2/25/11: Liquid Room - Tokyo - Rode NT2 Audience
Set 1: improv * > The Soft Machine, Motherwolf, Even Rats, Get Me With Fuji, Broke The Promised Land, The Weight of Solomon
Encore: Before You Were Born Notes: * with Special Others (opening band)
i enjoyed listening to the set... kind of like a hybrid of an Eisenhower show and a HSMF setlist. short and sweet though. Hoping someone caught the Barr Brothers show too!
Yes it seems they had a limited set time so they did a couple Ike tunes, a couple new ones and some oldies but goodies. Overall very well played IMO though they do need to rehearse the end of Solomon, I feel they've train-wrecked the end of it a little bit the last few times I've heard it live or on recording.
As far as the Rode mics they aren't the best mics by a long shot though they do give a lot of bang for your buck for the taper on a budget. Same for MXL which are even cheaper. I don't think you'll find much better at their price point. Someday I'd love to get a nice pair of mics, I really like the microtech gefells.
Harry, I'm a proud owner of an NT4. I only tape my friends' bands because the rest of my setup is not very mobile. The mic definitely does the trick for me, and I think it can produce some great tapes for sure.
I just found it funny that even over in Japan... there they are!
Yeah I love mine! It is very versatile. Works well in the back of the room for a straight Audience, plop it onstage, use it for drum overheads. I wish it had a little heftier bass response though.
