[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

Gary Eickmeier wrote:

Gary Eickmeier wrote:
Imagine the hapless videographer trying to tape a band during a
dance.

Well, the crazy thing turned out great! The board feed was what saved
it. Actually, if you think about it, that should be the best source
for a live recording.

No, the above stage mikes is.

Their mikes that they are playing to are the
first source of the sound that they want us to hear. Of course, this
applies only if they are feeding all instruments to the board. And I
don't think it was a stereo mix - they have neither the time nor the
patience for that.

It doesn't take time to turn pan pots, it is about a stable image in the
room, but a wee bit of stereo can be done.

What we need to do is mike the event for them,

No. The audience pays for the show and you do NOT want to be responsible for
causing feedback.

and then let them have
the feed for their PA system, not the other way around.

No, here is why: there will still be a show without a recording, but there
will not be a recording without a show.

That way we
could do a multichannel recording or a live mix in stereo.

Splitbox solves that. About now I reckon it has one CAT5E for FOH, one for
monitorland and one for you, in the old days it was a lot of iron. No matter
how, galvanic separation of systems is generally preferable. The best
sounding is a passive split, but not usbable for a 3 way splitting, I reckon
some still like the iron concept over the active concepts (analog or
digital) due to its vices being more pleasing to the ear.

I don't
have a mixer big enough, nor enough mikes, but just thinking the job
through.

You need to be a skilled PA operator to mic up a live stage for PA.

Gary Eickmeier

Kind regards

Peter Larsen