You are priceless, William, lots of hints! Thanks.
My only comment is that I tried the low setting once, but then I got too
low input.
Remember: I try it for naturesound recording only, and the sound pressures
present.
Klas.
At 18:31 2006-08-18, you wrote:
>There's an update of firmware from 1.02 to 1.03 on the Edirol web
>site. The link is: http://tinyurl.com/kj5ad
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>Leonard at Sonic Studios is preparing a review of the R-09. He
>describes the R-09's preamps as "adequately quiet." You can read his
>work in progress at www.sonicstudios.com/r-09revw.htm
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>As Rob D. suggests, the Taperssection.com site has a wealth of
>information. The "Recording Gear" section has more than 600 posts
>about the R-09. In general, owners are pleased with the small size,
>easy-to-use controls, low price, and lack of software bugs in the
>R-09. Recordings of loud music concerts (the primary interest of the
>Tapers Section members) sound good.
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>The following information was gleaned from Tapers Section sources.
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>1. Plug-in power is supposed to be 3.3v, but one owner measured only
>2.5v. Perhaps this explains the poor performance of the Telinga mics.
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>2. If you set the recording gain below 8 you are attenuating the
>signal, all the way down to 0 which is 100% attenuated, no sound.
>Any setting above 8 is adding gain. A setting above 25 adds a lot of
>noise.
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>3. Low Gain Mic-In and Line-In are almost the same noise and gain, the
>difference is you can get plug-in power on the mic-in.
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>4. Running the mic gain switch on high increases the noise a lot,
>particularly if you use the internal mics.
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>To achieve less noisy results, try using mic low or line in with "hot"
>(high output) mics. One user reports the Audio Technica 853 works well
>on line or mic low settings, with noise below -100db across the
>spectrum at 25 gain.
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>5. When using line or mic low the last steps from 25 to 30 is where
>you get the most added noise, so run at 25 or lower, line or mic low only.
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>6. The R-09 uses standard SD flash memory cards (not the newer SDHC).
>The largest SD card available today is 4GB. The R-09 can't format the
>4GB card, but if the card is formatted in a computer then the R-09 can
>use its full capacity.
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>Owners report the Transcend 4GB and Adata 4GB SD cards work properly.
> The Patriot and PQI 4GB cards did not work after formatting in a PC.
>(Incidentally, 4GB cards like the Transcend cost less than $60 these
>days.)
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>Recording two channels at 24/48 to a 4GB card = 4 hours of tracks.
>Recording at 16/48 = 6 hours. The R-09 can capture this as a single
>continuous recording if you need to. (Note, however, that many audio
>editing programs have a file size limit of 2GB.)
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>7. The R-09 is powered by two AA batteries. AA Alkalines last about 6
>hours, rechargeables 7 to 8 hours. One owner reports 9 hours record
>time using Powerex 2500 mAh cells. Lithium AAs will last longer
>still, but the R-09's battery meter doesn't report the battery power
>remaining properly with lithiums.
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>8. The R-09 can be attached via USB cable to your PC or Mac, and files
>transferred without special software. File transfer speed is very
>slow this way. Remove the SD card from the R-09 and plug it into a USB
>card reader for much faster file transfers.
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>--oryoki
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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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S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
email:
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