Best setup for recording a live band

[xdcdx]

Hello,

this weekend I am recording a live band, and I was wondering what's the best setup I can configure with my equipment.

The band is a electro-rock band, so they will play keyboards and distorted guitars through a mix board. It is important to note that we will record them in an open air stage, but without audience. We will be recording two songs they will play after the sound test. The camera will be in the scenery with the band, and they will do close-ups, more general shots, etc. There won't be any editing, just camera-on-shoulder movements. you hear what you see.

I was planning to record a clean track from the mix board, and a second source from an AT825 (stereo mic) I own.

I have the following equipment:
Cams:
- HPX171 (we will use this in the stage, for getting the image)
- DVX100 (we were planning to use this one together with the AT825 to get the second audio track, we don't need the DVX100 image)
Sound equipment:
- AT825
- Roldand Edirol FA-66 connected to MacbookPro (we were planning to connect this one to the mix board).

My existencial doubt regards the second track: will it be better to set up the AT825 in a stand, in front of the band? Or it will be better to shock-shoulder mount to the HPX171? Not sure what's the better option, as I don't have much experience with audio, but I'm leaning on the stand option.

Any tips would be appreciated. You can suggest a radically different sound setup too.

Thank you!

 

[Noiz2]

You don't want the mic on the camera. A stand in front is a better choice.

 

[Noiz2]

A radically different set up would be to get two cardioid mics up about 8 feet above stage level and at the edges of the stage and back far enough to get the speakers. Aimed at crossing center-stage at about the hight of what you want to record. So probably at chest/ moth hight.

 

[xdcdx]

A radically different set up would be to get two cardioid mics up about 8 feet above stage level and at the edges of the stage and back far enough to get the speakers. Aimed at crossing center-stage at about the hight of what you want to record. So probably at chest/ moth hight.

Thanks for the useful tips! :thumbup: But I meant a radically different set up using my own equipment, I guess I don't have many different options, heh.

 

[Noiz2]

I'm not sure how radical you can get with one stereo mic? Hey for very little$ you can get some piezo's, wire them up and contact mic everything! That would be radical but I'm not sure you would get what your looking for;~)