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Here's a link to a pack including mp3 samples of my best recordings to date :
http://uptobox.com/o3n5899txrfgSource : MM-HLSC-1 (4.7k mod done by Church Audio) (on hat) > CA-9100 > Edirol R09-HR @ 24/48 (line-in).
Post-processing : normalizing + 24/48 > 16/24.
No EQ or whatsoever.
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1000_club-10th_row-front_of_left_speaker
1000 capacity club
Taped from 10th row, under left speakers which were hanging and pointing at me.
Sounds a bit too bright to me. You can blame both the soundguy and my mics I guess. The recording definitely lacks bass.
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12000_arena-tier-dead_center
12000 capacity arena
I was lucky enough the get a seat in the tier, dead center, 3 rows behind the sound desk cage.
I was afraid of getting too much room reverb standing too far from the speakers, but sound was actually honorable from my spot... especially for this set (it was an indoor festival) !!
Best tape of the night. Great balance between instruments and vocals. My cardioid mics managed to clean out unwanted echoes pretty nicely.
A very few distant audience chatters here and there, but nothing disturbing at all. Audience noise is globally pretty distant on this one.
If I want to be picky, I'd say the sound is slightly muffled.
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1200_club-balcony-dead_center
1200 capacity club
Taped from balcony, dead center.
Again, I was very lucky with audience chatters. This might be my best audience pull to date.
This is basically as if the mics were mounted on a stand, open taping style. And an amazing sounding venue.
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300_club-4th_row-front_of_right_speaker
300 capacity club
Taped 5 rows back from stage, almost dead center (which was still only about 3 meters from right stack).
I like taping shows in small clubs. Those venues are usually where you get the least unwanted room reverb for the benefit of a raw sound that serves bands like this one's performances pretty well... And that night made no exception to the rule !
I was standing further away from stage during the opening act (theorical sweet spot 'triangle').
I then took an opportunity to move a few rows forward before the main act hit the stage to avoid the usual drunk guy to my left and two smartphone addicted woooooo-girls who managed to settle down in front of me.
I could still hear both of them from my safer spot but my cardioid mics did an awesome cleaning job.
Soundwise, that new location finally ended up being better than the previous one. People around were quieter and minus an occasional stealth farter that is not audible on the recording, I had nothing to complain about.
While at the show, I had a strange impression that the mix was slightly unbalanced with the right stack of speakers rendering much more vocals comparing to the left. It's less noticeable on the recording thought.
Nonetheless, this tape will make you relive the concert as if you were there when played back thru a good pair of headset.
Good sound, great band/audience interaction and a fairly reasonable amount of crowd noise. I left the recording untouched.
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300_club-6th_row-front_of_right_speaker
300 capacity club
Taped about 5 meters from stage, almost dead center (which, again, was still only a few meters from right stack).
A bit more chatters here and the tinny sound profile of my mics is bugging me more on this one.
But all in all, great work from the soundguy.
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bonus-300_club-back_right_corner_of_venue-low_ceiling
300 capacity club
It's a pretty small room (not even a 10-meter side square). The sound seems to be good, no matter where you are standing.
Recording from the back-right corner of a venue may sound awkward to experimented tapers, but I stood there during the opening act and found the rendition to be great enough. With that being said, I was only 2 meters away from the soundboard.
Here, I think I recorded too many vibrations from both right and back walls and the low ceiling.
If I happen to tape in the same venue again in the future, I'll try to reach a better spot.