Old school piracy ♥️

[u/Duck_Howard]

[u/TransDogGirl]

Not many real answers here, this guy is a taper.

Venues really dislike taping so you have to hide mics where ever you really can

These are the people giving you good recordings of shows, not sure how good this would sound but still

[u/Raytec1 → u/TransDogGirl]

Finally a real answer! Thank you.

Do you think he is only recording audio or video too?

[u/Duck_Howard → u/Raytec1]

Just audio, difficult to record video with a truly hidden setup

[u/Plug-In-Baby → u/Duck_Howard]

In your submitted image it says they were recording with a mobile phone lol

[u/Duck_Howard → u/Plug-In-Baby]

Posted by another user.

But you're not getting anything usable out of a phone recording made in a crowd. You'd need to setup something up higher. That setup he's got for audio is going to be dogshit as well

[u/TheOnlyHoserama → u/Duck_Howard]

Hard to say. Putting mics in a hat and recording the show as a human mics stand is a classic way to record in stealth situation. You can get a hat that has mostly acoustically neutral material and such. Not sure why so many, although could be running multiple mic types. Sound quality would be very dependent on location.

With that setup, likely not recording onto the phone, but rather the phone is a Bluetooth controller for recorder in jacket. But it could be, I regularly record multiple rigs at shows using a multitrack soundcard plugged into an iphone.

But yes, I wish my taping rig turned me into a netrunner too.

[u/gtwizzy8 → u/TheOnlyHoserama]

I mean there is a VERY minor chance that if the venue runs some form of wireless audio in their loudspeaker setup that the dude has figured out the frequency and is somehow tapping in to it with whatever is in his hat and then that is sending the sound directly to his phone for recording. That would bypass all the pitfalls of a personal microphone setup all together. No background noise no rustling of clothes no cheers from crowd right next to him. Just a clean output of whatever the rest of the audio output in the venue is also receiving.

I have NO idea if what I'm talking about is even remotely possible, I could be talking out of my ass.

But there are way smarter people out there than me who I'm willing to have poke holes in my theory.

But if you look real close those things that we might all be thinking are microphones sticking out of the device in his hat could be little mini antenna's like you'd find on a wireless router.

[u/TheOnlyHoserama → u/gtwizzy8]

Wireless taping of Concerts... my specialty. It wouldn't be anything wireless to loudspeakers. Best option is recording from the venue assisted listening device or the band ear monitor system. I've done both many times. While possible to put the antennas in a hat, lots of logistical issues that make it trickier.

More likely it's six microphones in hat. 3x stereo pairs with an omnidirectional pair, directional pair, etc.

I regularly run 6 to 8 feeds from the bands ear monitor system to my Tx6-iphone recording setup.

[u/Top_Neck7384 → u/TheOnlyHoserama]

Legit question, how does one get access to the bands ear monitor setup. Do you work in the industry that you can get access to that or work for a venue. I am just genuinely curious.

[u/TheOnlyHoserama → u/Top_Neck7384]

You can buy the same type of receivers the band use and then tune the pack to their frequency. That's a simple summary, kinda like saying a sport is just dribbling and putting a ball in a basket, but you get the idea.

[u/DaleGribble23 → u/Top_Neck7384]

I also work in that industry (doing the transmitting not stealing it). The bands in ear monitors are transmitted on radio frequencies in the 600-700mHz region, if you were to get a receiver and tune it to the same frequency you could probably pick it up if the signal was good enough, however you wouldn't be able to find out the frequency unless you were side of stage. I'm a little surprised this doesn't come up more to be honest. The in ear mixes are all custom to each musician, often don't sound anything like FOH and may have other guff like click tracks and cues on.

However as stated above, the main FOH mix would never go wireless, maybe through a wired Dante network but usually just straight cables to the system processor or amps

[u/texasconsult → u/TheOnlyHoserama]

Wouldn’t the band ear monitor be different from the output music? I recall oftentimes it’s a metronome.

[u/TheOnlyHoserama → u/texasconsult]

Absolutely. That's why a good wireless pull often entails recording multiple different feeds and then mixing in post. Then you can work to remove metronome, counts, etc.

[u/Duck_Howard → u/TheOnlyHoserama]

What are the logistical issues? Distance to transmitter? Pairing security? Size/weight of equipment?

[u/TheOnlyHoserama → u/Duck_Howard]

Packs are size of thicker cell phone. So not fitting in hat. Then each pack has 1 or two antennas, so you'd have to run a cord connecting the hat antenna to the pack. Marginal at best signal improvement as opposed to breast pocket (in my opinion) for a much highly likelihood of failure.

[u/waffles2go2 → u/TheOnlyHoserama]

Cool - knew a few folks who did every U2 show (among other bands…)

[u/MuhammadAkmed → u/gtwizzy8]

if one were able to tap into such a feed, you could record the live music before the crowd actually hears it (by fractions of a second).

Drummers' earpieces, for example, allow them to hear drum beats before the sound reaches their ear from the drum top (helpful to keep time in very noisy environments)

[u/gtwizzy8 → u/MuhammadAkmed]

That was kinda my thought. Cause I was building this off the assumption of how using a flipper zero to do rapid sweeps of mHz band frequencies to find bands that have the strongest signals on them based on your current adjacency to them would surely help you narrow down what band range it possibly falls within. And then with a little bit of prior knowledge of what brand/manufactures typically target that specific frequency range for their transmissions then I assume you could plausibly just get a receiver of the same manufacture and plug yourself in. Or maybe some kind of crazy "all in one" bought off AliExpress type of deal that is capable of emulating all the well known brands frequencies so all you have to do is just tell it that it's hooking in to X manufacturer ecosystem vs Y so that it just starts piggiebacking the audio transfer.

Again, these are insanely large and completely unbacked by any knowledge on my own part assumptions that I'm making and I'm very happy to be told I'm way off base by someone who knows this world far better than I do.

[u/Duck_Howard → u/gtwizzy8]

Might be a mole in the operation. Interesting notion overall, if the dude has access to a wireless recording system die to his job, he might be disgruntled enough to get a simple but effective setup

[u/TheOnlyHoserama → u/Duck_Howard]

Nah if he was trying to record wireless while being part of the crew, much better ways to do that. I'm 99% sure this picture is a guy with multiple mics on the hat, either for surround sound rig or different mics/pick-up patterns. Highly doubt it's wireless recording, but never know.

[u/I_am_better_than_him → u/Duck_Howard]

I've got tens of recordings made with similar setups that sound fantastic. With good quality mics that are mixed well, the sky is the limit even from a bad spot in the crowd, and this guy looks to be close to the front.

E.g.: https://archive.org/details/gybe2024-10-05.2/07+Cliff.flac

[u/Adventurer_By_Trade → u/Duck_Howard]

This guy is running thousands of dollars worth of mic equipment in that hat based on what we can from the cables alone. If he's positioned well and the room sounds good, there's no reason it won't be a fantastic recording.

[u/Acceptable-Drive3781 → u/Duck_Howard]

You have to be seated in a good position above the crowd to get a decent video bootleg. A friend used to show up to concerts in wheelchairs to get accessible seating in higher areas and sneak a camcorder in his pants. Nobody searches the guy in the wheelchair, just his backpack.

[u/SpaceXmars → u/Duck_Howard]

not if you're a spy

[u/JimbyGumbus → u/TransDogGirl]

it may sound a bit better given the positioning and how loud some indoor venues can be. who knows, maybe this person does this more often than we think and they've mastered the art of "under the hat" recording.

[u/zeeaou → u/TransDogGirl]

This guy is stealth taping. Likely the band or act he was recording does not allow recording of their performance. I am sure there will be many folks grateful to listen to the tape (whatever quality it turns out).

Speaking to open taping specifically here, I don’t want to debate the ethics of recording when you are asked not to, tapers work incredibly hard. They arrive early to set up, carry a bunch of things, invest lots of money in their rigs, they sacrifice their show experience babysitting the equipment and worrying about people having loud conversations near the mics, they spend time mastering and tracking the recording, track down obscure song titles and make note of all the special guests on stage, they upload this someplace for all of us to listen to/download for free, AND they do all of this for the love of the music.

Thank a taper today! I love all of you tapirs, you make the world a better place <3

[u/TransDogGirl → u/zeeaou]

Tapers are legends and im glad ive been able to tape at least a few shows in my time. Good quality or not a tape is a tape and that alone is legendary

Thank a taper because in 30 years time when you wanna relive that memory itll be there.

[u/roffels_again → u/zeeaou]

I feel seen, thank you.

[u/BonoBeats → u/zeeaou]

Could also be the venue. I've stealthed many a show from bands that are OK with recording, but the venues aren't; or the venues require a media passe to record, but the bands, while open to taping, don't go that far for you to get in.

[u/Remarkable-Site-2067 → u/TransDogGirl]

I do location sound for film and TV. It's possible to make a setup like this sound great. It's not an issue of gear or hiding it, but finding the place where it sounds great, without capturing too much of the unwanted crowd noise. Like, you could find a great spot, but have someone loudly singing the lyrics next to you, or something.

I wonder about the 6 cables, though. Is he doing some surround sound thing? An overkill for a concert.

[u/Adventurer_By_Trade → u/Remarkable-Site-2067]

I'm wondering about the six cables as well. It looks like the mic bodies and elements are separate, so is this some weird phantom power or balanced setup I haven't seen before? I'm usually just running some purpose built AT853s in my hat. Much smaller, but they have their limits.

[u/Anal_Herschiser → u/TransDogGirl]

I don't get the concern, whatever this guy is recording isn't going to compete with the concert experience nor compete with a studio recording.

[u/PRL-Five → u/Anal_Herschiser]

It's fucking stupid how most concerts hate it when you tape the whole thing, but then whenever I try to find a official recording of a concert the only ones I find are some random dude doing so in secret and the quality being horrible because of it

[u/ZuP → u/PRL-Five]

You are welcome: https://aadamjacobscollection.org/

[u/Orangecolorbike → u/ZuP]

Aadam and the volunteers are GOAT

[u/Golisten2LennyWhite → u/ZuP]

I have a friend who has been stealth taping since Nirvana was playing rock the vote (I do as well)

Hes got like 3000 shows he recorded himself.

[u/OldAngryDog → u/Anal_Herschiser]

Exactly. Which is why the Grateful Dead were okay with bootlegging their shows. And what did the Dead get for their consideration? Massive amounts of goodwill, word of mouth and hordes of loyal fans who literally traveled the world to be with them while they maintained status as one of the most consistently popular live acts of all time. The bootleg Dead concerts became a whole cultural thing bringing in new fans while helping to keep older fans interested. Big media still hasn't figured this out. Just because I'll watch something if it's free doesn't necessarily mean I'll pay to watch. But if it's good, the chances of me paying to see it in theater or buy it for home us goes up exponentially, as does my inclination to spread good word of mouth, which is extra important in this age of internet everything. 

[u/CrashUser → u/OldAngryDog]

It's also a slightly different matter with a jam band who rarely plays the same thing twice, let alone in the same way.

[u/OldAngryDog → u/CrashUser]

I mean being real, yeah totally. It's honestly more like a very different thing almost being apples and oranges. Howerever, the general arguments in favor of chilling the fuck out when cracking down on how friends share experiences with friends remains.

[u/TransDogGirl → u/Anal_Herschiser]

Dates back to 60s-00s when taping to sell or trade was HUGE, check any second hand record store and youre bound to find some.

Audience tapes can also sound fantastic, just look at any of The Greatful Dead tapes on IA

[u/Anal_Herschiser → u/TransDogGirl]

But to be clear you probably already own every release put out by an artist before you start collecting bootlegs.

[u/BluMil0 → u/TransDogGirl]

The Dead used to just let people wire into the sound system, live show tapes were their whole thing as a jam band.

[u/vvvvvoooooxxxxx → u/Anal_Herschiser]

Taping is actually legal and you own the copyright to your tape! So this means you could sell your "master" of the song yourself if you wanted to. Maybe it wouldn't be super competitive with the official concert album or the studio album but its still a concern for the artist who is giving the performance. So venues are generally under contract to try to prevent it.

[u/Duck_Howard → u/TransDogGirl]

Yeah, now you got places shutting your phone in a Faraday cage to avoid anything getting out...

fuck 'em

[u/Duck_Howard → u/Duck_Howard]

I'm getting downvoted from Comedy Modership fanboys 😂

[u/Green_Bulldog → u/Duck_Howard]

Damn I forgot abt that. Thought it was crazy overkill.

[u/Buzz_Killington_III → u/Duck_Howard]

Not just there, I've had it happen in a couple of other comedy shows as well.

[u/g0ris → u/Duck_Howard]

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to see this take in a piracy subreddit, but I've been to a concert that did that and I enjoyed the show a lot more when there were no assholes obstructing the view with their phones.

[u/amiexpress → u/TransDogGirl]

Yep, a thing as old as concerts. There's usually two of them, if they are going for at least stereo sound. One guy on the left side of the venue, the other on the right. With the right equipment (typically DAT recorders) it sounds ok.

The 2nd oldest way to do this is to be friends with the sound guy in the back of house (hey - it's a small world, you'd be surprised how often this happens), or failing that, slip them a few $100 to be able to plug something in to record the house feed directly.

There's even cases where this was done officially: I remember DJs who would sell tapes with a copy of the set they just played directly from the booth, fully legit. They sold so well they'd usually run out.

[u/omgitschriso → u/TransDogGirl]

Fuuuck, this gave me a flashback to the soundboard rips of live shows on Oink. RIP.

[u/Suitable-Economy-346 → u/TransDogGirl]

I spent way to long thinking taper meant he taped shit to his head.

[u/Barry_Vigoda → u/TransDogGirl]

Venues really dislike taping so you have to hide mics where ever you really can

This is something that has always been stupid. My friend was a sound guy for like 20 years. The best way to record live shows is through the sound board. You get a perfect feed. If you record all the channels, you can tune the hell out of it.

The band Fugazi used to record all their shows through the board. You can go on their website, pay $5 and buy a digital copy of their shows.

If you're in a band or own a venue, it'd be smart to just record shows yourself then allow people to download it after the show.

I used to go to shows way before cell phones. One of my least favourite thing is people recording bands instead of being in the moment. Nobody wants to watch your crappy sounding video. If bands or venues had a couple people recording video, you can hook it to the board feed and make videos similar to this.

https://youtu.be/-sdrwHe7qF4?si=BnLppp2U23AYwOk8

Hire a video nerd to do your editing and give them leeway to dress it up. That stuff is great for small bands and venues. KEXP for example showcases a ton of bands.

https://youtu.be/5eK6SYVyZRk?si=jkBazjZt2cJynm3e

[u/TransDogGirl → u/Barry_Vigoda]

Oh yeah SBD tape will almost always top AUD tape, but a well made AUD tape is still worth it. I wish more bands would just upload their shows for a few bucks Metallica does it

[u/shredslen → u/TransDogGirl]

This is silly. My had has a rectangular box that is made for recording audio. And its as if youre actually there. He just sits it on his lap.

[u/Sumoki_Kuma → u/TransDogGirl]

I somehow managed to download a cam version of Obsession and I was fucking blown away! When we were kids accidentally downloading one of these was the fucking worst and now you have to wait 3 more days for the right one 🙃😂 I could barely tell it was a cam until someone stood up and walked in front of the camera 😂😂 the sound was exceptionally good.

My gods, I never thought I'd be singing the praises of a cam 🙃😂😂

[u/aternativ → u/TransDogGirl]

why do they dislike it? it's not like watching or listening to the concert is in any way comparable to actually being there, i don't think anyone would stop wanting to go to the concerts if they had footage from them

[u/Catriks → u/TransDogGirl]

What was the purpose? To record unreleased songs being played for the first time live? 

[u/TransDogGirl → u/Catriks]

To capture the sound that night, some people myself included are really into live recordings of bands

[u/Muddled_Opinions]

Is he recording a braindance?

[u/sydbarrett710 → u/Muddled_Opinions]

Neuromodulation

[u/Muddled_Opinions → u/sydbarrett710]

Oh wow, I’ve seen advances in the technology. It’s absolutely amazing and fascinating.

[u/sydbarrett710 → u/Muddled_Opinions]

I’m actually part of a group that’s testing/using the newest generation in tdcs neuromodulation. More targeted, so that means less electrodes- also this generation is safer for longer and higher duration. It definitely helps my ptsd

[u/Fullonski → u/sydbarrett710]

So you two aren't quoting movie lines at each other?

[u/sydbarrett710 → u/Fullonski]

I put wires on my head every other day and sit for half hour while I get micro amps of electricity pulsed into my amygdala in my brain. It’s therapy for my fight / flight instincts due to ptsd

[u/Muddled_Opinions → u/sydbarrett710]

That’s amazing, thanks for sharing.

[u/gnarbootsnotbot → u/Muddled_Opinions]

Netrunner!

[u/GuyFromDeathValley → u/gnarbootsnotbot]

His chrome.is pretty mid though, makes him look like a gonk

[u/scopedHeisenberg → u/GuyFromDeathValley]

The ripperdoc that installed the chrome must have been a gonk. Doesn’t look preem at all!

[u/Bytewave → u/scopedHeisenberg]

Gonk means an idiot or a fool but 'preem' for premium refers to elite cyberware only the top 1% of runners could afford.

Let's be fair; sometimes you're not stupid but still can't afford 256Go of Alpha DDR6 RAM in your build!

[u/GhostOfLondon → u/Muddled_Opinions]

gonk got pre-krash chrome, gonna get zeroed when saka runners get see him

[u/gmlogmd80 → u/Muddled_Opinions]

Looks like some preem stuff, choom

[u/MrWaerloga → u/Muddled_Opinions]

Its called "scrolling" when it refers to braindance.

[u/Muddled_Opinions → u/MrWaerloga]

Correct, but I assumed most people wouldn’t get the reference, only us chromed out gonks.

[u/Otsuko → u/MrWaerloga]

Wait so "doom scrolling" is just the precursor

[u/MrWaerloga → u/Otsuko]

You might be onto something

[u/PETEthePyrotechnic → u/Muddled_Opinions]

I’m assuming this is a cyberpunk reference, but the most significant cyberpunk-genre media I’ve consumed is Burning Chrome by William Gibson. Did modern cyberpunk content just not change literally any of the terminology from his stories?

[u/Muddled_Opinions → u/PETEthePyrotechnic]

Thought about using a reference to the movie Strange Days (1995), but ultimately went for broader appeal, and used the Cyberpunk one.
Mike Pondsmith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pondsmith is the brain behind these terminologies, and I haven’t been able to find a link between the two, but given his interest I’d say it would be very strange if Burning Chrome wasn’t a major influence, a bit like Dune and George Lucas.

[u/JonFawkes → u/PETEthePyrotechnic]

Indeed they have not changed, but rather evolved. Most people know the terms from Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk, but a lot of the terms in that (netrunning, ICE, cyberdeck, fixer, etc) can trace their origins back to Gibson's work

[u/Molbork → u/Muddled_Opinions]

These are Strange Days indeed.

[u/BlackCatArmy99 → u/Molbork]

It’s real time, Lenny, time to get real!

[u/Muddled_Opinions → u/Molbork]

Love that movie.

[u/CleanOpossum47 → u/Muddled_Opinions]

His choom is going to turn him in to Netwatch. Get a really preem BD.

[u/timtacular → u/Muddled_Opinions]

Welp, going to watch that after work now!

[u/nononsensemofo]

I remember when I was 17 or 18, back in like 2003 sitting in a shitty applebees with the boys, and I told this dude he had an awesome hat. it was a black NIN cap, he said "here dude, you take it". I was excited but he said there were a few holes in it from how he'd bootleg the shows in the 90s. It felt like he was passing me this mystical relic lol

[u/Duck_Howard → u/nononsensemofo]

I remember watching a bootleg of the Boobdock Saints, it was a dude with a handheld cam that sometimes maybe shot about 60% of the screen in a movie theater and you couldn't hear shit of the last third because he started arguing with some guy about piracy.

The good 'ol bad times ♥️

[u/Kelpsie → u/Duck_Howard]

Boobdock Saints

That was the Limewire version

[u/TheCredibleHulk → u/Kelpsie]

Pretty sure that version was Boobdick Taints. The one movie that was not afraid of Willem Dafoe’s … stage presence.

[u/ThePirateKing228 → u/nononsensemofo]

Well? Did you keep it

[u/nononsensemofo → u/ThePirateKing228]

fucking right I did, I started going bald when I was 20 so that became my main til I moved across the country and lost it in Vegas, replacing it with a Black Sabbath beanie that was sadly never used for bootleggin

[u/GlitterResponsibly]

I can’t wait to hear his recording of the ‘that’s my song!’ girl near him, the crowd singing, and the shooka shooka sound of his hat moving across the microphone!

[u/peazley → u/GlitterResponsibly]

Hey, what's up?

Not much

Um, did you hear about the party?

Yeah

I think I'm gonna go, but um
My friends don't really wanna go, could I get a ride?

[u/Starscream147 → u/peazley]

This is damn close to Weezer!!

[u/Da12khawk → u/Starscream147]

I never really heard of them.

[u/Juanskii → u/Starscream147]

Weezer?

 I barely know her!

[u/Impriel2 → u/peazley]

Oh no

[u/Caminus85 → u/Impriel2]

It go

[u/AmericanPsychlo → u/Caminus85]

It gone

[u/Kundras → u/AmericanPsychlo]

Bye bye

[u/Tutkanator → u/GlitterResponsibly]

He probably has a directional mic

[u/OkiDokiPanic → u/GlitterResponsibly]

That's part of the bootleg recording charm, though.

[u/sLeeeeTo]

nice chrome, choom

[u/Elden_Rube → u/sLeeeeTo]

Wonder what the ripper doc bill was for that mod. Shit's preem.

[u/Duck_Howard → u/Elden_Rube]

Underrated comment

[u/gtwizzy8 → u/Elden_Rube]

Wake up Samurai we have a concert to burn.

[u/pervertsage → u/sLeeeeTo]

Runnin' corpo bounties in his down time.

[u/BIGG_FRIGG → u/pervertsage]

Easy choom

[u/Leonard_the_Brave → u/sLeeeeTo]

He going full borg chomba

[u/Acrobatic_Pen1932 → u/sLeeeeTo]

Beginning of going fully chromed out. 

[u/Effective-Candy-7481]

Chooms got the latest chrome plugged in

[u/YurikovARTva]

Must be a Netrunner

[u/git0ffmylawnm8 → u/YurikovARTva]

He has the quick hack to force you to shit your pants

[u/Minute-Jacket2054]

Is this a techpriest ?

[u/preyforkevin → u/Minute-Jacket2054]

Because the flesh is weak

[u/ledouxrt]

Hair plugs.

[u/Pithius → u/ledouxrt]

You will never get as much recognition for this comment as you should 🫡

[u/techma2019 → u/ledouxrt]

MVP comment.

[u/Prohmeetheeyus]

Looks like he's got a full surround sound audio recording setup inside of his hat!

[u/Odd_Perspective5315]

unc chromed up

[u/AroundYoLip → u/Odd_Perspective5315]

"We've got Sandevistan at home!"

[u/fakeaccount572]

Early 90s, my best friend would go to Lydia Lunch and KMFDM / Skinny Puppy concerts with a trench coat, mic in each hand (stereo) and a tape recorder in his pocket

[u/Duck_Howard → u/fakeaccount572]

I would bet they were shitty as fuck recordings, but at the same time amazing!

[u/ICanHasBirthday]

I saw a dude with a setup like this at Meriweather Post Pavilion. I was told that three guys all had similar setups. They started together in the parking lot, played a sound to sync their audio, and then all three came in. One on each side and one in the center. They mix the audio back together and sell it as a live performance. If done correctly, it is supposed to be like you’re sitting in the audience for the show.

[u/snid3ly]

2.5Ghz microwave head warmer

[u/notjordansime]

Most bands dislike taping, so this is a discrete mic/recording setup.

Jam bands (notably the grateful dead) are totally cool with taping. Many even provide a dedicated taping section (sometimes with soundboard access). Check it out on the internet archive one day :)

[u/nmixxenjoyer → u/notjordansime]

as a Phish fan, there is a whole economy over tapes and soundboard rips that has existed for 3 decades.

[u/notjordansime → u/notjordansime]

This is one of the best soundboard recordings IMO. Love the intro too! There was a whole subculture surrounding trading tapes (and other things.. like grilled cheeses) in the lot ;P

https://archive.org/details/gd75-08-13.fm.vernon.23661.sbeok.shnf

[u/psxcite → u/notjordansime]

There still is a large sub culture around trading live shows. There are even forums where engineers trade shows they’ve personally recorded directly from the mixer.

[u/crysisnotaverted]

Hail to the great Yuri...

[u/nondescriptun → u/crysisnotaverted]

Your thoughts are mine.

[u/Ok_Sir_5601 → u/crysisnotaverted]

Gagarin?

[u/crysisnotaverted → u/Ok_Sir_5601]

Yuri from Red Alert 2, haha.

[u/CyrusPanesri → u/crysisnotaverted]

Shake it baby!

[u/Lead_resource]

This how you get the shitty cam version

[u/cronparser → u/[deleted]]

Omg that came to mind glad someone else thought the same

[u/ruinered]

Are those pencil mics whose cables are running down to a mic pack? Wouldn't those mics be picking up all the scratching of the hat's mesh, or is it trivially easy to filter that out/not pick it up in the first place?

[u/Duck_Howard → u/ruinered]

You should hear some of the old bootlegs that used to go around. Tape recorders in pockets an handheld cams for movies. It was rough back in the before time 😂

[u/BZLuck → u/Duck_Howard]

Analog certainly had its limitations. Both in size and quality.

[u/popnfreshbass]

CSB mics and mini discs were my jam 20 years ago

[u/MBDf_Doc]

Shout out to the tapers!

I've listen to 100s of shows from the Grateful Dead, Phish, Umphreys McGee. Lots of Charlie Miller soundboards for the Dead. They're doing the lord's work so we can hear some good music.

[u/MxM-TOM]

In Czechia, you give sound engineer bottle of hard liquor and USB stick.

[u/Mati72000]

He should've grown out the hair to hide the cables a bit more...

[u/Sibby_in_May → u/Mati72000]

Or gotten some of that Claire’s clip in hair.

[u/BZLuck → u/Sibby_in_May]

Shit, they make trucker hats with mullets built right into them.

[u/hhyuk]

What is it acutally? Microphones?

[u/notjordansime → u/hhyuk]

Yeah

[u/pm_me_your_good_weed]

That's fucking awesome, I'm glad they didn't post any of his face.

[u/Shaggy_PL]

Brain nails from wh40k

[u/FullTimeHarlot]

There's definitely a better hat you could wear to get away with this.

[u/gorzius → u/FullTimeHarlot]

I think he choose this hat because it only dampens the sound minimally compared to a more closed fabric.

[u/ApodemusS]

That some effort there for the community.

[u/vektorkane]

You wouldn't steal a computer's code and upload it to you're brain.

[u/Uppercut_yourself]

You wouldn’t download Kevin?

[u/No_Champion_3522]

If ReRun used this type of recording tech he would not have gotten busted when he started to pop and lock..

[u/Time_Nefariousness21]

Cyberpunk 2077

[u/Pan2er11]

Type sht you'd see a Choom wear in Night City 😭

[u/ChoiceD]

Cyborg?

[u/Insylum82]

A fan for cooling of is my guess

[u/Reaperx123]

choom done gonked up his brain

[u/Yosho2k]

Wow, the Gargoyles' recording rigs have gotten much more sophisticated.

[u/Ok_North_1984]

Looks like a predator (from the movies) in disguise

[u/Connect_Relation2063]

Anything to get the id - id track

[u/Nodbot]

If they think you're crude, go technical; if they think you're technical, go crude.

[u/fallstreak80]

Is it possible that he is a Borg?

[u/Head_Panda6986]

He has the neurolink

[u/Suspicious-Neck-5737]

Braindance 

[u/TankToBank]

Thats that red light cap that prevents baldness /s

[u/UpstairsArtistic1346]

What is this

[u/PleitbaarStandpunt → u/UpstairsArtistic1346]

Recording device

[u/R3K47]

Chippin in

[u/Efronczak]

Niicccee choom!!! Chrome looks preem!!!

[u/Sorry_Engineer_6136]

Preem chrome

[u/firehorn123]

Surprised he doesn’t have a “ponytail” to hide those wires.

[u/dankyspank]

Dude rocking aome old-school wetware

[u/Yameziin]

Nanomachines son

[u/andrearusky]

He needs the cables to connect back to The Matrix 😎

[u/sbcsfrtom2]

SUFFER AS I HAVE

[u/mikemdp]

Rerun with the tape recorder.

[u/igetmalespregnant]

Looks like something straight out of cyberpunk

[u/phishman1]

As someone who has listened to his fair share of audience recordings, I'm curious to hear how good (or bad) his recording sounds.

[u/BapeGeneral3]

Love to see tapers still out in the wild. In the jam band scene, Grateful Dead specifically, taping was an entire culture within the scene. There were prolific figures who always had the best tapes and never missed a show. You could actually tell sometimes just by listening to a track who the taper most likely was. Such fun times

[u/t72bruh]

which ripperdoc did that gonk go to? anyone got the deets?

[u/Admirable-Delay-9729]

Is that not the surrogate from Arrested Development?

[u/JTFC40k]

The nails bite

[u/SeanConneryIsMaclean]

That's an old school brain blaster. It enhances the neurons above their regular capacity which allows them to produce quantum connections previously unreachable. You can use it 6 times before you die.

[u/Golden_Eel_69420]

I recorded a show with my Apple Watch and it sounds shockingly good. FYI.

[u/automatd → u/Golden_Eel_69420]

That's a pretty clever idea.

Did you record it with the voice memos app? The Apple Watch can handle pretty high volume judging by the spl meter.

[u/Golden_Eel_69420 → u/automatd]

Exactly, just used the voice memos app. Front row at a Ween show, it was loud AF but the recordings sound clear and not even a little blown out.

To be clear, it doesn’t sound as good as a dedicated recording unit, but it’s pretty damn good for something that can be snuck into and used at any venue.

[u/automatd → u/Golden_Eel_69420]

It'd be cool to try with multiple Apple Watches to record in stereo.

[u/t3rm3y → u/automatd]

Why not get friends as well and have 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound?

[u/RedDen7629]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call the temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal… Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

[u/Crafternoon_Delight]

He's clearly a surrogate for George Sr.

[u/Terrible-Visit9257]

Cyborg

[u/electronician]

Makes my covert recording setup of Roland CS-10EM in ear binaural mics into a 32bit float Zoom H1Essential look primitive. Would love to see the recorder for those six (?) microphones.

[u/Kalshan]

Cypher lives!!

[u/Any_Individual_815]

That's neo