It'll "work" but your mic is the most important component in the recording chain. The Rode NTG-2 shotgun is getting very high praise in some circles http://tinyurl.com/clp4f Its~ $200 more but should
Hi all, I'm looking for an inexpensive startermic. Any thoughts. I've found an AudioTechnica ATR55 for $45 on Amazon. A directional mic with a "close" and "distant" switch. Freq. response 70-18,000H
Someone asked and I could not quickly find who because you people have been active the last week or so. How high will a standard mic go. Someone else with more experience than me would have to commen
Have you tried a key jangling test the same way? I'd be curious to see a similar image from that, the traditional test used for mic pre distortion - care to do a comparison? Certinly safer than the s
Yes keys do have ultrasonics too. It is such a complex signal that it leads to an easy ear check of a recording system. Too complex and long to give a good paper trail. The key compared to the spark
Thanks Rich! Quick response. I see how it ia not so good visually compared to a listening test. Spark is more usable for this purpose - and easy to get! and gee, look at that HF hiss... Thanks, <L> L
Hi Rich, thanks a lot for the hint!! I'll buy a sparker for my tests... I used keys, small bells, small hammers, old ultrasonic remote controls, generators connected to ultrasonic speakers... all the
Hi Colin-- Great explanation concerning the higher gain requirements of nature recording and some of the drawbacks of built-in mics. Your story brings back memories of many hours spent trying to remo
It might be possible, if the hill is big enough or by towing. And if the automatic transmission has a hydraulic pump on the output end. Takes a lot more speed to coast start a automatic even if it ca
Start with a few decisions: Stereo or Mono? What price range? What level of sound quality do you want? What exactly will you be recording? Is your emphasis on getting individual calls, or whole sound
Rich, Overall, my advice is to get a starter budget system like the Sony and a mid range affordable mic. If you catch the recording bug, your next upgrade could be a low noise mixer which will get ov
Thanks so much for all the new knowledge! This will prove a valuable refere= nce as I get deeper. One thing that seems important to master for now, esp when using the built-= in mics, is removing mic
David, I'm just wondering how directional your Brinibox is (if at all).=0D =0D Peter Shute=0D =0D =0D --=0D Sent using BlackBerry=0D =0D ________________________________=0D From: m("yahoogroups.com",
Arwen, I'm always prone to dishing out advice especially to newbies. :-) Yet again I'll say that the secret is to get the mic in the right place at the right time or you're on a non starter however
10 Arwen, I'm always prone to dishing out advice especially to newbies. :-) Yet again I'll say that the secret is to get the mic in the right place at the right time or you're on a non starter howeve
Peter, It may not be the finest, but it is fine. Try the Zoom H2 at $149 in your shirt pocket and a pair of $10 earphones for the best starter recording kit for getting solid ID recordings with no fu
Thanks, I wouldn't expect anything in this pric range to be the finest, but= does "it is fine" mean the H4n is just ok, or that it's as good as an LS-1= 0 or 11? It seems really popular with musician
Hello Peter If You want to buy ME66 microphone, you have to choose which power module y= ou want to use with it. First, I found, that K6P module (needs external pha= ntom power only) is more expensiv
I found the Zoom H2 surprisingly good, for it's price. And, I'm sorry I sold it (wish I held on to it). Good luck, -Al -- In m("yahoogroups.com,","naturerecordists"); Bob & Sandi McLean < m("...","sn
Yes. It's much more important to learn mic and field technique than to have the ultimate transparent transfer technique. The older Sharps are preferable to the older Sonys because the Sonys defaulted