
Post by: Busman Audio on December 11, 2005, 09:01:13 PM
That sounds very nice.
Title: Re: Microtrack ROCKED for LIVE session backup!!
Post by: rustle on December 12, 2005, 10:26:45 AM
Quote from: busman2 on December 11, 2005, 09:01:13 PM
That sounds very nice.
Yes indeed 8)
Title: Re: Microtrack ROCKED for LIVE session backup!!
Post by: cybermansrev on December 12, 2005, 11:54:34 AM
Wow that does sound good!
Made me dig out some classical for the first time in years :)