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Mmm... Tea...

Steady on, there, old chap..! I attended a fair number of concerts 'back then', and my (admittedly failing...) memory and rose-tinted glasses tell a quite different story. There were some ropy events, but, on the whole, I'd say that the quality was there. Special mention for Jefferson Airplane/The Door at Chalk Farm's Roundhouse and the Godshill, Isle of Wight Festival, and a Traffic concert at Bracknell; there were dozens more, but those, at least, stand out. It's true that some venues were rather, shall we say, 'over loud' (The Ox, at Brunel University, and The Marquee, for instance...), but I didn't stay around too long in those cases.

Classical orchestras (and soloists...) are still playing, 'live', the music of yesteryear by the likes of Mozart, Bach, Dvorak etc. Could we not consider this as being in the 'tribute' corner, and have 'tribute' bands playing stuff from Kiss, Abba or whoever..? T'would be a 'live' performance, at least, with the option of having 'real' interaction with the audience. Just a thought.

One like this, then..?

Yes, it would cause problems, as this unit has only one, fixed, frequency channel, so another would interfere. There are plenty of other systems available now that don't have this inconvenience, so you might be best advised to choose another. I can recommend SmoothHound; there are many others, at no higher cost than his AKG. Have a look at the Thomann range of products to see what's out there. Hope this helps.

I have a Fostex MR8HD for this, which records up to 4 simultaneous inputs onto up to 8 tracks. Very old-fashioned, and clunky to operate, but one gets used to anything, and it certainly works well enough. A bit of a 'faff' to transfer tracks to PC for further DAW treatment etc, but, again, it works. Recording quality is good, with native WAV files. Long out of production; can be had for less than £100. The User manual is easy to download from the Fostex site, and is indispensable to understand how to operate the beast. Hope this helps.

As it's all we have from this past year, here's a medley of 'punter's' videos, taking at our rare outing, September. A bit long for the Challenge rules of 5 minutes; if that's an issue I could just post just one, but you'd be missing out on the others ... ... starring Steph, our singist, Our Youngest on bass, Our Eldest on guitar 1 (stage left...), the local lad Flo (previously our guitar 2, a couple of decades ago...), for some songs, stage right, and I play drums, of course. Note the broken string upsetting the very last number, stage left. Very cramped quarters which did nothing to hamper the ambiance, as can be seen, I think. Better as a video track than audio alone. Happy daze; enjoy. Douglas

I agree with the above. Set your bass/amp volume levels using passive mode, then adjust the trim pot in active mode until the level is the same. Tiny adjustments would be best; about 1/10 of a turn at the time, as it may be quite sensitive. The ideal is to have the same perceived volume from the instrument whether in active or passive. Hope this helps.

Yes indeed, symbiosis. Working in harmony together to mutual benefit.

I can't agree with much of the statement above ¨¨ (depending on the definition of 'better'...). To me, the studio crew should be responding to the way the musicians want you to work. Unless, of course, it's the studio doing the hiring of session folk, in which case I agree. Ideally, it's a symbiosis of like minds working towards a common goal, but if it's the group hiring the studio, it's the group that calls the shots, within the bounds of studio etiquette, naturally. Just my tuppence-worth.

And the winner is... @AndyTravis..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2023_11.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...

That's Gene 'Bubba' Chrisman, one of the 'Memphis Boys', a session team that created many, many 'hits' for many, many huge artists. Good Stuff.

Really 'old school' drum production, played by Bobby Graham, and sounding as if recorded in a huge cavern..! Monstrous..!

There was music (some of it 'great'...) before streaming, or charts, or even sales statistics. There is music (some of it 'great'...) in every language and culture the World over. Music is not restricted to being played on the radio. Music, by its very nature ephemeral, gone as soon as it's produced. If it's 'great' enough, it will be repeated, or at least remembered, for far longer than its original existence, and perhaps, nowadays, recorded for another day. Much of modern music, just like past music, had no further pretension that to be entertaining at the time produced, and thus disposable like a paper tissue. They may have their value, but would not be considered 'great'. More rare are pieces that are worth preserving, to maybe become 'great' in the fullness of time.

Is 'Most People' not vast enough..?

'Great', to me means that it stands the test of time. Whatever it is that makes it so is very variable, with many factors mentioned above, but beyond the individual (I like it' or 'I hate it'...), it's still being played, performed, talked about and appreciated years, decades or centuries after the original creation. So many examples form the classical world, naturally, but all genres have their 'greats'. Traditional folk, ethnic music, brass bands, electro-pop; even jazz..! Edit : Crossed posts with that from @BigRedX above ^^; I'd be pretty certain that 'Hotel California' will still be considered 'great', a century later. Why..? Because it'll be listened to where other tunes have been forgotten, or become 'niche'. I might be wrong; rendez-vous set for 2123, maybe..?

Yes, infer away. I just pay for stuff that I want, if I can. I do that at the butchers, the bakers, the candlestick makers etc. So..?

I was simply reacting to the words 'And the words "Digital" and "Tape" should never go together. All the disadvantages of tape with few of the benefits of digital.'

At a certain period of History, there was not much alternative..!

To be fair, 'online' stores have staff, premises, business rates, energy bills... too, plus the extra hassle (and cost...) of delivery transport, and handling of the inevitable 'returns'. Maybe not comparable to having a chain of shops nationally, but certainly similar, if not more, to a solo retail outlet, plus the cost of the web site itself. Just sayin'.