[puist]

What is the best way to record a concert?

At the moment I only have access to a midi disk recorder which I should be able to plugin the soundboard. Does this have a good sound quality?
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[Tireheb]

Well minidiscs are quite obsolete in my opinion. You really should consider of getting Edirol R-09 that records on SD memorycards (cards can be up to 8 gigabytes or more). I've recorded from soundboard few times with it and got great results.

Edirol records on MP3 (up to 320 kbps) and WAV (up to 24 bits and 48 khz).
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[Kapalika]

Never record on mp3, use wav always.

Minidiscs are not the latest fad but they still do a good job so if he has a good set up why not using it?
I have no advice for mics etc, sorry.
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[puist]

Thanks for the info.
I don't think I will be able to get other equipment (like mics) on such a short notice so I will stick to the minidisk.
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[Tireheb]

Edirol has built-in mic too, by the way.
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[Devoured Death]

It depends all on how the gig is setup, what you have access to, and where you're stood.

If there is no issue with you plugging into the desk, and the majority of the instruments (main drum parts, vocals, guitars, bass) go through the soundboard, then that will certainly be your best option. If it's a smaller gig where everything isn't mic'd through the desk, I'd recommend you make sure your recorder can deal with high volume levels, and find a good place at the front by the stage where you can hear everything clearly.

[Blood Of Von]

Use a laptop (if you are able to get a hold of one) and plug directly into the SB. And yes, don't use MP3. Also, you can film the gig and also plug the cam audio directly into the SB when filming and get killer audio from that. Do an audio rip from the recording. Alot of times guitars/bass will run through DI and when we play the drums are usually full micd up.
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[Chit019]

man, Japanese people are so good at this.

[masters_throne]

[vk666]

Most of the info so far in this thread is complete rubbish. Easily the best way to capture small live gigs is a stereo mic above/at desk (assuming that the desk is centered towards the rear of the room), for a start you get to hear how rowdy the crowd is. Majority of desk recordings turn out pus weak because only the kick, snare & vocals are at a high level, maybe bass and gats are reinforcements at best but usually much too quiet to be useful. DIed guitars are just wrong!! Its not until you have larger capacity gigs where everything is mixed properly that desk feeds become useful, and even then a live mix doesn't always translate into recording. If you don't have access to decent mics that can handle loud SPLs your best bet is probably a video stereo mic. Just get as much distance as possible between it and stage.

If you are gonna get a feed from the desk, go and hit up the sound guy BEFORE gig starts as well. As a sound engineer myself, one thing I fuckin hate is kunts coming up just as you're setting stage or checking levels for next band and wanting a feed right then. If you approach them early there is much higher chance of being able to send a separate auxiliary feed mixed for you recording that'll be a much more suitable mix anyway

OK rant over! Resume normal transmission ha ha...

[H.K.Blasphemer]

Record with video, convert to audio... Usually sounds good. Then you can mix it to however you would like. I guess it depends on what kind of video camera you use though... Nuclear Desecration did this for the Nuclear Demons Attack live 7", and it come out pretty horrible sounding in a cool way. People liked it, I didnt think anyone was going to like this.
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