After getting back from a gig, I bootleged it "covertly" as to not make anyone angry about it (the engineers at the venue were pretty pissed off after I got them to put my custom made headset mic on the drummer, and asking them whether i could have an aux feed just took the biscuit!)
Anyway I was using a simple MD player and a Labtec PC mic. Unfortunatley the MD recorder had no line level dial/adjustment on it at all. Bad to start with. But whats worse is that I think the Mic itself was distorting.
So, does anyone have any suggestions on how I could get an alright sound with a very cheap recording setup. i was thinking about a sony stereo mic with a minijack out, but they are VERY expensive.
Obviously in the future I'll get some gear together to get a recording off the live mixer of a bus (a seperate mix to the power amps output), but some venues (like this pub) dont seem to take too kindly to these things
Thanks!
Anyway I was using a simple MD player and a Labtec PC mic. Unfortunatley the MD recorder had no line level dial/adjustment on it at all. Bad to start with. But whats worse is that I think the Mic itself was distorting.
So, does anyone have any suggestions on how I could get an alright sound with a very cheap recording setup. i was thinking about a sony stereo mic with a minijack out, but they are VERY expensive.
Obviously in the future I'll get some gear together to get a recording off the live mixer of a bus (a seperate mix to the power amps output), but some venues (like this pub) dont seem to take too kindly to these things
Thanks!