I recently purchased a Nagra Ares bb+ and I am currently using it with
a Telinga Pro 6 Stereo Dat mic. The subject of the majority of my
recordings are birds. I am in the process of recording common species
of Northern Ca to produce (hopefully) a CD to help raise money for a
local rural, private one room school house as well as promoting
awareness of the conservation and appreciation of the local birds in
our area. Last year I spent a week at a recording workshop put on by
Cornell/ Macualay Library of Natural Sounds and they rated the Nagra
as their absolute #1 choice in recorders. I am very pleased with the
Nagra/ Telinga mic combo.
Last week I contacted Nagra and asked them questions regarding 24 bit
recordings vs 16 bit as well as 44khz sampling frequency vs 48 khz.I
was surprised to be informed by Nagra that a 24bit recording will not
play on a Cd player. They also informed me that consumer grade CD's
are recorded at 44.1 khz and I should stick to that. As soon as i
finished reading the email response, I hooked the Nagra up the my PC
and downloaded some 24 bit recordings, compressed them into MP3 format
and burned them onto a CD and it worked.
I am wondering if anyone has advice in regards to this? I have spent
an enormous amount of time recording in 24 bit/ 44khz setting and I am
hoping that I didn't blow it. The quality of the sound is especially
important to me in order to represent the species of focus clearly and
with richness.
Sincerely,
Kyle Keegan
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