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funny man dangle at the end of d1t04.

Nice to see the SB matrix making a comeback!

Thanks, Mr. P!

Couple questions for ya:  why mikes facing audience?  And do you have to do anything special to sync up AUD to SBD?

Everything dave said plus in my words:


Many soundboards recording don\'t represent what people actually hear at a venue.  Many soundboard mixes can be from dry to added extreme artificial reverb or some instruments by not even be mic and can lack an appropriate mix for a recording.   Facing stereo mics from the stage toward the audience helps isolate and capture the acoustics reverberations of that venue, audience and stage sounds.   With a 4 channel recorder (stereo soundboard + stereo audience)  the 2 sources can be mixed after the show to achieve the best balance/mix of the intelligibility of the soundboard to the natural acoustic of the venue and stage sounds. This achieves a simple and best sounding recording with 4 channels.

A 4 channel recorder synchs all channels to the same clock and will not drift apart.  Two separate stereo recorders will have different time clocks and will drift apart over time.

The other issue is audience mic placement and time delay.  The further the audience mics are away from the stage mics the more delay you will hear between the 2 sources.  This can be fixed with a 4 channel recording and an audio editor by nudging one of the sources, but here are unnatural side effects with this method, so it is best if the audience mics are near the stage mics preferably front and center.

Thanks for the audio info.  That\'s kinda what I figured, but thought I\'d ask.  I am well aware of how bad soundboard mixes can sound once you take away the acoustics of the venue.

I really appreciate your work in making these shows available--and quickly, too!  It\'s the next best thing to being there.

That 744T looks like a nice piece of hardware!