is it good for recording live music
1176338
I think it would record live music very well. Keep in mind it is directional so the majority of sound comes from the "super cardioid" pattern or field, and it's what's ahead of it and not as much to the extreme sides or behind the field that this mic is designed to pick up. Here is a URL to show images of a super cardioid field. http://www.google.com/search?q=Super+Cardioid&tbm;=isch&tbo;=u&source;=univ&sa;=X&ei;=wocbUvafEuahiQLR1IHQDA&ved;=0CDQQsAQ&biw;=1443&bih;=844 I think it would do well if you recorded the band positioning the camera and mic 20-30 feet away.
1176339
It would be okay but I'd say you should find a music mic for live music... this one is more for open filming.
1176340
I've only done a little of this - recorded a live acapella vocal group at a an event for our agency and it sounded great.
1176341
Yes! Yes! and Yes! It worked well on my Panasonic camcorder, as I had to record two weddings. It picked up the piano and organ music very well, and I was in the balcony. It did a very good job for the reception and the music for the dances performed by the wedding parties from the two weddings. One wedding was at our church, while the other was recorded from the varanda area of a local golf course. It both cases the Rode VideoMic performed well for indoor and outdoor music.Ben
2089047
Yes, it can be used live. I'm not sure how compatible it is with other live mics
1622270
I use it for production in video and multi-track recording. It's a pretty hefty audio device and it will handle anything you throw at it. It will diminish your latency to basically zero, so you should be happy with it.
52283
I would think the built in mic on a computer would be good enough for that. Are you speaking of a singing channel? Because then this would be perfect for recording
184902
If....you are recoding it from external mic(s) through a mixer in to the Roland. From there you can do editing on your GarageBand or Audition software and work out the noises. Otherwise, simply holding it up and trying to capture the concert, you're bound to pick up Shawna trying to sing along and Nathan speaking to his buddy Spike and the hoots and hallars all around you with a smidgeon of the stars you paid top dollar to hear. Short answer: better than a conventional recorder but it won't record the pure quality you'd like to get from the performers due to the surrounding noise pickup.
1182817
I have miced this amp in a studio setting for recording before but I would be extremely hesitant do use this amp in a live setting. It's a practice amp mainly meant for home use.
1086219
I work as a court reporter, use this for voice recording, which it does great at. I also play drums and have tried it with a full band rehearsal. Not so good with the drums; but I think if you were just using it for recording guitar, it would do very well. Hope this helps.
1998423
It worked fine for me. However, don't expect this device to produce studio quality recordings.
279702
It's fine for me, good enough to record little demos on. But if you're looking for something that records studio-quality, you'll need to pony up for an LS-10, which records at 24/96 linear PCM.The sensitivity on the DS-30 is only adjustable in 3 settings, though, so if you're thinking about recording rock concerts, it'll probably still clip at the lowest sensitivity.
1236246
It would depend on the recording device. This mixer has a onboard compressor that's works well. So, it could definitely make a great interview recording.
1198853
It depends on what you want to do with it in a home studio. I'd guess that the lack of buses kinda preclude using it in a traditional recording manner - where you have multiple sources that you're feeding to some sort of recording system. What are you looking to do?
110834
There is a built in Microphone. You Can record the entire band with it. I didnt feel too impressed with the quality or the low volume.I imagine you could burn to a CD once you record the music onto the unit. Good Luck! I haven't used mine in over a year. I slipped out of the band scene a bit... Sucks...
955889
It depends on the gig; I've used it live for small clubs (less than 30 people, smallish room) and it works great. It gets surprisingly loud! For a bigger show you would probably be mic'd anyway, at least in my area so it would be fine for that as well. These days, if you show up with a larger amp you probably won't be able to turn it up enough to work the amp at all and it won't sound good anyway.
103947
you could and it would work , but I don´t know about the quality of the recording since that is only for monitoring purposes. If there is line out in your keyboard I would use that
1197117
For recording live music, I have used an external Zoom recorder which then fed the audio input of the GH3. Because the Zoom's levels were already hot, I had to turn down the sensitivity of the GH3 audio ins and also cut the output of the Zoom otherwise a nasty limiter effect from the GH3 would engage. With the GH3, be careful not to record too hot even with the on-board mics which are just OK. I also used a Stereo Video Mic Pro from Rode but did not use the +20 db setting as it would have been too hot. Bottom line, GH3 has plenty of it's own preamp gain so if using external mics, be careful of overloading your levels and turn down the GH3's sensitivity.
620481
Although I like the mic for back-up vocals in live venues, I probably would not use it for recording purposes. I've never used it for mic-ing a piano or other instrument.
1051671
Yes, the Zoom Q2HD is very good for recording live performances. I frequently use it to record my band, it has an auto-gain feature that's very convenient for regulating the input volume to avoid distortion. As most reviews state, the video is not great but not bad, and if you need good audio and can live with so-so video then this is the best option. It has different light and audio settings depending on the environment you're recording in and it's pretty flexible. Spend the extra money for the AC adapter though, because it destroys AA batteries...you'll only get about 30 minutes of recording time out of 2 new batteries. Also the tripod that comes with the AC adapter is only about 6 inches high, good for setting on a table but you'll need to get some kind of other stand if you want it 3 feet off the ground (I use a music stand). My biggest gripe besides the way it kills batteries would be the fact that the buttons are pretty small and when you're on the menu screen it's easy to accidently select the wrong function. The AC adapter/triopod package includes an HDMI and a USB adapter, so you can connect the HDMI adapter to an HD tv's input and play videos straight from the recorder to the TV. To save your files you FIRST have to use the menu to select the 'USB' option, THEN you connect the USB adapter to the Q2HD and to a computer. This is actually another gripe that I have with the design, because even though the Q2 AC adapter uses a USB connection to power it, it doesn't seem to use phantom power from the computer, so you need to have batteries in it prior to using the menu to select the 'USB' option. Bottom line, the main reason to get this would be for the outstanding audio recording. If you don't really care about getting good quality audio there are probably better video cameras available for the price.