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My preference would be for audio only. The recordings provide an objective representation of your progress. They also help to swiftly settle arguments about "who cocked up this time?"
Its primarily about recording our sets, without me adjusting levels on the fly so I can balance each sound throughout the set to be close to correct. Small "venue" relevant adjustments can be then done on a sub mixer in real; time.
Ive looked at the Tascam DR-05x for audio only, and have seen the Zoom Q2n for similar price - around £90 (though I expect the audio to be worse and the video no great) or the Q4n which looks decent - but it is twice the price at £190. I might get more use out of it once we go live though and want to capture stuff for youtube and the like though, which may make it worth paying that price. Im hesitant though - as its quite a lot if I just end up getting a "live level" check from it.
I did come with a way of monitoring what the sound was roughly like though for the gig's we we didn't have someone mixing. Basically I had a Behringer C1 mic out front on a long cable and I sent that to my IEM's from the desk and nothing else. It's a bit strange cos there's latency caused by the distance but it's better than nothing.
For good video and pretty good second hand iPhone 6S or SE is pretty good and probably cheaper than a dedicated device
The idea being, once all the various sounds, in all the different songs have their relative levels set - one song at sound check (with someone out front) should set all the levels for all songs roughly. If I then set my monitor level so its right for me, I can then adjust overall levels if need be (if others turn up for instance and I start to loose mu monitors levels I know I need to turn up etc).
We will have an engineer for some gigs anyway - but for others not. Its get those initial balance levels right, or at lest close, to start that I want a recorder.
If thats all I wanted, an audio recorder would be fine - Im thinking video for the longer term. Once were gigging (after Christmas by the looks of it) if we want live recordings for us or for youtube. Its if If the extra outlay is worth it for the longer game or not.
Some understand this easier than others, but there's no other way if you need to vary your levels across the set, and I have to try to judge my level based in what I'm hearing through my monitor.
I use a zoom 2qn sometimes, but for judging the volume of keys patches it is tricky as the mic will not necessarily capture the frequencies the same way ears hear them in the room, so it can be misleading.