We only have a small handful of tracks as we are a live band mostly (and the recorders keep letting us down at gigs - batteries, promoters not knowing how to press the f*** off big RE rec button…) but if you scroll down you’ll see/hear some gigs
We used to give a mate a couple of beers (and free in) to operate the recorder on gigs cos as the promoters, we were at our busiest right at the start of the night when we needed to hit record. We forgot to hit record for a couple of amazing sets, the last of which was an established and respected artist who asked for the recording afterwards… quite embarrassing!
Might be worth roping in someone as tech just for that.
Good thinking. I’m going to use someone’s Howler, so may just upgrade them from being the person I borrow it from to person that’s responsible for making sure it’s recorded!!
Is there any reason you can’t just have the recorder on your table and press record yourself? This is what I always do for gigs. Not unreasonable, seems like. Also a good way to just check the mix before you start in headphones. I wouldn’t delegate this task to anyone because often times, getting the recording was my primary motivation for even doing the gig!
Usually we are so far away from the foh mixer, that running more cables across the stage is just a pita.
Also space is always a premium, as live acts are usually an after thought, so that plays a factor. I also have too many other things in front of me to be focused on, and having a recorder that I may forget to hit record on, or knock off the table etc is just more headspace that needs to be used elsewhere.
I wouldn’t check the mix through a recorder. I pfl via the OT.
Gotcha. I always mix myself using a mixer on stage and then just send a stereo output to FOH as I don’t trust them to mix the way I want. So connecting a recorder to another output on the mixer is no problem. I see how it would be tougher if it would require running cables back from FOH.
Tonight’s the night. Already spoken with Andy and he’s very down to earth.
Just hanging around before it all kicks off. Will be recording video and have the venue recording the whole night via their in house set up (thank you!)
