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you leave and come back and you are automatically on the watch list dude
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A good shower head and my right hand - the two best lovers that I ever had.Comment
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ok, thanks.Originally posted by miketpoto
so what else can i get away with besides a digital camera and a phone?Comment
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bullshit.Originally posted by th33f
i record from 600 to minidisc all the time.Comment
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dunno... i heard it sraight from the guy who worked with JZ before and he said James' mixing always makes the levels go through the roof...Originally posted by Jenks
anyway, just called Crobar and they said NO CAMERAS! of ANY kind!Comment
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I posted before I saw a guy walk up to the mixer and plug his Sony Digital recording thing into one of the outputs in the mixer. He did it right before James Holden came on, but this was at the small room. I'd imagine you couldn't just walk up to the DJ booth and plug your recorder in @ Crobar. After the Beirut fiasco I personally saw Diggers check for recorders before he started spinning, and I saw him unplug some and plug his own in.Comment
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yup, same here.Originally posted by Jenksi reject your reality, and substitute my own.
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i doubt very much james would do an amateur move like max the levels.Originally posted by th33f
anyway, how would that blow your minidisc? if anything the sound recording will just be distorted, but it's not going to "blow away" your minidisc.
that "guy" is a moron.Comment
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Ive record sets a few times with MD and i think its a good way to have a set that its impossible to find ANYWHERE else.
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no, no, no! i didn't mean it like that. i was talking about major clipping occuring, so yes - distortion. my Sony MZR-70 does have some manual rec level controls, but i was told those aren't enough...Originally posted by JenksComment
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That guy is me.that "guy" is a moron.
Do I qualify as having had enough experience in this particular arena?
Minidisc or DAT or PC-based recording without a DI box from any mixer gives unreliable results - and especially noticeable on a DJM600 because of the way it compresses the sound when compared to the Allen & Heath range. The signal can often be too hot, even with your recording levels riiiiiight down. A very low volume, highly distorted recording is not what you want. In fact, you can hear a minimised example of this in my recording of Zabiela from 2003 at Lot 33 - the recording levels were just above silent, and there's still distortion when the bass kicks in some areas of the set.
Adding to the pressure are the effects built-in on the 600, plus the fact that James uses a EFX500 or EFX1000; especially flange. FYI - the 1000 is better with level management than the 500 is.. and I feel the NYE set I recorded bears this out.
By putting the DI box in between the mixer and your recording equipment, you give yourself complete control over the levels. A DJ can push absolutely everything to the max, and your DI box will act as a buffer. This is the same reason high-level DAT field equipment (Tascam DAP1 for example) has a "clip pad" built-in. Not to mention a DI box gives you added control over lifting an earth when required, meaning you don't need to apply filters afterwards and muddy up your sound.
Auto-level control on a Minidisc (or DAT for that matter) will do jack shit all if the rec-out is being driven to the brink in all areas as it often is in a peak-time club environment.
(For the record, a maxing of the incoming signal way beyond your device's capabilities is unlikely to do any damage to it... it's more a matter of 'blowing away' the recording for any useful purpose. Been there, done that plenty of times.)
PS: you can pick up a stereo DI box by Behringer for bugger all. Look for a DI20 and it will cost you about US$20. You'll also need some cabling made up (unless you've got an XLR to minijack lying around) but hey.. if you're serious about it, go for it. I did.Australia's best - .AUdio on www.protonradio.comComment
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Oh, well then, i guess not mr. smarty pants.
no, since it's you, i guess i'll take our word for it.
but the th33f fella there talking about the 600 blowing his minidisc up was not quite on the up and up.
well, i don't have one of those, and neither do any of the clubs i play @, and we record with minidisc all the time, and just watch the levels like most djs do.A DJ can push absolutely everything to the max, and your DI box will act as a buffer.
Nifty little box ya got there tho, that would be handy.Comment
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I wish, mate. I fucking wish!well, i don't have one of those, and neither do any of the clubs i play @, and we record with minidisc all the time, and just watch the levels like most djs do.
DI-20 from Behringer:
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