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Re: hello everyone - new member and the usual new questions

Subject: Re: hello everyone - new member and the usual new questions
From: "Gregory O'Drobinak" gmo_dunes=
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Date: Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:28 pm ((PDT))

B&H has the DR-680 available for US$439.00.
Good recorder, damn good price!

Greg


From: H=E5kan Olsson <>
To: "" <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 2:03 PM
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: hello everyone - new member and the usual =
new questions



=A0
Hi!
I have a DR-680 and I'm happy with it. I think the monitoring is easy on it=
.
I would not buy a mixer. I would put that money on a better mic. Why? Becau=
se in nature recording the levels is never ever high enough... I have never=
 used Low gain on the recorder. It's always on high and a high setting and =
that's still not high enough... you will probably need to increase gain in =
post most of the time. There are very few occasions like a thunderstorm tha=
t will make you touch the level knobs on the recorder. Set it and forget it=
... :)
The preamps on 680 is better (have lower noise) than most (all?) mics in yo=
ur price range, so a mixer isn't needed for that either. I know that it's n=
ice with real knobs to twist, but if you never need to twist them they are =
just in the way and the mixer is an extra thing to carry around and also ha=
ve batteries for.
So my suggestion is, buy the best (low noise) mics you can afford, but that=
's just my opinion. :)



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