[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

Paul wrote:

On 3/3/2014 9:24 PM, Peter Larsen wrote: Paul wrote:

Is there a PA? What is the PA doing? What is in the PA? What is
the room like? How many channels do you have available?

--scott
No real PA. Keys and bassist have small amps, so maybe there
won't be line outs.

Good, then that error is avoided.

Well, that's debatable depending on the situation, but in this
case they did have lineouts, and I used them for bass and keys.

This is where the differences begin recording and pa start getting big,
recording comes with an imaging requirement and line-outs come with zero
perspective information and 100 percent direct sound.

Vocalist also singing through small amp.

Mostly bad since it may not sound very good. Does it have an insert
where you can get the mic signal without having to either split the
mic or double-mic?

I was mistaken, he had a PA, but the outputs were only
RCA, and I didn't bring any RCA cables. Next time.

Always bring a mic splitter, take care if you have phantom on all mic
inputs, not all thingies with mic inputs like seeing 48 volts on input
coupling capacitors, they oughta be dimensioned for it but may not so be and
may fail.

The olde style double miking has advantages, especially that you can use the
pa microphone to guarantee you sensible mic distance either by taping the
mics wisely together or when mounting on a stereo bar.

Sort of a high ceiling restaurant/bar. Tile floors? Or perhaps
linoleum.

Will there be audience or is this off-hours?

There was an audience. Tile and wood floor.

Audience is mostly good, it does good things to reverberant rooms, but it
can be noisy, otoh you are recording a bar event.

Uhhh....if you bring your headphones, don't forget
the 1/8th to 1/4" adaptor, and please bring the
CORRECT AC adaptor for the laptop you will be using....

I'm impressed by your daring do, dedicated recording devices are in my
opinion more likely to be reliable recording devices. It is not just the
recording that is at stake ...

Damn embarrassing to have to drive back home and miss the
first hour.

Always, always, always be there at least two hours before showtime even if
you are just putting up a pair on a stick. It is preferable to be in the
room when the musicians arrive.

:/

Kind regards

Peter Larsen