I still don't really know what I'm doing.
Nov. 1st, 2008 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyWe just watched the video from last night's band performance at the game. I used a new Canon external microphone. A few things:
AGC really must be turned off. The thing hears the drumline, pulls the volume down, and everything else mutes into nothingness.
I really wish I hadn't dropped and lost the headphones I brought along for monitoring. Luckily they were $3 headphones from Deal Extreme, so no great loss. I've had two sets of earbuds die on me this week though, and then I lost those.
When the band is on the field and I'm in the stands, I'm thinking I should be using shotgun mode. It's too far to get any stereo anyway, and in stereo mode you get way too much of people around you talking.
I should have tried with the wind guard off; there wasn't really any wind anyway. I don't know if it makes much difference.
Plusses: Things like the lighting failure are the sort of thing you remember, and I got the moment of failure recorded. The jungle drumbeats and faint images of band members dancing around in the dark are great.
There's a concert Monday that has several bands I don't care about, so maybe I can get some experimentation done there.
AGC really must be turned off. The thing hears the drumline, pulls the volume down, and everything else mutes into nothingness.
I really wish I hadn't dropped and lost the headphones I brought along for monitoring. Luckily they were $3 headphones from Deal Extreme, so no great loss. I've had two sets of earbuds die on me this week though, and then I lost those.
When the band is on the field and I'm in the stands, I'm thinking I should be using shotgun mode. It's too far to get any stereo anyway, and in stereo mode you get way too much of people around you talking.
I should have tried with the wind guard off; there wasn't really any wind anyway. I don't know if it makes much difference.
Plusses: Things like the lighting failure are the sort of thing you remember, and I got the moment of failure recorded. The jungle drumbeats and faint images of band members dancing around in the dark are great.
There's a concert Monday that has several bands I don't care about, so maybe I can get some experimentation done there.
