i have a questions,
would like to know, if cost does not matter, what is
the suitable recorder and mic to be use for recording
in tropical country ?
im a bird guide and would like to improve my skills in
birds and general wildlife sounds and the record will
be use for personal reference.
other things is, would like to take it with me during
birding tours, so have to considered the weight and
size of those equipments.
need advice from the experts here, thanks :)
--- oryoki2000 <> wrote:
> I took a whirlwind tour of the National Association
> of Broadcasters
> convention exhibit hall this morning. In the sea of
> HD plasma
> displays, among the herd of million dollar satellite
> uplink trucks,
> and beneath the forest of camera booms, most all
> audio gear used for
> nature recording was represented.
>
> The Location Sound booth has a nice collection of
> audio field
> recorders for side-by-side comparisons. I was
> impressed with the
> ergonomics of the Tascam HD-P2, and the bright
> blue-on-white LCD
> display is easier to read than its competitors.
>
> The Nagra ARES BB+ over-the-shoulder recorder is a
> wonderfully solid
> unit that is a lot smaller in person than you might
> expect from the
> photos online.
>
> The new Zaxcom DEVA 5.8 (yes, they have gone away
> from using Roman
> numerals), was looking good: 8 XLR inputs, recording
> to internal hard
> disc, DVD-RAM and Compactflash. Unfortunately it
> weighs 7.5 lb/ 3.4
> kg without battery. No problem, that's what a Nagra
> reel-to-reel used
> to weigh!
>
> The HHB folks told me that they are working on a
> replacement for the
> Portadisc that would have a similar form factor, but
> would not use
> rotating memory for storage.
>
> Sony was showing their PCM-D1 recorder with a new
> battery box that
> provides 48V power through two XLR connectors.
> Unfortunately the mic
> signal travels from battery box via a dangling cable
> to the PCM-D1's
> 3.5mm external mic port.
>
> The Fostex folks claim that the FR-2LE recorder has
> been sent to their
> North American distributors. This intriguing model
> should appear in
> the retail channel in a few days. List is $600, and
> I expect the
> discounting to start soon.
>
> Speaking of discounting, the Korg MR-1000 one-bit
> recorder (MSRP
> $1200) is supposed to be available for less than
> $1000 online. I
> haven't found the outlet yet, however.
>
> I think I saw Dan Dugan being carried off by
> Brazilian samba dancers.
> But what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, right?
>
> --oryoki
>
>
the writer
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