Hi everyone
I have just joined this group after spending a fair time reading through
archives related to the pmd660, 670 and 671 and downloading some of the
sound samples.
I wonder if anyone in the group who ended up with the pmd660 and/or 670
could give me some advice. While I realise the ideal set-up, within the
marantz range, would be a 671 and a decent mic, I am trying to balance a
limted budget between recorder and mic and I currently have no audio
equipment at all.
In the short term I have to do some interviewing in a forest with
natural ambient noise evident and some remixing of studio interview with
captured forest noises. This is all happening on a total budget of
around $2000AUD. I can hopefully get the 660 for $1000aud, the 670 for
$1300 and have a definite quote on the 671 of $1600AUD. The roede nt4 I
can get for $600AUD.
firstly; I am wondering if a roede nt4 mic will acheive the effect I need.
I have heard some complaints that the roede nt4 can be too 'hot' for the
pmd660.
In the long term I want to use the equipment for the audio tracks of my
amatuer movie making attempts. What I want is inspired by some japanese
films I have seen but whose names I can't recall where natural sounds
are used to set the scene.
I want to record such things as:
*the sounds of brooks burbling away. We are talking about fairly quiet
brooks where I live.
*forest noises - birds, cicadas and other insects, sticks falling.
These would be taken in very quiet isolated spots but the forest noises
themselves would also be fairly quiet.
*wind noises that don't represent wind interference with the microphone.
(I realise these are some fairly ambitious goals but I just want to make
sure I have the right base to work toward them with.)
The 670, which apparently will bear a hotter signal than the 660, is
looking like the compromise solution. It's a shame because I like the
form-factor of the 660.
I guess I could put my question this way:
Should I go for the pmd660 to give me an extra $300AUD for a better mic,
or perhaps a second mic. If I was to go this way what would be a good
choice of mic(s).
I guess I could also think about a seperate pre-amp with that extra 300
or so. I don't find money so easy to come across so I want to get the
right thing 'cos I will be stuck with it for a good while.
thanks for any help, and thanks for the help I've already had via the
archives (which I'm still wading through)
Graham E,
northcliffe
south-west Western Australia
(in the heart of the Karri Forests and the coastal plains of
D'Entrecasteaux National Park)
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