DAT-heads Digest #875, Volume #6 Fri, 26 Sep 03 22:50:01 EDT Contents: hyper-cardiod mic questions ("Erik Heath") *ISO Tapers from Hawaii and Japan* (Tom Roach) Re: [laptop-tapers] Re: [24bit] PDAudio: 24-Bit Recording On PDAs ("Gordon Gidluck") Grateful Dead DATs up for grabs ("Robert Gilpin") Digital Equipment for sale ("Robert Gilpin") 5.1 surround field recording (david cohen) patty griffin (david) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Erik Heath" Subject: hyper-cardiod mic questions Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 03:37:30 +0000 I'm posting this for a buddy of mine, he tried to post to the list himself...but couldn't get it to work. thanks in advance! his email: thetapeape@yahoo.com _______________________________________________ I just picked up a pair of Neumann km-185 mics I have done most of my taping w/ stealth omni mics - both Sonic Studios and DPA4060's... which i at times have placed on a stand - i have used these mics from f.o.b. - as well as close to a stack i have recently used a pair of full size cardiod mics (adk-a51S) - where i taped from almost 40 ft back center... my questions are: a. what is optimal placement of the mics on the stand (x/y... ortf...) b. what is optimal positioning in the venue? centerd? if off to a side - how should i point the mics? c. i was told when using the cardiod mics - to point them just wide of the stacks... how should i point the hypers? assuming i was centered - at the stacks? just wide? wider than if i was using cardiods? d. can i use the hypercardiods close to a stack? if so - how would i point them? i like taping close to a stack to minimize crowd noise - and for the 'in your face' recordings... PLEASE HELP!!! i have an important tour coming up - and i want to have as much info as possible... thank you kindly _________________________________________________________________ Instant message with integrated webcam using MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com ------------------------------ From: Tom Roach Subject: *ISO Tapers from Hawaii and Japan* Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:55:55 -0400 I am looking for tapers from Hawaii (in or near Honolulu) and then Japan, to tape a band I love. They're playing the Honolulu show tomorrow evening (Friday) and it's stealth taping, but the band doesn't really care if you stealth them. The 4 Japan dates are this coming week. The band will play about 1 hour or so and I am offering free everything to whoever can tape for me. By that I mean ticket, travel, food, batteries, and I'll tape a show for you in the tri-state (NJ, PA, and NYC) with my setup: DPA 4021 > AETA PSP3 > Sony M1 Please contact me at TheSmashingPumpkins-33@juno.com or on AIM: PromTheme ASAP to let me know if you know of anyone who can help or do this. I found one person who goes to school in Hawaii but left all of his taping gear back home in Ohio, so that's a bitch... ; ) The band's tour info can be found at http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/tour Thanks for reading, Tom Roach, NJ ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------ From: "Gordon Gidluck" Subject: Re: [laptop-tapers] Re: [24bit] PDAudio: 24-Bit Recording On PDAs Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:04:18 -0500 Nick Georges wrote: > If only the Sony PCM-M1 had a hard drive in it....... Right now, with the PDA you can do 24-bit at 48kHz with reasonable capacity. This at least offers more dynamic range and detail at lower levels. Quite a big deal, really. A small footprint recorder with low power usage and extended dynamic range. And with CF-memory, no moving parts. With DAT, there is maintenance required on the machine every so many hours, risk of heads wandering out of alignment, worn tape guides, head cleaning, error rates to monitor. You have none of these issues with PDAudio. I have done extensive testing of PDAudio, and I feel confident in saying that if the media you buy can support the throughput required at the user selected data rate, you should get bit-accurate recording at even 24-bit 96kHz. Sustaining recording at that rate for Live2496 requires quite fast writing to media. You will need a media capable of writing 2.4mb/sec or thereabout. For those who are looking for a 24/96 recorder, the only thing that really stands in the way is both affordable and fast media. That should change very soon. Gordon Gidluck http://www.gidluckmastering.com/live2496.html ------------------------------ From: "Robert Gilpin" Subject: Grateful Dead DATs up for grabs Reply-To: eugene1978@lycos.com Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:30:01 -0400 Hi I've got two large batches of Grateful Dead/JGB DATs available (nothing past 1983). I won't post the list of shows here, but will email to any interested parties. Lots of rare JGB stuff in there and generally great stuff. Each batch is 105 tapes, and I am asking $300 each plus shipping. This is less than the tapes cost me. The batches will not be broken up, so please don't ask. Obviously, if someone wants all of the tapes (210), that would be ideal. Drop me a line if you're interested. Robert (eugene1978@lycos.com) ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 ------------------------------ From: "Robert Gilpin" Subject: Digital Equipment for sale Reply-To: eugene1978@lycos.com Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:45:10 -0400 I have the following equipment for sale. Drop me a line if you're interested. Robert (eugene1978@lycos.com) Sony TCD-D100 DAT Recorder. This unit is in good condition (some scratches) and is working, but it needs to have the closing latch fixed, this is a repair that shouldn't run more than $100 from Sony (or whoever) It is priced accordingly. All accesories, non original box. $250 plus shipping HHB CDR 850 CD Recorder. This unit is literally as new, used less than 100 hours, perfect working condition, original box, manuals, remote cables. $350 plus shipping Core Sound 7-pin-coax-I/O ("Y" cable). Perfect working condition. $50 including shipping Straightwire digtal XLR cable (1 meter). This is a true 110 ohm digital cable for AES/BEU digital formats. $150 brand new. hardly used, $35 including shipping. ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 ------------------------------ From: david cohen Subject: 5.1 surround field recording Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 19:03:18 -0500 Now that the pro audio industry is actively marketing "5.1 Surround Sound Mic Trees", I was wondering if anyone is playing around with this idea. Although both Sanken and Soundfield have made multi channel mics in the past, I've yet to see a multi-channel recording from any of these sources (2 track stereo output of the mics I have seen). TIA Dave Sunshine Dave Dream, Producer & Host Dead Serious Wednesdays 11pm - 2am WORT 89.9 FM People's Republic of Madison, Wisconsin Avoid all needle drugs. the only dope worth shooting is Nixon. Abbie Hoffman ------------------------------ From: david Subject: patty griffin Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:54:23 -0400 anyone capture some of the recent patty griffin sets? nyc, austin, boulder bluegrass? much to trade dwb ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** To unsubscribe from this digest, please send email to dat-heads-unsubscribe@datheads.phish.net If your email address has changed, you may (optionally) send the message to dat-heads-unsubscribe-oldaddress=olddomain@datheads.phish.net and the old address will be removed. 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