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Subject: Re: beginner needs help with recording
From: "DIANE"
Date: Fri Jun 8, 2012 3:03 pm ((PDT))
Hey Jez,
David hinted as such...I use the Micro BR for recording my performances as =
a reference. So maybe I should just get another recorder another mic...alth=
ough I would like to clean up some of my current recordings...so I will als=
o look into Reaper.
Any suggestions on a step up for a recorder and mic?
Thanks,
Diane

--- In  "Jez" <> wrote:
>
> Hi Diane,
>
> another poster here has suggested Audacity, which is ok & free, but a bet=
ter option would be Reaper, as this has the ability for you to adjust eq & =
other processing stages while the track is playing rather than the system a=
udacity uses which doesn't allow for rolling adjustments. Reaper is a low c=
ost licence program ($60 I think) but you can 'review' it for as long as yo=
u want.
>
> The hiss you're hearing by the way, as you probably know, is a combinatio=
n of the pre-amps of the recorder & the mic's self noise. The boss micro br=
 isn't made for recording in the field of course so it'll struggle a bit to=
 give clean recordings but if you don't mind processing your recordings....
>
>
>
> --- In  "DIANE" <cbbmo@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Everyone,
> > I am a pianist/composer who is improvising with birds and creating comp=
ositions. I've been recording with a Boss Micro BR, and a Sony Mic ECMMS907=
, and there's a lot of hiss in my recordings. I've tried everything to get =
the "hiss" out but had no luck.
> > I realize that all of you have been doing this at a high level for some=
 time...I'm new at this, so any advice you have would be greatly appreciate=
d.
> > Thanks!
> > Diane
> >
>








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