blackties_04 said:
In the rare times that I do run sound for shows or in the studio I use
headphones. The only problem is the mix sits good in the
headphones but as soon as I take them off to hear the room sound it sounds like poo. Is there an easy way to fix this without loosing my headphone mix for recording live tracks?
One of the good things about my poor old
Mackie 8-bus is something they
call "MIX-B" - a seperate stereo mix, independent of the
channel and
submaster faders. It lets me do a stereo "recording mix" independent of the live mix I do for the audience. It's almost like having a separate
mixer, just for recording.
Each
channel strip also has a direct out. For really important live recordings, I'll bring along my three ADAT recorders (24 tracks of tape, total). It gives me a
track of tape for each mic. or DI I have on
stage, so I can concentrate on mixing the live sound, then mix the recording later, in the studio.
If I'm not recording the
Mackie stays at home. My
Peavey is more rugged, designed for touring. Despite the fact that its older, goes to a lot more shows and gets banged around a lot more, I expect it to outlive the
Mackie.
Anyhow, unless you're specifically hired to record a show, your first priority has to be the live sound. If the recording "sounds like poo," so be it. Better that than a pristine recording while, to the live audience, the show or concert sounds like poo.
John