Going to a concert on sunday, would like to record the show, but with what

[alm99]

ANyone ver go to a concert and record the show, how does it come out? What should I use? And yes its okay, audio recordings encouraged, just no video recordings

 

[hopeless879]

I've never done it, but I would also like to know the best way to do it.

BUMP

 

[NutBucket]

Minidisc is definitely the way to go. As far a mic's, you'll have to find that out from someone else.

 

[bunker]

I'm not sure, but I do know you should probably look into a directional mic, and not a general purpose one.

 

[rickn]

I have a sony MZ-1, which I have used to record in the past. they were the first MD player, and the only one to have an optical digital OUTPUT so you can output digitally to another source. You can find em on ebay from time to time. 1992 technology, but it can still make some top-of-the-line cd recordings. lotta pro's still use them

 

[edmicman]

i used a minidisc recorder that i snuck into a pumpkins concert to tape the show (heh, good times...me an my friend walking in with baggies of batteries, a mic, the recorder, and blank discs shoved down our pants )

i don't remember the specific mic, but it was some $80 digital mic we came across. that was a couple years ago, but the quality was really quite good.

for taping in general, minidisc seems to work the best unless you shell out big bucks for portable DAT recorders. we were lucky with our mic in that it was a night show outside and we were able to just basically hold the mic up in the air to catch the sound. i've heard of people using little sort of directional mics that clip to brims of hats or lay over their ears too. i think theres some faqs out there about concert taping/trading you might look into

 

[Entity]

Minidisc works great. I've got a minidisc and microphone that I could sell you, if you want...Sony MZ-R37 with a digital mic.

Rob

 

[Soulbane]

My brother does this with a DDS tape recorder with directional mics clipped to his jacket

 

[SpyKey]

You can get an MD recorder for ~$150, then you could use one of these, then you will need a PC with a soundcard which has a digital IN. Voila! You can compress the recording to mp3 or burn a CD!

 

[Flashram]

What concert you going to?

 

[ApacheXMD]

You can get an MD recorder for ~$150, then you could use one of these, then you will need a PC with a soundcard which has a digital IN. Voila! You can compress the recording to mp3 or burn a CD!

too bad almost NONE of the portable MD recorders has digital output (except the aforementioned MZ-1). So to get it onto CD, you're gonna have to record to your computer analog style and then burn.. unless, of course, you have an MD deck which has digital output.

-patchy