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
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.
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
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?
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
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
taping/hours = experience + knowledge
not sure about the units but I like this equation
wouldn't it be taping x hours?
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
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
live in learn. T+ hope the next pull comes out better!
Quote from: meximo on November 19, 2003, 02:17:26 AM
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
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
seekup40 ... just wondering, what is your rig?