I am trying to determine what digital recorder to purchase and I would
appreciate anyone's thoughts or opinions.
I produce a birdwatching podcast and do a lot of field recording. I have
been using the PMD670 for the past couple of years but I no longer have
access to it and would love to move to something a bit smaller. Most of
the time I am doing one-on-one interviews with a Beyer M58. But, two or
three times a year I do need the capacity to do an extended interview with
two mics on stands.
I am never recording anything like classical music or bird sounds, so I
don't need the most quiet unit available. But I've heard so much negativity
about the pre-amps in the Zoom H-4 that I have ruled that unit out. I also
don't need all the "studio" bells and whistles that unit seems to be
designed for.
* I would love XLR inputs.but that doesn't appear to be possible for
my budget.
* I really feel I do need a limiter as I have often had to record
quickly and not always been able to set levels as carefully as I would have
liked.
* I need to be able to record in wavfiles 44.1
* Would prefer SD cards as opposed to memory sticks or some
proprietary format
* Want to be able to record in Mono
* Probably won't be using the internals mics much at all, but am
interested in playing with them.
The machines I have it narrowed down to include the Marantz PMD620, the
Olympus LS-10, and perhaps the Marantz PMD 660. They all have their pluses
and minuses. so your opinions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
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