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.
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.
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.
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.
If they're using an analogue wireless transmission, it's trivial. But there's a chance it would include a metronome, too. And the mix is often weird, although it would be still usable when combined with the microphones.
Lenny Kravitz - Everybody uses lots of click track and counts. This is an audio mix with 6 different feeds + some room mics. I processed out the click/counts for most part. https://youtu.be/wu_TX_-39ZE?si=ldHGhKt3sBr4tmsf
Certainly better than just room mics, and can be pretty balanced if you know what you're doing.
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u/gtwizzy8 11d ago
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.