I see the mic stands out in the audience at concerts and think that good live DIY recordings would be a natural extension to this hobby. Looks like the little Sony DATs are popular and I'm wondering about using a laptop or maybe one of the new MP3 machines.

Back in the days the big Akai reel to teel would be running on an extension cord with a pair of those little PZ mics taped to something that wouldn't get knocked over.

Pi speakers present such a live sound, it seems incongruous to be playing compressed studio recordings through them.

The wife and I are going up to Bangor Maine to a folk festival this weekend and it sure would be good to bring some of it back.

Anybody got some tips or know who does?

Thanks,
John