What tinyd said. One of those hand held recorders is what we use for recording a rehearsal, but instead of using the short onboard mics, we connect a Sure vocal mic to it and dangle it over the ceiling RSJ, so it's vaguely in the middle of the room. It's only for our own playback to see where the mistakes are and what not.
Recording is just about ok, but the room is around 12ft by 12ft and we're all in a circle, which isn't ideal, but it's a rehearsal, so we dont really care.
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