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Re: Phanton power and battery power

Subject: Re: Phanton power and battery power
From: "klangstrand" klangstrand
Date: Wed May 1, 2013 7:01 am ((PDT))
Hi Michael!
I wire mine up myself. Most of my designs are made of Panasonics, Primos an=
d Transsounds, depending on what I=B4m recording. I use strong 2,5mm Mogami=
-cable, wich is almost foldable, taking no place at all.
The kevlar in the cable make it hard to solder, but once soldered, I can co=
unt on that cable forever. Whenever I don=B4t have my Sony, I use them with=
 a batterybox, to feed the electrets.
I don=B4t know the specs of the mic-in on the Edirol, but the Sony matches =
these capsules very well, in my subjective opinion.
Best
-A


--- In  michael trommer <> wrot=
e:
>
> Hi anders...just curious: what are these external mics you=B9re using ?
> I=B9m also a big fan of portability, but the external PIP mics I=B9ve bee=
n using
> haven=B9t sounded much better than the internal mics of my R-09HR.
>
> Cheers...
>
> michael
>
>
> On 1-05-13 7:38 AM, "klangstrand" <> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I=B4m going to poke in a beehive here, but taking my chances..:-)
> >
> > I would actually investigate in smaller and cheaper altenatives.
> > Like a Sony PCM M10, running electret microphones, lavalier type. Have =
never
> > made so many and good recordings as I have since I downgraded. A nice p=
air of
> > electrets straight into the PCM PIP has given me better and cleaner rec=
ordings
> > than any phantom-mic through my Mixpre-D or R-44, wich both have less t=
han 10%
> > batterylife, compared to the Sony (30-hours from two AA=B4s)
> > Give you better portability(less cables, less overall equipment), more
> > flexibility, easier setup, way better batterylife, and whatnot. I just =
take my
> > $300, 300gr of equipment, a couple of rubber bands (for riggin the mics=
 to
> > whatever I want) put it in my pocket and return home later that day wit=
h far
> > more and atleast equal quality sound than I would have done with my muc=
h more
> > expensive and way heavier equipment.
> > The electrets I use now have less than 15db selfnoise, and high sensiti=
vty,
> > and the PCM=B4s preamps does not add a single db of noise to that, unle=
ss I=B4m
> > crancking it way up, which I rarely do. Mostly working with subtle soun=
ds.
> > It also has a line in that I find more than adequate.
> > I=B4n not saying this setup is ideal for everyone, but for me atleast i=
t has
> > become a game-changer!
> >
> > Best
> > -Anders
> >
> > --- In 
> > <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com> , "bwanakomba" <bwanakomba@=
>
> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > If I use phantom and battery power (eg my Senn KG-ME66 mic) at the s=
ame
> >> time does that make any difference to the recording quality. Or is it =
just a
> >> waste of battery power.
> >> >
> >> > Stupid question probably, but I have been having some issues of loos=
ing
> >> good recordings when the battery power runs down on the mic and does i=
t not
> >> have any low power warning light, just that stupid red LED that just f=
lashes
> >> on briefly when you turn it on. So I just thought in some cases I coul=
d turn
> >> on phantom power as a back up when the on board mic battery looses cha=
rge.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Andrew
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ....................................
> >>>
> >>> http://michaeltrommer.blogspot.com/
> >>> http://soundcloud.com/sans-soleil/
> >>> http://michaeltrommer.bandcamp.com/
> >>> http://www.mixcloud.com/sans_soleil/
>
>
>
>








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