Recording A Live Show Options

[Supernaut]

Hello All

We have a couple live shows coming up I'd like to capture on my PowerBook with Cubase. I've always done it with a DAT, 4-track or tape deck since they are very much "fire and forget" interfaces, meaning, I can hit record and forget about them, except to flip the tape.

Any suggestions for capturing with software? How many minutes of continuous music can a PowerBook running Cubase capture? I can't really babysit and run the recording, I'll be too busy playing guitar and singing. I have a friend who can man the controls for me if necessary.

How does everyone pull this off? Bring in the 1-hour show as one big sound file and split it up later on? Grab 2-3 songs at a time?? The ideal situation would be to hit record and then stop it at show's end and sort it out later.

Suggestions very much appreciated.

Thanks - JB

This post has been edited by Supernaut: Mon 21 Mar 2005, 19:01

[coldharbour]

The ideal situation would be to hit record and then stop it at show's end and sort it out later.

You're right, and that's the best way of doing it. Recording one hour continuous audio should cause no problems whatsoever. Why not do a test run beforehand - just record anything from your audio inputs into Cubase, just the same way you're planning to do it live and see how it goes to be absolutely certain.

This post has been edited by coldharbour: Mon 21 Mar 2005, 20:34