I JUST RECENTLY GOT MY MD RECORDER AND WOULD LIKE TO START RECORDING SOME CLUB SHOWS I GO TO. SOME OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY HIGH VOLUME ROCK SHOWS AND MY MIKE/RECORDER IS OVERCOME BY A BIT OF DISTORTION AND WAS WONDERING IF SOMEONE WOULD BE SO HELPFUL AS TO REPLY TO SOME OF MY QUESTIONS I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS GOT SUCH GREAT SOUNDING RECORDINGS........ I USE THE SONY MZR70 RECORDER AND THE SONY ECMMS907 MICROPHONE. 1. FOR HIGH VOLUME SHOWS...HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MIC FROM DISTORTING? DO YOU DECREASE THE RECORDING VOLUME? OR DO YOU HANG OUT AT THE BACK OF THE CLUB? I SAW A LOUD SHOW THIS WEEK AND TRIED TO RECORD IT AND I USED THE AUTO VOLUME ADJUST, I'VE USED IT MANUALLY SINCE W/ BETTER RESULTS, BUT STILL NOT AS GOOD AS SOME OUT THERE. ANY SPECIAL SETTINGS THAT WORK REAL GOOD FOR YOU? ANY DIFFERENT MICS THAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND? IS THE SONY MIC GOOD/BAD? 2. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHERE TO STAND? FRONT/BACK? CLOSE/FAR FROM THE HOUSE PA? THANKS E-MAIL ME OFFLIST IF YOU WOULD LIKE JEFF (St Louis, MO) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]