DJ Shadow & Pendulum confirmed for Savoy Theatre

[waveform]

Ya, that's a good video. Audio straight from the desk. Here it is in the room:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWmSahksBIY

You can hear the clarity going when the bass line kicks in, just like I described earlier.

You can also hear how shit your camera's mic is too when its exposed to high decibel levels.

Can you get any special mics that would be good for recording in live venues,

i.e being able to take more dBs without distortion?

 

[madtheory]

Nerd talk- the problem there is the AGC on the recorder, not the mic itself.

For sound pressure like that, one of these would do:
http://www.bksv.com/Products/TransducersConditioning/AcousticTransducers/Microphones/4958.aspx
Good for 140dB (a little white lie there, just to illustrate the point).

 

[waveform]

Nerd talk- the problem there is the AGC on the recorder, not the mic itself.

Ive never heard a recording in the crowd at a venue, on youtube, that wasnt distorted when a bassline or a kick drum was playing.

Even with the gain down full, i bet there would still be distortion.

Mind you, if the AGC was activated would it not have turned down the gain anyway?

 

[Muscle Bum]

Who's the guy that takes pictures in the Savoy all the time?

Where can I find his stuff.

 

[MissRedSocks]

well moosic heads, how was it ???

 

[MissRedSocks]

just checked the clips out, looked really good !

 

[waveform]

last night at the savoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbaWmD7VZqQ

Video removed.

 

[madtheory]

Ive never heard a recording in the crowd at a venue, on youtube, that wasnt distorted when a bassline or a kick drum was playing.

Even with the gain down full, i bet there would still be distortion.

Mind you, if the AGC was activated would it not have turned down the gain anyway?

Last time I recorded a gig in the Savoy, I used a self powered condenser straight into the line input to avoid clipping. It was a multitrack recording, I mixed it in with the on stage mics to add ambience. It needed a big bass roll off, obviously. The mic used in that clip is also used for measuring sound pressure level, so it's not crap, it's just very loud in the room.

 

[madtheory]

Here's what a good PA sounds like recorded on a phone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWw-hUdGFUk

 

[Murphisto]

Shadow teamed up with Gilles Peterson last night for Gilles' show on Radio 1.

Listen here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v11j9#synopsis