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Originally Posted by yumdrum  LX3,
Many thanks for your reply. Yes AD16X is on the list but I think for starters the 800 will suffice as I will start out with smaller bands and venues.
So your saying the laptop is a good way to go as opposed to hard disk? Or hard disk as the back up? Maybe define backup recorder for me.
Thanks again. |
He means that you need more than one recording rig working in parallel, in case of catastrophic failure of (at least) one.
Personally, I'd stay away from computers for live recordings (or I'd never rely on them solely), so I'd be looking at running parallel rigs of multitrack recorders. At the fairly low budget end, Alesis HD24XRs are good machines for this kind of thing - and you get 24 tracks with each machine if you're working at 44.1 / 48. You'd need at least two machines, with each of them taking a separate feed such that if one of the machines stopped working mid-gig you've still got the other one....
A live gig is completely different to a studio recording - you (normally) only get one shot (unless you're recording a tour), so you can't afford for equiment failure or at least you need to plan a contingency for the eventuality that something will break (which it will eventually).
Don't forget the UPS, as most machines may lose their data if the power fails and they're not shut down properly.