No, but our member Marco Pesente had a look at the Edirol gain and found it=
to be nearly 10 db lower than Sony D8. Still sufficient, though, as I see
it. When it is so quiet around that you need higher gain, then you get too=
much of mic noise anyway unless you have a really low noise mic, like MKH.=
Such a mic has enough enough output.
Edirol has a "1-5" selection of microphone settings" simulating famous (??)=
microphones. (they say, or mean...)
I would like to know exactly what these effects do. When just listening to=
normal room ambience and speaking into the mic, I don't hear much
difference between them. But I have just sniffed a bit at the Edirol. Test=
will continue, but don't wait for a full technical report. I am mainly
going to use my ears only and how it works in practice, in the bush.
Klas.
At 17:02 2005-03-02, you wrote:
>Might be a while for a price break on mic pre
>quality though, not sure marantz will lead the
>way.
>
>Klas's findings on the R-1's decent mic pre
>performance are encouraging. I assume one could
>run the xlr outputs from Denecke PS-2 phantom
>power supply to the R-1's PIP input with a simple
>adapter (tie-off one side of the balanced
>signals). Correct?
>
>The other issue might be mic pre gain on the
>R-1-- needs to be about 55dB or more for quiet
>locations from my experience (ref 65dB for the
>MP-2). Klas, did you looking into or notice
>anything about mic pre gain you can report?
>
> Rob D.
>
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>At 8:56 AM -0500 3/2/05, Lang Elliott wrote:
> >The Oade Brothers had this to say about the Marantz PMD 660:
> >
> >We may not carry that as it has a 65dB signal to noise ration, too noisy
> >for most uses except transcription. The PMD671 is expected to ship in
> >May and be a 24 bit box, we hope this one has usable mic preamps !
> >
> >Lang
> >
> >
> >
> >I throughly agree about CF media cost and
> >limitations on trips. $500 for a 16bit CF
> >recorder with phantom the main feature,.. I'd
> >consider a NH800 for $220 and $450-550 for a used
> >MP-2 if there was any chance the person wanted to
> >make recordings under quiet conditions. The Sony
> >may provide some plusses like $6 1GB discs,
> >optical in and several hours on one A bat. If
> >your friend has hot condenser mics, there's also
> >the very compact Deneck PS-2 which provide 48
> >volts phantom on batteries for $180. The 660
> >looks easier to operate, e.g. big buttons. Rob D.
> >
> >At 3:03 AM +0000 3/2/05, John Hartog wrote:
> >>Lang,
> >>I have been using a PMD 670 for a little more than a year and I
> >>like it pretty well, but one thing worth considering is the price of
> >>compact flash memory. Even with prices dropping, If you plan on
> >>being away from your home without a computer for very long then
> >>the memory costs can pile up - figure about $60 a GB at todays
> >>prices.
> >> For me I spent about $700 for the Pmd 670 and then spent
> >>about $400 more on CF cards over the last year.
> >>I went on a week long trip last fall and I ran short of memory after
> >>only three days. For the rest of the trip I ran it in rec. pause and
> >>line out to a consumer minidisc recorder.
> >>And I still need more memory, so for all this money I could have
> >>bought a Portadisc with quieter pres and more gain.
> >>-John Hartog
> >>
> >>--- In Lang Elliott
> >><> wrote:
> >>> Hey guys!
> >>>
> >>> When is the Marantz PMD 660 supposed to appear on the
> >>scene? Is it better in
> >>> some respects than the MD 670, which is more expensive? Or
> >>is the 670 the
> >>> better recorder?
> >>>
> >>> A friend needs an inexpensive two track, but with phantom
> >>power, fairly
> >>> decent preamps, and long run time preferably with
> >>conventional AAs. Looks
> >>> like the 670 requires a special battery.
> >>>
> >>> We might have discussed this in the group, but I've been so
> >>busy lately that
> >>> I haven't been reading all the posts.
> >>>
> >> > Lang
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
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>Rob Danielson
>Film Department
>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>
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>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
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