> It's not strictly Nature recording of course so
> there's a bit of flexibility, but I thought the collective knowledge here
> would help me find some good solutions for a cash-strapped teen that will
> be of reasonably good quality, and not put her off.
Kevin,
Reasonably good quality is easy to come by these days for recording music
and effects. We get fussy here because wildlife recording is more critical
and unpredictable.
What is probably more important is sound editing and manipulating. I use the
free Audacity,, but there are all sorts of sound editors. What is more
important is file storage as once you start multi-tracking, you use up a lot
of file space before you get the final version. This needs a suitable
computer with probably an external hard drive.
This is not all off-topic as natural sounds can be manipulated and used in a
composition. Birdsong, for instance can be frequency shifted, speeded up or
down and looped.
For sound hunting of any sort, a good pair of headphones is essential so
that she can judge what she is getting. As for a recorder, for most of us
low noise is important, so we get fussy, but what she will need is a
reasonably robust recorder which is easy to use and with fairly good
built-in mics, and lots are available as in past emails.
David Brinicombe
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