A few more questions are occurring to me, if anyone can advise.
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Do you stop and save the recorded tracks after each number or do you just let it run? I’m on a laptop, and who knows what might make it crash. It never has crashed on me, but my laptop is quite old, running XP, and Cubase 6. I know, it’s due for replacement, but it’s been solid as a rock for recording my band using 8 tracks at once. It has dual disk drives. I think Cubase is doing autosaves along the way.
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Processing - I’m thinking basically normalizing, maybe a little reverb if the recording is dry, and equalization to taste. I’m used to recording my band (and I’m pretty happy with it), and I process the crap out of it, so this should be a lot simpler. But maybe it’s standard to do some light compression so that a wild cymbal hit or someone screaming “bravo” just behind the mics doesn’t lower the level of the whole thing?
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Presentation - do you give the organization the raw concert from beginning to end? I’m thinking not; I’ll break it into pieces but not down to movements. I’ll capture any conductor comments, and fade out on the applause. If I get decent video, I’ll apply the Cubase audio to the video in Sony Movie Studio, and add a few labels. And I guess nobody will listen to the audio only; they’ll post the video on YouTube, and that’s the final product!