A used Hi-MD deck and PIP omni- binaural mics? In the city, on that
budget,..maybe WL-183's,.. or save $ and build some from WM61's or
EM-158's? Most folks who are getting started don't want to mess with
larger mic rigs and phantom powering. This being the case, maybe its
better they start off with cheaper mics and experiment and then take
a $400+ or more dive into mics later.
In this buy in stages approach makes sense to them, the additional
$300 for an FR2LE up-front is a good investment.
It was ear-opening for me how close in performance all the electrets
except the EMKS-23 sounded to me.
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/pages/EMKS-23-WL183-WM-61A-=
EM158-NT4-35-0190-MicsComp.html
Rob D.
At 2:13 PM +0000 5/17/07, losangelesprofessor wrote:
>I need some advice, and there is so much material in the archive I
>need some "summary" opinion. I use fairly fancy equipment (Schoeps and
>SoundDevices), and even that was bought given advice from professional
>colleagues. But I want to recommend equipment to colleagues who want
>to get into recording, often urban sounds. I used to recommend a
>MiniDisc (pre-HiMD) recorder, often Sharp since AGC did not kick in
>automatically, and some Core Sound binaurals, but the world has
>changed with digital CF recorders, downloading by USB or Firewire,
>etc. I know there has been lots of consideration on the list-- Please
>help. My main concerns would be good preamps and ADC, that is accuracy
>and reasonably low noise. Keep in mind that these users are unlikely
>to read this list or any other. So it needs to work right, right out
>of the box.
>
>PS The microphone world has not changed so much. Let us say we want to
>spend $200+ if need be, no fancy setup.
>
>Thank you all for your considered advice. I am grateful to the list,
>to Rob Danielson's website, ...
>Martin Krieger
>Professor of Planning
>Univ of Southern California
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>"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
Department of Film
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
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