Russ Vickers Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Do people still make 'live' recordings at Nighters....I love listening to the vintage ones & theyre a little piece of history with regards to the things played & by whom....do people still do em & what technology do they use ?. Best Russ
Roburt Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) Lots of times (these days) the performance of live singers can easily be recorded straight off the 'sound desk'. That is done lots of times & I have quite a few such recordings that date back over the last 30 years. No one actually sets up a real mobile recording studio to capture a live show as the likes of the Stones (& other rock artists) used to do in the 70's / 80's (way too expensive). Edited October 11, 2013 by Roburt
Russ Vickers Posted October 11, 2013 Author Posted October 11, 2013 Thanks for the reply Roburt, but I was thinking more along the lines of the guys with cassette players on the stage at Nighters recording 'live'... Best Russ
Quinvy Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 I have a few, but the quality isn't very good. I think Cliff Camfield made a tape of every Burnley allnighter, and he gets better quality sound than I ever did. I think it's all about where you place the recorder. Keep it well away from the bass bins.
TOAD Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 An ikey is a great piece of kit to record live. It can also be plugged into a deck, just need a memory stick 1
Roburt Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Thanks for the reply Roburt, but I was thinking more along the lines of the guys with cassette players on the stage at Nighters recording 'live'... Best Russ Why would you need to make a p*ss-poor quality recording yourself when just about every track you hear at a nighter is available on youtube in decent quality. Just write down the artist / title (providing it ain't a stupid cover-up) & check the web when you get home.
TOAD Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Youtube hasn't got everything plenty of casino tunes are not there
Russ Vickers Posted October 11, 2013 Author Posted October 11, 2013 Why would you need to make a p*ss-poor quality recording yourself when just about every track you hear at a nighter is available on youtube in decent quality. Just write down the artist / title (providing it ain't a stupid cover-up) & check the web when you get home. Its actually not just about the tracks, its about capturing the atmosphere aswell, yes I appreciate the quality is not great Roburt, but its about having a memory of the Night in question. Russ
Russ Vickers Posted October 11, 2013 Author Posted October 11, 2013 An ikey is a great piece of kit to record live. It can also be plugged into a deck, just need a memory stick What is an ikey please... Russ
Russ Vickers Posted October 11, 2013 Author Posted October 11, 2013 I would also add Roburt that most of the nights I attend you'd be hard pushed to find the majority of stuff on the net anyway....thats the point to those of us that still go out to nights to be enthused by relatively obscure soul 45's... Russ
TOAD Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 Its like a hand held recorder you just use a memory stick that can last hours and plug it into a pc that's how you can put it onto a cd or in to i tunes for an i pod. No messing around with tapes. 1
Russ Vickers Posted October 11, 2013 Author Posted October 11, 2013 I love cr*p recordings of Nighters Len I do Len, theyre brilliant, its also an historical record, as we've all heard with the amount of live recordings available on the net, & the reseach that can be done from them. One of the reasons I asked the question is that we still need these records to look back on more than ever & I dont seem to see many people doin em these days, maybe thats because the technology is quite small & not as obvious or maybe its not seen as being the cool thing to do these days ?. Best Russ 1
Len Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 I do Len, theyre brilliant, its also an historical record, as we've all heard with the amount of live recordings available on the net, & the reseach that can be done from them. One of the reasons I asked the question is that we still need these records to look back on more than ever & I dont seem to see many people doin em these days, maybe thats because the technology is quite small & not as obvious or maybe its not seen as being the cool thing to do these days ?. Best Russ You're probably right there mate. Every time I was D.Jing through the 90'd I noticed there was always this guy on the stage (wearing a head band) that had one of those huge tape recorders - He taped everywhere he went. As I said, I love those 'ruff 'n' ready' recordings, they even taped people's conversations in the back ground - Great stuff. Len 1
Len Posted October 11, 2013 Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) Its like a hand held recorder you just use a memory stick that can last hours and plug it into a pc that's how you can put it onto a cd or in to i tunes for an i pod. No messing around with tapes. I love tapes! The only reason we bought our last car, was because it had a tape player Len Edited October 11, 2013 by LEN 1
Geeselad Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 Youtube hasn't got everything plenty of casino tunes are not there I would also add Roburt that most of the nights I attend you'd be hard pushed to find the majority of stuff on the net anyway....thats the point to those of us that still go out to nights to be enthused by relatively obscure soul 45's... Russ its a digital recorder Russ, you can plug them into a mixer, and it records the whole night, you plug the device into your pc and you have a massive wav of the night. if you wanted the background noise they do one for recording pub gigs and rough demo's for musicians https://www.henrys-electronics.co.uk/shop/CD___Media_Players.html?gclid=CO6EnMuAkLoCFZQZtAodyBsAIg 2
Shaun W Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 I love cr*p recordings of Nighters Len I've always preferred good recordings of cr*p nighters. 1
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