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Subject: Sony HI-MD with an inexpensive spit chorded stereo mic.(think it came fr=
om Church Audio..although cannot recall for sure!).
Message: 2. 
Subject: ZOOM H4N, no additional mics.

Here are my needs:
Long session outdoor environmental/wildlife recording(12 hour range at mini=
mum) at whatever the highest level of quality I can achieve in a low noise =
setting.  Recordings must be in stereo as I need to determine direction, an=
d some of the target sounds may be rather faint and distant.


>From doing some searches on here, I understand that the preamp in the HI-MD=
 recorder is actually very good, but I have so far been unable to figure a =
way to set it up to record for more then an hour or to in PCM mode(and agai=
n..I'm not sure it would make much difference given the quality of the mics=
 I have to work with).  I can of course use high capacity HDSD cards in the=
 ZOOM, which I have done, to allow me to in theory get higher quality with =
that...but I have just the onboard mics to work with.
What I need is any offered advice as to how to maximize the use of the abov=
e, on a rather limited budget.  That said...even relatively expensive add-o=
ns will be considered if the pay off seems worth it.
Thanks very much in advance, and I apologize if some of what I ask has alre=
ady been addressed on here.  I've searched..but sadly, I fear I'm enough of=
 a rookie to not even know what to search for at times!







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