Graham,
A 'lapel mic', or what the Americans describe as a 'lav', is a small mic
designed to be clipped onto a person's lapel or tie to pick up their voice.
They are widely used for interviews on TV and so are particularly suitable
for voice recording. They do need good wind protection though.
They would probably be ideal for use with your MD recorders particularly if
they were wired up to be powered by 'Plug-In-Power' (PIP) which is probably
available from your MD machines.
Sony ECM77 is the model of lapel mic probably most favoured in the TV
industry in the UK - partly because it is small and therefore visually
unobtrusive - but it is relatively expensive. There are cheaper alternative=
s
(e.g. ECM 44). If you buy the wire ended version of a mic it can probably b=
e
wired to work off PIP.
Incidentally, does anyone in this group know how to wire an ECM 77 for PIP
directly from an MD recorder?
Julian
Bristol, England
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From: "Graham Evans"
Date: Fri May 19, 2006 7:19pm(PDT)
Subject: Re: technology choices for gathering ambient nature
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>As your recordings are going to be played back through headphones and
[Julian wrote...] SNIP
Is a 'lapel' mic (pardon my ignorance) the kind of thing you could use
to capture voice with as well?
I am needing to choose two (identical) mics for voice recording with two
of the md machines. This will be in addition to a seperate stereo
ambient rig. If there is any possibility the voice mics I choose could
be used in the way you suggest then I would then have the basis for a
second ambient setup of the type you have proposed.
Graham
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