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What would be a good device to record a musical in a theatre? Considering the quite probably once-a-lifetime opportunity in question, cost is not the question. Being small and making good quality recording is.

Edit: this is an unlicensed recording from the audience. It's for my own memories. I do not plan to spread it -- noone would care anyways the same musical with the same cast has a concert CD/DVD out already. Let me deal with that. Just help me find something to record it :)

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Are you recording it in an official capacity, or are you trying to record it as a member of the audience, which is likely to be frowned upon as an unlicensed recording. – Mark Heath May 7 '11 at 19:37
Are you looking for a small field recorder with a built-in microphone? Are mics already set up and you'll be recording straight out of the theater's mixing board? Do you have lavalier mics on the performers or overhead mics? (I'm guessing from the "being small" bit that we're looking at a small field recorder here.) – Neil Fein May 7 '11 at 20:03
Sounds like this is a request to help with a pirate recording. Will for the mods to close. – Neil Fein May 8 '11 at 18:48

closed as off topic by BenV May 9 '11 at 14:48

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