woohoo! got my first (real) live recording gig!

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Tomorrow night, I'll be getting paid to record a live band. Yay! Go me!! I guess I'm getting better and ppl are willing to give me a shot. :D

BUT! I need some advice.

The band consists of drums, three or four horns (trumpet, 2x sax, trombone), upright piano, upright bass, banjo and several vocalists - A big job for a starter but I've always been of the "Go Big or Go Home" camp.

The mics I own are: 2x Rode M3, AT4040, AT2021 (eww), Apex 435, SM57, AKG D112, Apex Harmonica mic and a few other dynamic mics. I'll be running these into a Tascam US1800 and using Reaper.

Here's what I was thinking:

1) Take the vox straight from the P.A.
2) Rent an MD441 or something similar for the bass
3) Use the 4040 on the Banjo
4) Use the Apex inside the piano and the 2021 on the backside for the soundboard (or vice versa)
5) Put up the pair of M3s as a coincident pair in front of the band to capture all the horns and drums.
6) Use the D112 on the kick so that it comes thru clearly in the mix.

What problems do you guys and gals foresee me running into with this setup? Can you make recommendations for mic rentals, if you think the mics I own won't work well? Any advice would be much appreciated. If this goes well, they'll have me back again to record them next month, so I'm really hoping to make a good, professional first impression.

Thanks in advance! :listeningmusic:
 
I've always been a firm believer in micing everything as close as possible. As for vocal mics, I have a mic splitter that I use for that (actually for the horns also) so that the live portion and I (the recording portion) get the same feed. I use an ART S83way as my splitter. As for the bass, I usually use a direct box so the bass goes directly into the system as a channel with no mic. Feel free to take a listen to some of the "stuff" that I have recorded over the years, mostly in the past 2 years, one song from 1976 or so that was a big hit the year before I recoded him. Get the songs here: http://www.richardkingmedia.com/?page_id=47 Most of those recordings took around 15 channels or so. I hope all goes well for you and wish you lots of good luck.
 
Richard King said:
As for vocal mics, I have a mic splitter that I use for that (actually for the horns also) so that the live portion and I (the recording portion) get the same feed. I use an ART S83way as my splitter. As for the bass, I usually use a direct box so the bass goes directly into the system as a channel with no mic.
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As I mentioned in my post, I'll be taking the vocals from the P.A., so they'll already be split and the bass is an upright and thus has no DI capabilities. It must be mic'ed.

I've heard many live recordings done with many different methods. I was hoping to get some advice regarding the tools that I've got on hand, not so much looking for unrelated website links. Thanks, though.
 
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