Rob, I have so bad experiences with Quick-Time messing up my pc. Can you
please make a summary in words? Or send sound files only, to yahoo?
Klas.
>Hi--
>I re-did the test comparing Rode Nt1-A mics (5.5dBA self noise)
>through the 722, HiMD & Microtrack pres/recorders.
>
>As I suspected, the whine on one segment in the first test was from a
>computer in sleep mode in the next room when the door was cracked
>open a tiny bit. The traffic rumble is at 3am on a Monday morning-
>the least I can get, basically. The playback levels are matched both
>by ear and by measurement and splitting the difference. This gives a
>lower Hz weighting which actually makes the hiss differences less
>noticeable.
>
>I added another test segment inserting an MP2 external mic preamp
>before the Microtrack's line input.
>
>The relative levels matched test #1 in terms of levels which is
>encouraging except MT's mic input was a little closer to -21dB of the
>reference NH-900's, rather than -20dB. The splkes you can see @ ~14K
>are in the Rode mics. The spikes show much more with the 722 and the
>MP2->MT. Rob D.
>
>Two versions:
>Larger with uncompressed 48K/16 sound:
>http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/MicroTrack_NH900_722Compare2.mov
>
>Small with compressed IMA4 sound:
>http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/MicroTrack_NH900_722Comp2_IMA4.mov
>
>
>At 1:57 PM +0000 11/14/05, unprofildeface wrote:
> >--- In Jim Lee
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> Rob,
> > > Any chance you could include the Edirol R-1 in your revised round of
> >> testing? Klas indicates it is quieter and has a couple of other
> >> advantages as well. A head to head comparison between the Edirol and
> >> MicroTrack devices would really useful to people looking to get start=
ed
> >> on a budget. Has such a comparison already been done somewhere else.
> >> Those two devices seem to be the only real contenders at that price
> >> point (MD excluded).
> >
> >Hello Jim
> >You can check this URL, though you'll need to register
> >(but it's free, and really worthy):
> >http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=3D50566.0;all
> >The Edirol R-1 preamp isn't really quiet, but it has
> >pretty nice A/D converters - if you can plug a good
> >external mic preamp (with phantom power if you need
> >it) in its line input, I guess you'll be happy.
> >The MicroTrack's phantom power is only 30V, not 48V
> >as one would expect..... that's pretty useless with
> >many condenser microphones. So you'd better have a
> >close look to the R-1 -- except if you're the happy
> >owner of a good preamp + A/D converter like the Lunatec
> >v3, in which situation you could use the SP/DIF digital
> >input from the MicroTrack.
> >Have a nice day!
> >Matt
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >"Microphones are not ears,
> >Loudspeakers are not birds,
> >A listening room is not nature."
> >Klas Strandberg
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>--
>Rob Danielson
>Film Department
>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>
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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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