> I live in a rural area 50mi SW of Portlan,OR.=20=20
Hi Qua, It good to know there is another person from the Portland area inte=
rested in
nature sounds.
>I recorded the frog chorus
> on our property by stick a mic out the window. It came out great, but it=
s
> only mono since I'm using a AKG C1000 mic running into my home music stud=
io
> mixer.
> I'd like record nature and found sounds as backing for some songs I'm
> creating. But this would be an occasional need, so I don't want to spend=
a
> lot. I've thought about getting a stereo mic which would work in my room
> (I could get the frog chrous in stereo from there).
I don't know much about the AKG C1000, but if you like it, perhaps you coul=
d find a
second one for stereo recording from your window.
> But I lack a portable
> recording capability.=20
>
> I keep hoping for a price breakthrough in a portable recorder that would
> provide CD-level quality. I've thought about an iRiver H-series, but I
> think they only record in mp3. I don't mind getting a used one to save $=
.
> any suggestions?=20
> -Qua
Many nature recordists on this group regard MiniDisk as a good recording me=
dium.=20
If by "CD-level Quality" you mean 16bit and 44.1kHz, the Sony HiMD
player/recorders such as the MZ-nh900 are under $300, can record uncompress=
ed
pcm, transfer via usb to a PC, and the resulting files can be converted to =
wav format.
I do not own a HiMD, so I can't attest from my own experience - just from w=
hat
others on this group have written.=20
-John Hartog
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
|