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Re: Myself, and AKG Blue Line questions

Subject: Re: Myself, and AKG Blue Line questions
From: "jarretth84" <>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:27:42 -0000
I just found AKG make an external battery Phantom Powered supply:
http://www.akg.com/products/powerslave,mynodeid,186,pid,41,id,41,_lang
uage,EN.html

That's true I would need something for gain control.
I'll have to talk to the dealer Saturday and see how the price
conversion goes for the C 480 B.

Here's the 480
http://www.akg.com/products/powerslave,mynodeid,186,id,224,pid,224,_la
nguage,EN.html

Is there anything cheaper you can recommend for 1-2 mics instead?
(for phantom/gain). I didn't realize until now that it would need
high gain for nature (close). It's too bad AKG don't make a cheap pre
like they do for phantom. I'm still not 100% on what storage yet, and
I have a feeling I should set more aside for that.

Possibly: Blue Line, Nomad 3, and a little bit cheaper mic pre (same
RME model with 1-2 instead?) Sorry, I'm not familiar with RME stands
for.

Is the iRiver any good? Seems to be fairly new:
http://reviews.cnet.com/iRiver_iHP_120/4505-6490_7-30571493-3.html?
tag=3Dreview


Thanks again!
JarrettH

--- In  Rob Danielson <>
wrote:
> At 2:09 AM +0000 2/25/04, jarretth84 wrote:
> >Hello,
> snip
> >I kind of narrowed it down to the AKG Blue Line because....
> >
> >- swappable capsules!!
> >- fair price
> >
> >I'm really for swappable capsules because it allows me to buy a
> >quality mic and still have the option for other polar patterns.
While
> >an actual shotgun or figure-8 switch on a mic isn't quite as
> >effective.
> >I am more than welcome for other suggestions of companies who offer
> >mics with swappable capsules (at the same price though please
<$1000).
>
>
> SE300B/CK 91  17 dB(A)                10 mV/Pa                C
> SE300B/CK 92  17 dB(A)                10 mV/Pa                O
> SE300B/CK 93  17 dB(A)                10 mV/Pa                H
> SE300B/CK 94  22 dB(A)                10 mV/P         8
>
> These require 48v phantom power from a mic pre or separate phantom
> supply (not internal batteries-- which the MR-8 doesn't seem to
> provide. You don't hear people crow about the akg blue line mics
too
> much.  I know people who used 460 and 480's in the field.  They're
on
> the low sensitivity side and not as quiet as one might want. Steven
> Feldman uses 460's.  For film and general purpose, i'd look into an
> m-s (mid-side) set-up. But most good mics will require phantom power
>
> The MR-8 is a cute item. Thot for sure i'd run into a "gotcha" and
I
> had to go all the way to the mic pre gain which is +40dB, basically
> studio, not field sensitivity.  So, you need gain + phantom =3D
> portable mic pre.  RME makes a DC powerable 4 ch  mic pre for $500
> (+62 dB gain), and a 512mb  card $? Building a surround library
that
> would set you apart. How about 2 m-s  mic pairs for4 ch surround?
> Maybe buy the Fostex from a place where they'll sell you a Rode NT-
1A
> and a CAD M-179 (for M-S) and a RME quad pre with the agreement you
> can return the mics towards something else of they aren't up to
your
> standards. 300+200+200+500+ flash card. If you get an RME, consult
> Rich Peet (of this list) about powering it.
> Rob D.
>
> >
> >
> >Kind Regards,
> >JarrettH (Toronto)
> >
>
>
> --
> Rob Danielson
> Film Department
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee



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>From   Tue Mar  8 18:27:05 2005
Message: 11
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:12:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Bret <>
Subject: Re: Apologies for impending absence

Randy,
Hope you can scan the document and post jpg or gifs.  I would love to
see the entire article, not just the math.
thanks,
bret
--- "Randolph S. Little" <> wrote:
> NatureRecordists,
>
> My apologies in advance for a two-week hiatus, unfortunately right at
> a time when I'd really like to spend some quality time with the
> "nature of parabolic" thread.  One of the things I will do upon
> return is transcribe my paper on "Acoustic Properties of Parabolic
> Reflectors" and post it on my website.  In the meantime, the
> windscreen article that had appeared in "The Recorder" is posted
> there.  One quandary regarding the paper is how to transcribe the
> mathematical symbols, such as integrals and Bessel functions, and the
> figures.  C'est la guerre.
>
> Good recording,
>                               Randy
> -----
> Randolph S. Little <>
> 111 Berkeley Circle, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920-2009
> Phone: (908)221-9173  Fax: (908)630-0871
> URL: <http://RSL.HOME.ATT.NET>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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