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Roland · 12th November 2009

Thanks all for your kind words. Yes, I thought it sounded good, however it's always difficult to be objective about your own work.

The recording was made in a marquee about 50' x 150' set-up to house bands for a local food festival. The band is a local outfit, all pro players.

I was hired to provide a sound system and mix FOH (monitors were mixed from FOH as well). The recording is the FOH board mix (What was sent to the main PA) though I did take it before the FOH eq.

Microphone wise, was as follows

Kick Beta 52
Snare Beta 57
HH SM81
Flr Tom Sennheiser 504
Rack Tom Sennheiser 504
Overheads SM81's
Bass and Keys DI (Behringer)
Sax Shure 58
Trumpet Shure Beta 57
backing Vocal Shure 58's
Lead Vocal Sennheiser E865

Desk was my Venue Profile all effects were internal. Prior to posting this I changed sample rates from 48 to 44.1 and converted to mp3. There was no sound check as such because a couple of the players turned up with about 10-15 min's to go to show time so I spent 5 mins doing line checks. Sample one is the first tune of the set, taken from about 4 min's into the concert, so I think the balance came together quite quickly.

I wish in some ways I could have got a bit of mic on the bass, but he was sitting right next to the kit, so I doubt it would have been usable. Because I was monitoring on the PA (two HK Actor DX systems), I've put a little more bottom end on the bass than I would had I been monitoring on a good system or post mixing it, (you can hear the lowest couple of notes just bottom out a little) probably because the system doesn't really go all the way down there.

Roland

12th November 2009	#6
Roland Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2002 Location: St Leonards on Sea, England Posts: 2,133 Thread Starter 2 Reviews written	Thanks all for your kind words. Yes, I thought it sounded good, however it's always difficult to be objective about your own work. The recording was made in a marquee about 50' x 150' set-up to house bands for a local food festival. The band is a local outfit, all pro players. I was hired to provide a sound system and mix FOH (monitors were mixed from FOH as well). The recording is the FOH board mix (What was sent to the main PA) though I did take it before the FOH eq. Microphone wise, was as follows Kick Beta 52 Snare Beta 57 HH SM81 Flr Tom Sennheiser 504 Rack Tom Sennheiser 504 Overheads SM81's Bass and Keys DI (Behringer) Sax Shure 58 Trumpet Shure Beta 57 backing Vocal Shure 58's Lead Vocal Sennheiser E865 Desk was my Venue Profile all effects were internal. Prior to posting this I changed sample rates from 48 to 44.1 and converted to mp3. There was no sound check as such because a couple of the players turned up with about 10-15 min's to go to show time so I spent 5 mins doing line checks. Sample one is the first tune of the set, taken from about 4 min's into the concert, so I think the balance came together quite quickly. I wish in some ways I could have got a bit of mic on the bass, but he was sitting right next to the kit, so I doubt it would have been usable. Because I was monitoring on the PA (two HK Actor DX systems), I've put a little more bottom end on the bass than I would had I been monitoring on a good system or post mixing it, (you can hear the lowest couple of notes just bottom out a little) probably because the system doesn't really go all the way down there. Roland