Just to clarify... I personally don't ever plan on running pre-EQ or pre anything. I'd like to think i have a good ear, but still, i want to capture as close to whats happening then, so pre processing live recordings is just a no IMO. Studio works are different, production can be as much a part of the album as the music.
Post production stuff... I suppose if i HAVE to i'll do a normalization/volume boost. But sometimes that will just boost ambiance noise, so i just hope that i get the levels right so that its not needed. Plus it seems to me low end mics/cables can introduce hiss that might not come out till an overall boost is applied, so for me its all about getting it right the first time. I guess thats why i have a hard time just setting it an walking away, always that itching feeling that i need to double check those meters.
I'd like to do nothing to recording except track it and shave off uneeded audiance noise pre-set and pre encore. I tend to avoid recordings that go through any kind of production when it comes to shows. For me, its trying to capture a moment. I'm new to running a rig at live shows but i've dabbled enough in some home studio stuff that i didn't totally freak when i had to plug it in and hit record. I was just thinking about this whole issue this morning and thought i'd bounce it around here. With the BT and archive.org to distribute recordings its easy for people to get thing out to the masses, and often we get a variety of sources from a single show. I'm seeing more production going into some distributions and was just curious about the majority opinion on it, esspecially the opinion of those more experienced than myself.