I'll go with that Tom, if you have it, flaunt it!! I think everyone here
including myself would buy the very, very best if money was no option, but
when money is not an option many people think what they have is inferior fo=
r
which a lot of the time it isn't. Look at the Marantz for instance, I have
the PMD670 and the PMD 690, before they came out this was the crown jewels
of the lower budget end ($1500 maybe not low end) while those of us had
Portadisks and Dat recorders, it gave us something to think about because o=
f
all the bloody hype! I would still now pick up my Portadisk rather than the
flashcard recorders! What I mean is use what you have and don't worry what'=
s
on the other side of the fence until it is totally noticeable in sound to
the ears.. The target sound is far more rewarding than bench testing what's
out there on the internet.
Yes, give me a few more thousand dollars and I'll get the big mother mics
and recorders too!!!!
By the way, has anyone looked into the new mlan technology? :-)
Martyn
http://www.naturesound.org <http://www.naturesound.org/>
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From: thorley_tom
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 3:13 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Good Enough
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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