Recording music at gigs

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Does anyone have any experience doing this and if so what is the best equipment for good sound quality, and in terms of battery performance? I have tried it before with my iRiver but it sounded awful on playback. If anyone has any product recommendations, please also mention what formats the device outputs to (ie. mp3, wav).

Do you mean recording at your own gigs, or at regular concerts? If you mean the latter, you should be more worried about your inevitable court case and practicing on how to hold the soap in the shower without dropping it.

I wasn't aware that was illegal. I download bootlegs all the time.

This is partly dependant on the equipment you have and what you are willing to spend on decent gear, or at least microphones. Recording the source material with no EQ and at least at high bitrate or RIAA spec, (or better).WAV files is probably the best.

Another part of it has do do with mic placement in the room your working in. A good rule of thumb for this is to have the mics placed near the rear wall of the venue above the crowd. placing the mics at the rear of the venue will cut down on acoustical problems like standing waves which will definately kill the quality of the audio your trying to record. --Another thing that you should try is equalising your recorded material in audio production software after it's recorded.