Re: Basic Bird Song/Call Recording Kit Recommendation

["Peter Shute" pshute2]

Is it that easy to record with an external microphone on a Samsung? I was u=
nder the impression that it's not so simple with an iPhone, but perhaps iPh=
ones are different, and perhaps it also depends on the microphone. Does any=
one know if that microphone would be simple to record with using an iPhone?=
 I forget what the issue with them was.=0D
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Peter Shute=0D
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> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Basic Bird Song/Call Recording Kit=0D
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> Looks like I found the right group for this... ;-) I am a complete novice=
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> recording. I did do a search and found post 30490 - "An inexpensive sound=
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> recorder for birders" - which is what I'm looking for. A basic recorder f=
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> singling out nearby bird songs/calls, mainly for identification and learn=
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> I was thinking (hoping) that a shotgun-type microphone that plugs into my=
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> Samsung S5 could work? I wrote Sennheiser about using their MKE 400, and=
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> they replied that it "...has a standard 3.5mm TRS plug and hence would=0D
> connect into Samsung smartphone without issue and without the need for=0D
> any additional adapters." This mic would have the added bonus that I coul=
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> use it on my DSLR.=0D
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> Has anyone used this with a Samsung smartphone? Is it effective? Or shoul=
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> look into a dedicated recorder such as a Zoom H2N or TASCAM DR-40 or Sony=
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> PCM-M10 or something else? Not really wanting to spend over ~$250 and=0D
> not intending to become even close to a pro bird recorder. The smartphone=
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> itself works just ok for recording, but difficult to focus on a specific =
bird song=0D
> or call when there are many going on around you. Thanks!=0D
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> -Doug=0D
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