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Re: More on MKH and a little story abt. Nagras

Subject: Re: More on MKH and a little story abt. Nagras
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:58:01 -0700
The Marantz won't do much for you in the way of analysis...especially
since standard audio cassette tapes and tape machines (despite
manufacturer specs, great calibration, and Cornell claims to the
contrary) rarely capture much above 12kHz, Laura. Beware of that one!

Bernie Krause

>I, like Rich, turned up at the Cornell field recording class with use a So=
ny
>minidisc recorder as well as a Marantz cassette tape recorder.  I learned =
on
>both, but during the course spent most of my time learning on the Marantz.=

>It was SO easy to screw up levels with it (virtually impossible on the
>minidisk), and the danged thing is so bulky, that I find that I've only ta=
ken
>it out a couple of times since the course, while my minidisk comes with me
>everywhere.  I want to shoot some identical sounds into both to compare
>spectrographs, but to my ear the minidisk recordings are purer (no backgro=
und
>tape hiss) and no loss for improper level settings.
>
>Laura Erickson
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>nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the
>winter.
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