Hi All,
'Good Enough' Is a subjective thing. I believe in promoting nature
recording to everyone and the idea that you should not record without
the 'Best' equipment deserves to be shot down in flames. However I
get immense personal pleasure from capturing a recording as well as
possible. I am fortunate in that my career (Film/Broadcast Sound)
allows me to buy the best as it also serves me financially (I rent my
equipment out for a substantial amount per diem). I have not yet
invested in a non-linear recorder but certainly will as soon as the
market-place has settled down.
I think there is room for everyone at every level and even though I
am using equipment that is better than many of you that are
considerably more knowledgable and experienced in the field and on
the bench than myself, I still, as a whippersnapper on the nature
recordists scene derive immense pleasure from recordings of the
finest fidelity - If I could I would take the best large microphone
arrays the best studio pre-amps the best A/D's and the highest bit
depth / sample rated multitrack recorder in existence into the field
and listening to it would indeed make the smile on my face that tiny
bit wider. Having said this I have attended several bioacoustic
symposia and I fully support the view that a greater volume of
recordists is a far more important goal than improving the fidelity
of the few recordings that are made.=20
Yours,
Tom
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