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Re: I'm Lost! Need Field Recorder with Good On-board Mics.

Subject: Re: I'm Lost! Need Field Recorder with Good On-board Mics.
From: "scratchpaws" scratchpaws
Date: Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:22 pm ((PDT))
Well, the plot just gets thicker, Mitch.

For another hundred bucks I can have all this?
Well, aside from the mics on the 661, this is certainly impressive. However=
, quality ambient wilderness sound is the # 1 priority.

--- In  Mitch Hill <> wrote:
>
> The Marantz PMB661 has several features that sound like they would make i=
t
> the ideal recorder for what you are doing.
>
> 1. The PMB661 has an auto record feature that allows it to start recordin=
g
> when it hears a sound higher than a threshold level you set.
>
> 2. The PMB661 has a feature that allows it to automatically pause if no
> sound above the auto record level is heard for more than three seconds.
>
> 3. the PMB661 has a pre record function of two seconds.
>
> 4. The PMB661 has a feature (Auto track) that automatically starts a new=

> file at a selectable time interval, as I recall, the time intervals are 1=

> min., 5 min, 15 min. and 30 minutes up to 24 hours.
>
> By using all of these functions together, you start the PMB661 recorder
> recording at the beginning of a long session and leave it.  It will
> automatically start recording when it hears a sound, the pre record will=

> have the prior 2 seconds of sound in the memory buffer so you do not loos=
e
> anything of the sound that triggered it, after the sound stops, the
> recorder records an additional 3 seconds and then goes into pause mode
> waiting for the sound to start again.  With the auto-track set to 15
> minutes, every 15 minute interval of recording time, the recorder starts =
a
> new file thus keeping the maximum file size to whatever you consider a
> manageable size...
>
> I can vouch for the fact this automated recording works flawlessly, I use=

> this quite a bit in some of my wildlife recording ventures and find it ve=
ry
> handy...  It certainly save a lot of time when post editing files
> afterwards...
> --
>
> Thanks,
> Mitch & Shadow...
>
> http://www.4shared.com/dir/UTASxktL/wildlife.html
>
> Shadow's area: http://www.4shared.com/dir/ecfWjyZb/Shadow.html
>
>
>
>
>
> At 04:20 PM 8/11/2010 +0000, you wrote:
> >Wow, Mitch.
> >Thanks so much.
> >I should have been an audio engineer instead of a lighting director!
> >This audio stuff has got me under the rug. I had no idea that I'd ever t=
ry
> >to produce an audio product. The problem I face is producing a finished=

> >20-minute mp3 file at very high quality. I don't know if I need a machin=
e
> >that records only .wav format or also mp3. From what I understand about=

> >file size, seems to me that a 20-minute .wav would be massive. I'd need =
to
> >record 3-4 such 20-minute files in the recorder per session and then use=

> >something like Audacity to convert them to mp3. Maybe the Marantz is the=

> >way to go?
>
>
>








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