setbreak...stop, pause, or keep rolling ?

[cd2go]

I stop between sets only

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Format card at the set break to prevent problems.

[newplanet7]

Stop for set breaks, but don't stop for encore calls or anything where the house lights don't go up. Imo, a live recording should be "house music to house music." I think an encore call is part of the experience and should be left in.

Glad you brought this up. I have been questioned about this before. Actually not questioned but heckled sort of.
It was on a torrent where someone said it's a waste to put all that crowd noise in there.
I then stated something to the effect of "for me it brings the reality of the live experience front and center"
Personally I love the encore chants/call for more. It shows how much the crowd s into it.
What I usually do though is make the encore CROWD a separate track so the listener can decide what they wish to do with it.
That way it's as simple as not adding it to the que.

EDIT:

Format card at the set break to prevent problems.

Indeed   

[adrianf74]

Personally I love the encore chants/call for more. It shows how much the crowd s into it.
What I usually do though is make the encore CROWD a separate track so the listener can decide what they wish to do with it.

Exactly.  However, I usually leave the encore chants/etc. as the end of the last song before the break.  That way, you can just hit "skip" and carry on. 

[darby]

Format card at the set break to prevent problems.

not if you don't want to lose the first set

[Fried Chicken Boy]

Stop for set breaks, but don't stop for encore calls or anything where the house lights don't go up. Imo, a live recording should be "house music to house music." I think an encore call is part of the experience and should be left in.

This.

[adrianf74]

Format card at the set break to prevent problems.

not if you don't want to lose the first set

I think there was some slight sarcasm involved in that comment. 

If you actually formatted the card, a) it'd be funny and b) you'd lose the first set (as you pointed out).

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Format card at the set break to prevent problems.

not if you don't want to lose the first set

It's more important to make certain I don't have any issues recording the second set.

If I have time, I'll even format before the encore.  But those larger cards can take a while to format.  I don't want to be formatting when the music's playing.

[Gutbucket]

It's more important to make certain I don't have any issues recording the second set.

If I have time, I'll even format before the encore.  But those larger cards can take a while to format.  I don't want to be formatting when the music's playing.

Words of wisdom.

There is something to be said for listening in reverse order for similar reasons.

[TimeBandit]

Between Sets: Stop

Between Set and Encore: let it record. A bit of the audience begging for encore belongs to the recording. if too long i can always shorten later if needed. And even after that let the recorder run until the lights go on again, or they begin to build down the equipment of the band.

Not mentioned yet. But if a tech. issue happens to the band (guitar amp broken or like that) i let it record too. you don't know what happens in that situation and you can catch some unique situations on the recording.

[Scooter123]

If I am stealthing, I often tend to leave the recorder running.  No sense in drawing attendtion to myself, by fooling with knobs and bouncing red lights.

[hi and lo]

If I am stealthing, I often tend to leave the recorder running.  No sense in drawing attendtion to myself, by fooling with knobs and bouncing red lights.

Yup.. no sense in touching anything until you're safely in the parking lot. Makes for some great tapes too when you catch your friends' drunken chatter.

[Fried Chicken Boy]

Makes for some great tapes too when you catch your friends' drunken chatter.

Truly.

[tay666]

Personally I love the encore chants/call for more. It shows how much the crowd s into it.
What I usually do though is make the encore CROWD a separate track so the listener can decide what they wish to do with it.

Exactly.  However, I usually leave the encore chants/etc. as the end of the last song before the break.  That way, you can just hit "skip" and carry on. 

For me, it depends on how long the chanting is.
If it is several minutes, then I will usually make it a stand-alone track.
But if it is only 2 or 3 minutes, then I leave it at the tail end of the track before it.

[F.O.Bean]

Seems silly to record a bunch of people chatting at set break; I only record the music.

When the music stops, I stop recording; When the musicians return to the stage I start a new file and begin recording again.

Because I haven't as much as touched the gain on any device in the meantime, the levels are the same.

YMMV (but I doubt it).

Exactly what I do!