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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: seekup40 on November 18, 2003, 11:00:37 PM
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Taped my first show tonight with my D8, it was in a little ballroom type place, i knew i should have setup by the soundboard, but nobody was up front so i setup like 4 feet from the right stack and the tape sounds like i ran too close and my levels are a bit hot at times, oh well i guess you gotta start somewhere
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I always try to set up at the point of a hypothetical triangle - the same distance from the right and left speakers... (which, if the building is accomodating, will most likely be where the board is...)
Better luck next time - I have many shows that sound like crap, were cut short, etc. - just keep learning.
Peace.
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better luck next time.. i dont think there is anyone here, that can say they have never pulled a bad tape.. i'm sure everyones done it.. its just a mater of learning.. i'd +T ya if i could 12 hr waity.. peace..
matt
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yeah, you won't hit it on the head with your first try, but the idea is to fuck up less and less as we gain more experience :D
what exactly does it sound like? clipping? spl distortion?
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my philosophy is "SIN BOLDLY" that way when you fuck up boldly you know, and you learn from your mistakes, and or others will learn as well.. peace man, +t's to all and to all a good tape... night.
matt
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my philosophy is every hour you put into taping you get that much back in experience and knowlegde, just keep rollin tape and you will get better every show
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taping/hours = experience + knowledge
not sure about the units but I like this equation
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wouldn't it be taping x hours?
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i think I have the left half reciprocated, should be hours per taping experience
hours/# of taping experiences = knowledge + experience
this makes a lot more since to me, but maybe multiplying might be correct ??? someone check my math
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no, i think that's right, my bad
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when i convert for the hell of it, i can send someone a clip or something if interested in how it turned out
Hopefully things go better this friday as well, got another show
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live in learn. T+ hope the next pull comes out better!
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my philosophy is "SIN BOLDLY" that way when you fuck up boldly you know, and you learn from your mistakes, and or others will learn as well..
My first attempt with a DAT was when a guy working on a film left an M1 at my apartment. I didn't even know what it was -- thought it was a walkman or something. Anyway, he left it with me for about a year, so I looked it up and discovered it was a recorder. Found tapes for it... Ended up at my band's show with a vocal mic running into it. Bad recording because the mic failed (totally failed) halfway through.
Second try was with two AKG 414BULS into a mixpad then into the M1. Shoulda been fine, except one of my cables was jacked up, so I ended up with shit again.
Third try was with a cheap-o stereo mic (like $25) into M1 directly. Got the levels wrong, clipped the whole time.
Fourth try -- got levels right, accidentally set M1 on 32k, sounded like a telephone.
Then the guy called me and took the M1 back. Doh!
After that I got to try fucking up MD instead! <grin>
Chuck
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That previous post just got me to thinking about how cool it would have been to have known about a board like this back then. Probably could have saved dozens of bad recordings to just be able to ask a few questions.
Of course there's nothing like learning from (bad) experience to help you remember...
Chuck
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seekup40 ... just wondering, what is your rig?