RE: (TV) Chicago

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>]

Having used MD to record some of my own live stuff, I've found it's 
_really_ easy to overload the mic pres.  Your alternatives:

1) set manual record levels really low (if you can)
2) buy a battery module for your mics, to bring them up to line 
level, and use the line input
3) If that doesn't work, you may need attenuating cable or some other -20dB pad
4) buy a battery-powered mic pre

It's unfortunate that the things are so damn touchy, but otherwise 
they're great.

-Maurice

At 7:02 PM -0400 7/23/01, Joe Hartley wrote:
> I had the same problem with Richard's Boston show.  I think the auto-level
> function is skewed to quieter things.  I've used Sony MD recorders for
> the interviews with Richard and the band and for a performance by a small
> band of Nepalese musicians.  Both sound _great_.  Not so the RL performance.
--
Maurice Rickard
http://mauricerickard.com/
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