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Re: 4 channels field recording

Subject: Re: 4 channels field recording
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:10:00 -0500
Let us know. You may want to pick up a 4 channel
RME QUAD MIC. Many of the interfaces with
built-in mic pres are made for studios and have
only 40-45dB gain, about 20-25dB less than a mp2
and 30-35 dB less than a HiMD mic pre. For the
application you describe, a pre with little gain
will produce low sound file saturation and
unnecessary noise in the final. Recording at 24
bits helps but cannot offset under-saturation in
my experience. Rob D.

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At 5:58 PM +0200 9/7/05, Gianni Pavan wrote:
>The MOTU Traveller has 4 mic/line channels and 4 line channels all
>running up to 192 kHz. It is FireWire powered and if its quality is
>equal to the other MOTU I know of it will be a great tool.
>I should have a unit for lab and field testing within two weeks. I'll
>let you all know.
>
>Gianni
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>At 17.51 07/09/2005, you wrote:
>>I'd like to know the specs on the Traveler. I was considering it at one
>>point but went for Presonus F=3DireBox for laptop 4 channels recording -
>>but it has only 2 preamps which was what I needed at the time.
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>>On Sep 7, 2005, at 6:12 AM, Rob Danielson wrote:
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>>  >  you might want to check
>>  > into the record gain on the Motu Traveler's mic preamps.  Its not on
>>  > the MOTU site in an obvious place. The Travleler comes with Audiodesk
>>  > for Mac. Rob D.
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>>"Microphones are not ears,
>>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>>A listening room is not nature."
>>Klas Strandberg
>>Yahoo! Groups Links
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee


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