Along the line of a compact recorder/mic system, what does the group
think of the Sony PCM-D1 2 channel recorder? (Sorry in advance if
it's already been hashed over.)
Kevin Colver
Sony PCM-D1 - Portable 2-Channel Field Recorder
On Apr 22, 2008, at 9:05 PM, hower1952 wrote:
> I just joined this afternoon and look forward to learning from the
> recording experiences of this wonderful group. I'm a bird ecologist
> at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where we're developing a
> web site to help test and improve the expertise of bird field
> investigators - both hired workers and volunteers. We haven't
> completed the audio portion yet, but here's a link to the main site:
> http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/certification/index-1.htm. (The test
> recordings are old mono clips - not the ones we will be using for
> the "real" tests.) This summer we'll be collecting ambient multi-
> directional bird recordings from a variety of locations, including
> national parks and wildlife refuges in the eastern U.S. I've acquired
> fairly good stereo recordings in the past using two CZM microphones
> from River Forks Technology and a Marantz PMD 670 digital recorder.
> The 2 microphones cost about $2,400 (for the pair). I'm wondering
> if we couldn't get comparable recordings for lower price. Do any of
> you have advice? The recordings need to pick up representative
> samples of bird choruses, comparable to the sounds that might be
> encountered by a field observer conducting a bird point count. The
> recordings don't have to be perfect, but obviously the more reach and
> realism the better. What do you think?
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> Bob Howe
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