A suggestion :was: From Hawkwind

[Dave Law]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:23:57 -0500, Colin J Allen
<colin at CALLEN18.FREESERVE.CO.UK> wrote:

>OK, I am baffled by the DVD technicalities but agree on the general
>uselessness of sensibly priced Windows based video editing tools.
>
>On the subject of how I record Hawkwind gigs, the following might be of
>interest (then again, it might not).
>
>Wherever possible, I do 2 recordings:
>
>The first is a stereo feed from the mixing desk either direct to a laptop
>at 16/48 or into two channels of a Fostex D2424LV at 16/48.
>
>The second is a multitrack recording into a Fostex D2424LV at 16/48;
>dependent on circumstances, this may be either a "pure" multitrack with
>every input recorded to an individual track or there may sometimes be a
>slight compromise with the drumkit inputs being grouped and taken as a
>stereo pair.  This is usually OK as Fleece does a lovely drum mix.
>
>One of the problems with the stereo feed approach is that certain
>instruments that are very loud on stage (ie: the amp is turned up to 11)
do
>not figure very strongly in the desk mix; this is often the case with
>Alan's bass or any instrument in Litmus *grin*.  This problem is
>accentuated in smaller venues, such as the Exeter Phoenix, where there is
>virtually no bass on the recording from the stereo feed.  This can be
>overcome by live mixing in another feed from an ambient mic, which also
has
>the benefit of providing some crowd noise and general atmosphere.
>
>On top of that, there is also a third recording which I sometimes do which
>is digital video footage, initially with a stereo input from the desk but
>with the possibility of replacing this with the mixed multitrack
recording.
>
>Colin

actually i found that pretty interesting, i'm sure that i wasn't alone in
thinking that live recordings still required some sort of mobile studio,
some which would arrive on the back of a lorry and often seen parked
behind venues such as Hammersmith odeon in the 80's, so thanks for the
insight!

on a totally unrelated thread, Collin mentioned on one of the lists the
other week that he had tried to get more hawkwind played on the Bruce
Dickinson freak show on Radio 6, a great station that is unfortunately
only availible via the net, satelite and cable or DAB digital radio. is he
or anybody else aware that last week started the show with Motorway City,
the Levitation version, in it's entirety!

the show can still be accessed from -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/index.shtml?logo
one word of warning though, open the radio player first and click on Freak
zone from there, the link from the main web pages appear to be broken.
regards
dave