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Re: Sony M10, D50, Olympus LS7, Roland R05 Zoom H1: internal mics c

Subject: Re: Sony M10, D50, Olympus LS7, Roland R05 Zoom H1: internal mics c
From: "" m_pesente
Date: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:29 am ((PDT))
Jez,
is it possible to receive a direct link to 'a quiet position' on facebook g=
roup? I'm not able to find it.
Thanks a lot!

Marco Pesente
Italy


--- In  "Jez" <> wrote:
>
> yes, Marco - thanks for this. It's also posted on the 'a quiet position' =
facebook group & has a few comments there.
>
> one thing that's been mentioned quite a lot & that I myself feel is that =
whilst there are lots of good sites that list specs for various bits of kit=
 there are still few side by side tests with audio of a few units at a time=
. There's a need for more of this as the specs only tell one (imo, small) p=
art of the story.
>
>
>
> --- In  vickipowys <vickipowys@> wrote:
> >
> > Marco,
> >
> > That was a very interesting test, but with little or no response from =

> > this group, what a shame.
> >
> > It is one thing to read the noise figures for recorders and mics, but =

> > to have a hands-on demo is very worthwhile.  I also downloaded the
> > sound clip and had a good look in the spectrogram feature of Izotope RX=
.
> >
> > Your demo only compares the built-in microphones, but if anyone is
> > wanting to use only this feature then my order of preference is:
> >
> > 1. Sony M10
> > 2. Sony D50
> > 3. Olympus LS7 (the LS10 may be better than the LS7?)
> > 4. Zoom H1
> > 5. Roland R05
> >
> > I would be very interested to hear a comparison of the same recorders =

> > when using external electret mics and plug-in-power (PIP).
> >
> > Vicki Powys
> > Australia
> >
> >
> >
> > On 14/06/2012, at 7:02 AM, m.pesente@ wrote:
> >
> > > I performed a test of some of my recorders (Sony M10, D50, Olympus =

> > > LS7, Roland R05 Zoom H1) to compare their internal mics on a
> > > passerine bird singer, the Blackcap, very widespread here in Europe.
> > > A simultaneous recording was obtained with all five recorders; the =

> > > levels were set to have almost the same level on all recorders;
> > > fine tuning of levels in post production was required only for the =

> > > Roland R05 (+3db) and the Zoom H1 (+6db).
> > > The Olympus Ls 7 was enabled for all its three microphones (the two =

> > > side cardioids and the central one omnidirectional).
> > > Here the youtube link to the Movie file
> > > http://youtu.be/o3HCdmTujAU
> > > and here the Soundcloud link to the WAV file http://soundcloud.com/
> > > marco-pesente/blackcap-m10-d50-ls7-r05-h1
> > >
> > > Marco Pesente
> > >
> >
>








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