The Dollyrots, 7/17/24 @ Cafe Nine, New Haven, CT [1/2]

[@jayp4303]

Thanks for the upload. New Dollyrots fan here... they're pretty amazing. Recording quality is good. If I were them, I'd increase Kelly's mic level by about 25% though.

[@BadPennyBlue]

Thanks - I went to see them blind on a whim last time they came through (based only on a couple line blurb in the club listings), and immediately fell in love, so I was really looking forward to this one. The vocals are more an issue of the recording than the room, tho (for a small dive venue, I've always been impressed with their PA & sound staff). The problem is that Android (or Pixel?) uses some sort of dynamic compression that seems to behave differently in different frequency bands, so when the drums kick in & levels spike, it does ugly & unpredictable things to the vocals (and, to a less obvious degree, the other instruments). Not sure how to fix it either, without an external mic with gain control or/and mixer, which I just have no budget for right now.