Live recording question...

grobichaud · 27th May 2009

I have been doing live recording for a church for a while now and have always been using one set up, one way so I was wondering something about live recording. If you were to go to a church with the intention of recording the service is it easier to;

A. Bring an interface and a laptop and hook it up to the system they have there probably only being able to do 2-4 channels? OR...

B. Bring an interface, laptop and mixer and put your own mics on the stage?

C. Do both. Put mics on the stage and take output from the main mixer.

If someone can give me input based on what they do that would be great.

John Willett · 27th May 2009

What sort of church in which country?

There is a vast difference in recording a Black Pentecostal service in the USA (for example), a Latin Mass in Italy or a Quaker meeting in the UK.

A bit more info please.

grobichaud · 27th May 2009

I'm in Canada and I could be doing many different churches, different congregation sizes, different room sizes, different board sizes so I guess I'm just wondering if I was to adapt to any style of church what would be the easiest way to do things?

maxpidge · 27th May 2009

my own laptop, interface, and a SPLIT SNAKE... easiest way to do it!

matthewd · 27th May 2009

If the church has mixer with direct outs, you're onto a winner. I'd track that adding some room mics, probably omnis, for the congregational aspect and to give the sense of the space and mic up any other uncovered acoustic instruments such as pipe organ or acoustic piano. If you are talking about going into a lot of unpredictable scenarios with not much time for research, just forget the in house system and mic it up (including the lecterns and radio mics on clergy. I'd certainly be tracking everything separately as that cough or sneeze straight into the radio lapel mic is hard to get rid of from a stereo mix. Supposing the desk doesn't have direct outs or inserts you can use, then you are into splitters. The most important thing when it comes to a church PA is to make sure you leave it how you found it or you could have some very irate phone calls.

Amen

Matt

27th May 2009	#1
grobichaud Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 187 Thread Starter	Live recording question... I have been doing live recording for a church for a while now and have always been using one set up, one way so I was wondering something about live recording. If you were to go to a church with the intention of recording the service is it easier to; A. Bring an interface and a laptop and hook it up to the system they have there probably only being able to do 2-4 channels? OR... B. Bring an interface, laptop and mixer and put your own mics on the stage? C. Do both. Put mics on the stage and take output from the main mixer. If someone can give me input based on what they do that would be great.

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John Willett Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Oxfordshire, UK Posts: 5,291	What sort of church in which country? There is a vast difference in recording a Black Pentecostal service in the USA (for example), a Latin Mass in Italy or a Quaker meeting in the UK. A bit more info please. __________________ John Willett Sound-Link ProAudio Ltd. Circle Sound Services President - Fédération Internationale des Chasseurs de Sons (and lots more - please look at my Profile)

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maxpidge Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Detroit, Mi Posts: 2,216	my own laptop, interface, and a SPLIT SNAKE... easiest way to do it!

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matthewd Gear maniac Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 162	If the church has mixer with direct outs, you're onto a winner. I'd track that adding some room mics, probably omnis, for the congregational aspect and to give the sense of the space and mic up any other uncovered acoustic instruments such as pipe organ or acoustic piano. If you are talking about going into a lot of unpredictable scenarios with not much time for research, just forget the in house system and mic it up (including the lecterns and radio mics on clergy. I'd certainly be tracking everything separately as that cough or sneeze straight into the radio lapel mic is hard to get rid of from a stereo mix. Supposing the desk doesn't have direct outs or inserts you can use, then you are into splitters. The most important thing when it comes to a church PA is to make sure you leave it how you found it or you could have some very irate phone calls. Amen Matt