A little Tokyo Pinsalocks video from a show in Shimokitazawa (where they played with the Crispy Nuts).
The on camera TX1 audio leaves a little to be desired in high decibel situations. I think a possible solution is to have some sort of pocket-sized portable audio recorder with a built in attenuator (like this Edirol R09 – I think this is what Matt Searles from Asymmetricbizcult told me he uses). I never cease to enjoy deluding myself by thinking that yet another bit of technology is the solution to all my problems.
On further reflection it was actually Len Edgerly who recommended the Edirol.
Yeah, I’m actually using the Zoom H4 (for a little less money), which I’m happy with.. But now I’m thinking I’d like to move to a Zoom H2, cause I’d like to start doing the whole surround sound thing.
I’ve recorded load music with good results. Turn the audio recorder level to manual and adjust the level to the first bar or less. Also turn the wind filter on. The music will not clip. The playback level will be very low. I run the video through Logic Audio Pro and use the normalize function to increase the wave size to the level I want. I know its extra work, but the results or worth it.
Thanks Dan, will give this a shot.
Here is a sample video a friend of mine shot with the TX-1 using the manual audio setting I described in my last comments. When he got to the edge of the stage right in front of the bass amp, the sound distorted a bit….the band was playing quite loud. When he was about 2o ft from the stage the sound was recorded cleanly at the described audio setting. The audio could probably would have had better quality if it was set a click lower, but then its just experimenting and making notes about what works best in different live music environments Check out this link
http://www.box.net/shared/xyso7apog8
Thanks for this link Dan – this sounds pretty good, a good deal better that what I was getting. I tried what you said last week at a show I was at in St. Louis but haven’t had a chance to post the video yet. I cut it down to one or two notches above zero and then normalized in Audition – it’s not perfect (some distortion on the bass beats) but it’s much better than what I was getting before.
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