I noticed that ebay and bh photo were were selling the Rode's in matched pa=
ir configurations. I now know I will either have to wait a bit to afford th=
at setup, or go for one and add another later. My wants are changing as I l=
earn more and based largely on what I can afford, lol...I did some basic re=
cordings with the m10, and the difference between that and the H2 was astou=
nding to my ears, just on the internals. It has left me craving more, so I =
have decided to try to make sense of the external mic. equation that has al=
ways confused me in the past. I heard the nt1a audio sample page that Rob h=
as and was blown away. Much to the chagrin of my wallet, lol..
Andy
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ote:
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> << My plan is to used a matched pair of Rode nt1a's. Gonna be a bit
> till my cash flow matches my plan though...I was going to try one and =
> do a mono recording, but it doesn't look like the PCM-M10 can do that. =
> All external mic references in the manual call for a stereo mic, so I =
> will just have to wait..
> Andy>>
>
> To clarify, a "Matched Pair" of microphones are hand selected by the
> manufacturer, chosen on the basis of near identical frequency response =
> characteristics exceeding those of the normal production run. I don't =
> believe Rode provides this service for any of their models, & if you
> buy your mics individually over a period of time, there's no way they =
> can be called "matched". This doesn't mean they won't in fact sound
> quite nearly identical, providing the tolerances accepted by Rode are =
> sufficiently tight for that model. It's just that "Matched" has an
> actual specific meaning in the pro audio lexicon, & this wouldn't be
> that.
>
> Scott Fraser
>
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